Shillong, July 2 (IANS) Lack of entrepreneurial talents and professional managerial skills has hindered development activities in insurgency-ravaged northeastern states, union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region B.K.Handique said Saturday.
‘The region has for very long, been experiencing a gap in professional managerial skills, because there had been no organisation to impart them any kind of professional training for managing their business successfully,’ Handique said at the launching a six month course on ‘Developing Managerial Skills for Entrepreneurs’ at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Shillong.
According to Handique, the region could be further developed by undertaking the challenge of creating and enhancing the multidimensional capacities that are crucial for the region.
Echoing Handique, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H. Pala, said the young talent of the region in whose hands lie the future of the region, often lack the opportunities to go out of the region for advanced and modern technical and professional development.
He said the reasons for the unprofessional managerial skills ranged from the remoteness of the region to lack of financial resources as well as the lack of awareness and information about the various business and professional opportunities available in this age of stiff competition.
Earlier, Handique’s ministry had sanctioned Rs.79.15 lakh for developing managerial skills among the new generation of entrepreneurs from the northeastern region.
