Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) in association with Delhi Prisons & International Bridges to Justice India (IBJ India) launched two batches of its Tihar Inmates Skilling Project on January 8th 2018. The programme will train inmates to make glass beads used in imitation jewellery.
The project was inaugurated by Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the presence of Delhi Prisons director general Ajay Kashyap, IBJ India chairman Ajay Verma, NSDC head Mohan Reddy, GJF zonal chairman Vijay Khanna, GJSCI director D.D. Karel, and GJSCI director Dr. Rajendra Bhola.
GJSCI in coordination with IBJ India & Delhi Prisons had entered into an MoU in March 2017 to impart gem and jewellery skills to jail inmates. Last year, 35 women were trained in sketching jewellery designs and were promised job work assignments by renowned jewellers.
“GJSCI’s Tihar Inmates Skilling Project is a big step taken by us in the skilling eco-system. We aim at providing employment and entrepreneurial opportunities to the jail inmates, making them self-reliant. After receiving an overwhelming response for the first batch, we are quite positive towards the next batches in the job role of making imitation jewellery,” said GJSCI CEO Binit Bhatt.