Eighty skill training programmes ( including 3 revalidated from 2017-18) under Agricultural Skill Council of India (ASCI) were coordinated by ATARI during 2018-19 with the participation of 35 KVKs, three ICAR institutes (IIOPR- Pedavegi, IIRR- Hyderabad and CIBA-Chennai) and one agricultural university (PJTSAU, Hyderabad) . The trainers of the ASCI skill training programmes underwent "Training of trainers (TOT)" during 25-27 September, 2018 at PJTSAU , Hyderabad and 17-19, December at ICAR-ATARI, Kanpur to gain platform and domain skills and to get certified by the assessors of ASCI. Each training was conducted with 20 trainees for 25 days duration during which period the trainees were given theory and practical classes on a particular job role to make them competent for getting employment or to start their own enterprise related to the skills acquired. At the end of the training programme the trainees are assessed by third party assessors engaged by ASCI who assessed and certified the trainees. The details of the skill training programmes conducted by various training partners under Zone-X during 2018-19 are presented in the following table.