A Seminar was organised on "Empowerment of underprivileged Youths and Women in remote rural locations through Skill Development using Low Cost Technology" at NIELIT Kolkata Salt Lake Campus on 13.04.2018 to discuss strategic partnership of the stakeholders in the skill development project undertaken by NIELIT Kolkata in the Satjelia island of Sundarban in association with Departments of Information Technology & Electronics; Power & NES; Tourism and Forests, Govt of West Bengal.

The Seminar was attended by Md. Abdul Gani, Special Secretary, Department of Sundarban Affairs, Govt of West Bengal, Prof. Chandan Mazumdar, Dept. of Computer Science & Electronics, Jadavpur University, Shri Debasish Bandyopadhyay, CEO, WBREDA, Shri Amitava Ghosh, Dy. General Manager, West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited, Prof. Saswati Mazumdar, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University and Shri Anil Mistry, Principal Field Officer, Wild Life Protection Society of India (WPSI) and the representatives of the the two schools where the project will be implemented in Sundarban islands.

The above dignitaries who are also stakeholders gave lectures along with Dr. Y. J. Singh, Director, NIELIT Kolkata and Shri A. Chattopadhyay, Additional Director and Chief Investigator of the Project.