The collaboration will cover Short-Term Training (STT) programs, upskilling modules, and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessments, aimed at strengthening talent development in the gems and jewellery sector. Through these structured interventions, the partnership seeks to equip youth and existing workers/ artisans with industry-relevant competencies and expand employment opportunities and also focuses on women empowerment by working with SHG members
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was formally exchanged in Visakhapatnam on 14 November 2025. Shri G. Ganesh Kumar, IAS, Managing Director & CEO, APSSDC, and Shri Rajeev Garg, Executive Director & CEO, GJSCI, represented their respective organisations during the ceremony. The partnership reinforces a shared commitment to promoting high-quality skill development, enhancing the state skill ecosystem, and supporting economic growth through specialised training and skill upgradation initiatives.
Andhra Pradesh has a long tradition of both gold jewellery and imitation jewellery manufacturing and retail. Districts like Mangalagiri have a very old gold jewellery cluster, and the present government is working towards establishing a jewellery park there.