A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Haridwar trains 736.9 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 42.8% 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Haridwar, which ranks 9 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women in the labour force at 29.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.1%, it sits close to the national mark.