PM Modi Interacts With Odisha’s World Skill Center Students In Singapore [Watch]

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with students of World Skill Center, Odisha, undergoing training at AEM Holdings, a leading company in the semiconductor and electronics sector, in Singapore on Thursday.

They are in the island country to attend an internship programme.

According to an MEA statement, the Prime Minister interacted with Indian interns from Odisha’s ‘World Skill Center’, undergoing training in Singapore, as well as Singaporean interns who had visited India under the ‘CII-Enterprise Singapore India Ready Talent Programme’ and Indian engineers working at the AEM facility.

The PM also tweeted about his interaction with the students from Odisha. “It was wonderful to interact with interns from Odisha’s World Skill Center who are visiting Singapore…”

Subroto Bagchi, former chairman of Odisha Skill Development Authority, shared some pictures and videos from the interaction.

The PM is on two-day visit to Singapore to “deepen strategic partnership” with the Southeast Asian country at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong. This is his fifth official trip to Singapore. During his visit to AEM facility, Modi discussed opportunities for collaboration. “Given our efforts to develop the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in India and Singapore’s strengths in this sector, both sides have decided to expand bilateral cooperation,” according to the MEA.

He also invited the Singaporean semiconductor companies to participate in the ‘SEMICON INDIA’ exhibition, to be held in Greater Noida from September 11-13.