A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Puri trains 254.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, close to the typical district. 48.4% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, behind 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Puri, which ranks 6 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women in the labour force at 17.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.8%, it sits close to the national mark.