Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Kakinada Lays Foundation Stone for Rs 20 Crore Skill Hub
A new skill hub is being planned in Kakinada to help young people learn practical skills.
Sana Satish Babu laid the foundation stone for its first phase at the Government ITI.
The full project is expected to cost between Rs 15 crore and Rs 20 crore.
The hub will offer training and help people develop business ideas.
A hostel is planned for students who come from faraway places.
Classes are expected to cover technology, farming, energy and other fields needed by local industries.
Training has already started with help from local colleges.
About 35 students have received Java training, and some have found jobs.
Rajya Sabha member Sana Satish Babu laid the foundation stone for the hub’s first phase at Government ITI premises in Kakinada.
The first phase has Rs 5.30 crore sanctioned from Satish Babu’s MP-LADS funds; the overall project is estimated at Rs 15 crore to Rs 20 crore.
The proposed hub will provide skills training, incubation and entrepreneurship support, with a hostel planned for its second phase.
Training areas are expected to include artificial intelligence, cyber security, web development, drones, agri-tech, green energy and other local-industry sectors.
Training has already begun with local colleges; about 35 students received Java training, and some reportedly secured jobs.
- Who
- Rajya Sabha member Sana Satish Babu and youth seeking skills training.
- What
- The foundation stone was laid for the first phase of a planned Skill, Startup, Bharat Hub.
- When
- Monday; the article does not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- Government ITI premises in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To provide skills training, entrepreneurship support and better employment and self-employment opportunities for local youth.
- Estimated total project cost
- Rs 15 crore to Rs 20 crore
- First-phase funding
- Rs 5.30 crore from Sana Satish Babu’s Rajya Sabha MP-LADS funds
- Project site
- Two acres allotted by the government at the Government ITI premises
- Planned phases
- First phase: skill centre; second phase: hostel facilities
- Training already delivered
- About 35 students received Java training from Bengaluru trainers five months before the announcement
- Industries approached
- Divis Laboratories, Aurobindo Pharma, AM Green and Coromandel Fertilisers