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Bhubaneswar: Making it an inclusive affair with participation of slum, non-slum youths, transgender community members and people from all age groups, the “Skill Mela'' of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) was a grand success with 170 persons participating in the day-long event at the BMC kalyan mandap in Saheed Nagar. The “Skill Mela'' is a pilot initiative under the People Centric Programme for making Bhubaneswar “Socially Smart''. A collaborative initiative of BSCL, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and United Nations Population Fund, the “Socially Smart'' project was initiated in Jan 2017 in eight slums under Bhubaneswar Town Centre District (Smart District) and currently covers 100 slums of the city. Sanjana Behera, transgender from Utkal University Basti said “the skill mela will definitely help youth especially those who are dropouts and could not progress beyond Class X. Whie Omprakash Patra from Puri was interested to know about knowing courses in banking and office management, S.
Patra from Jagatsinghpur was interested to know skilling options in data entry operators and customer care..