Guwahati: The Assam government inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore on Monday In order to jointly run the ‘Chief Minister’s Young Professional Program’ (CMYPP).
The “Chief Minister’s Young Professional Program” seeks to drastically alter the medical and educational fields.
Under the CMYPP, 70 young professionals will be jointly monitored by the Assam Government and IIM Bangalore for two years at the district level.
Early career professionals with a post-graduate degree in any discipline who want to work in the district are the target audience for the programme. The actual programme will combine academic study with district-based work, with an academic component lasting 40 days in Guwahati.
Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “This is a unique initiative where highly skilled people will get an opportunity to contribute at the grassroots level as well as gain academic expertise from a prestigious institute like IIM Bangalore. Endeavours such as these will open the doors of the government to talented people.”
CM Sarma also expressed his gratitude to Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore for his initiative in shaping up the programme.
Meanwhile, Himanta Biswa Sarma also took to twitter and wrote, “We have signed an MoU with the prestigious @iimb_official for Chief Minister’s Young Professional Program (CMYPP). CMYPP aims at bringing transformative changes in our health care & education sectors as prioritised and envisioned by our Adarniya PM Shri @narendramodi ji.”