About Regional Deputy Director(Training), Rajkot

Gujarat is fast becoming the most vibrant state with rapid industrialization and economic growth. The Directorate of Employment & Training, Government of Gujarat has been in the forefront of implementing various skill-building programmes with the aim of helping people to get jobs and this in-turn facilitates Industrial Development.

Introduction of Department

The Directorate of Employment and Training, DET is working under the Department of Labour and Employment, Government of Gujarat. It was formed in Gujarat State in 1971 by amalgamation of the Employment Wing, functioning under the Labour Commissionerate, and the Vocational Training Scheme under the Directorate of Technical Education.
At present 282 Govt.ITIs, 497 Grant-in-aid and Self-Financed ITCs, 500 KVKs(Kaushalya Vardhan Kendra), 625 VTPs (Vocational Training Provider) and 48 Employment Exchanges are functioning under this Directorate.
Two statutes have been enacted by the Govt. of India to help in achieving the objectives of higher employment in organised sector through training.
DET functions with the major objectives of providing Vocational Training and Employment Services to the youths in Gujarat State. To achieve these objectives the DET runs a variety of long-term and short-term training programmes in Industrial Training Institutes/ Centers in the State. It also registers the youths looking for employment and provides placement services to them through Employment Exchanges that also maintain the list of prospective Employers.

Our Employment

The Directorate of Employment and Training, Government of Gujarat has been in the forefront of implementing various skill-building programs with the aim of helping people get jobs. At present 48 employment exchanges are functioning under this Directorate to assist around 678470 (as on date 30/11/2015) people registered with employment exchanges.
Employment Exchanges in the state have been chasing the placement of the registrants with the employers in the affective manner with the innovative approaches of industrial recruitment rallies in industrial areas of the state and with the close liaison with the employers.