JBS Academy from 1st August 2023 commenced the Post Graduate Diploma in Custom Clearance and Freight Forwarding and Short-Term programme on Clearance Support Agent under PMKVY 4.0under the Kaushalya – The Skill University.
The inauguration was done by jointly by Samir Mankad (Executive Director GSEC Limited); Dr. Neha Sharma (Director – Shanti Business School) and Dr. Bindiya Bakshi (Assistant Prof. – Kaushalya – the Skill University).
Samir Mankad, Whole time CEO, GSEC Ltd. speaking on the occasion said that JBS Academy is the only institution imparting knowledge through various training programmes and gives all round ground level knowledge which is the need of hour. The industry is in need of skilled manpower. He also highlighted that this was the only institution which provided blended knowledge and advised the students to use their time wisely and take maximum benefit of the knowledge imparted by professional teachers.
Dr. Neha Sharma, Director, Shanti Business School exalted the students to work collectively on all the assignments and case studies as knowledge imparted is also knowledge gained. Collective solutions by students are also part of revision practice. She also emphasized on the need to develop entrepreneurial skills as this would also help in promoting employment opportunities and become part of the larger ecosystem. She expressed her happiness that students were coming back to learning.
Dr. Bindiya Bakshi, Assistant Professor, Kaushalya- The Skill University advocated that the students should take full advantage of the professional faculty who were going to impart training on domain specific subject. She was also happy to know about the Student First policy of the Academy.
Senior faculties Shri Pinakin Pandya and Shri Mahendra Pokhriyal encouraged the students to take full benefit of the professional faculty members as they were in actual business and kept them updated on daily basis.
Samir J Shah Chief Mentor and Director of JBS Academy explained to the students that there are two types of teachers i.e. academic and professional teachers. Academy will have teachers of both groups teaching which is for the students benefit. He also called upon the students to keep on asking questions and make the sessions interesting as this would help the faculty share many real-life experiences along with domain knowledge.
Post Graduate Diploma in Custom Clearance and Freight Forwarding is a 1 year course with On-the-Job Training.
Clearance Support Agent programme will not only provide employment opportunities in the Courier segment but also help in upgrading the existing workforce.
