Social and community mobilisation is extremely critical for the success of any Skill Development initiative. It fosters bottom-up approach not only in effective planning and implementation of interventions in the space, but also in effective monitoring, evaluation, and ownership of the government programmes by the community. Active participation of the community ensures transparency and accountability, and helps in leveraging the cumulative knowledge of the community for better functioning. SRIGURU TRUST organised Kaushal Mela as awareness programme with approx. 500 candidates.