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Skill Letts

VIEWS , VOICE & WAYS OF SKILLS
An in house journal of Additional Skill Acquisition Programme
Team Meetings of ASAP , a recharging experience for everyone after tiring days work , found answers to every problem even if it meant sitting late into the night when everyone else would be readying their beds for a comfortable sleep . The challenge of finding enough trainers to train students across the state was only a small issue for the team that gathered one evening around Dr . Abraham , a person who always dived deep into the depths of issues looking for possible solutions . Out-of-the- box thinking was a norm , rather than an exception , and this gave rise to the idea of creating trainers out of College students having potential and holding promise .
The idea behind TSS was to generate interest among the students in the programme through an exciting campaign that involved a campaign vehicle to go into the 190 colleges across the state with Radio Jockeys for awareness programmes laced with fun and activities . The road show cum recruitment campaign for Skill Development Executives saw great team building both in ASAP Headquarters and the field . Team work was evident at every stage of the campaign and there was perfect harmony between members in executing every stage of the event . The fact that TSS originated from one room and happened across the length and breadth of the state moving men , materials and machinery was proof of the fact that team work could create wonders in organizational planning . The task of designing a campaign went to the right person , Shri . M . Vivekanandan Nair , who wasted no time in carving out a plan . He then came up with a proposal for taking the idea to the Colleges across the State using a strategy to attract young talents . “ Travels in my small car with Riyas , an expert in strategizing , gave shape to the nascent idea and it was he who suggested the name Thousand Splendid Stars ( TSS ), a movement to find thousand potential trainers from the campuses of Kerala ”, says Shri . Vivekanandan when quizzed about the birth of the campaign . “ I used all available resources and media contacts for giving shape to this exercise , an attempt to drive straight into the hearts of the teenagers studying in Colleges . Initially there was some resistance in the team when I spoke about using Radio Jockeys to create a fun element in the campaign ”, was his next response .
Sending RJs into campuses for generating interest in ASAP among students was a challenge indeed and we took every care to see that things happened the way we planned . A three day training for the road show teams to prepare them for the ASAP campaign was also organized . Two decorated buses for road show and the RJ teams entered the ASAP campus for a dress rehearsal before being flagged off from the Secretariat to fan out into different parts of the state . The two campaign vehicles and RJ teams started from Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargode respectively and finally converged at the CMS College , Kottayam in a grand finale event ” said Shri . Vivekanandan Nair about the campaign .
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