New Delhi, May 6 (PTI) Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday inaugurated five centres of NIELIT in the North East region for skill enhancement of educated youth.

These five centres of National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) are located in Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Jorhat, Pasighat and Senapati, according to a release.

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Chandrasekhar inaugurated the five NIELIT centres in North East, and termed them as gateways for the prosperity of youth in the region.

"We are a country that has created 100 unicorns, means a 100 billionaires," the minister said after inaugurating the centres in Dimapur.

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He was on a third-day visit to the North East region.

"They are all youngsters who have worked and studied hard, created innovations, created wealth and prosperity for themselves," he said asserting this is the new India.

"When we say today new India means new opportunists and new prosperity, it means that the next unicorns can be from Nagaland, Kohima, Dibrugarh, Jorghat or anywhere. It is all your capabilities," he said.

The minister also launched the NECB 2.0 project for capacity building and training in digital skill sets and industry demanding technologies for various sections of society in the North East states.

The project is funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). NIELIT is the implementing agency, through its centres at Agartala, Aizawl, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima and Shillong.

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