A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Mandi trains 299.1 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, close to the typical district. 31.5% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, close to the typical district. The Jan Shikshan Sansthan focuses non-formal skilling on dropouts and women who need a route back into livelihoods without returning to a classroom.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 86% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mandi, which ranks 7 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 76.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.4%, it sits close to the national mark.