Which organization recently entered into a 3-year partnership with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in India, with the aim of empowering students, educators, and entrepreneurs through digital skilling?

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Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan launched a 3-year partnership “Education to Entrepreneurship: Empowering a generation of students, educators and entrepreneurs” between Ministry of Education, Ministry Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Meta in New Delhi. 3 Letters of Intent (LoI) were exchanged between Meta and NIESBUD, AICTE and CBSE. ‘Education to Entrepreneurship’ partnership will take Digital Skilling to the grassroots. This will build capacities of our talent pool, seamlessly connect students, youth, workforce & micro-entrepreneurs, with futuristic technologies and transform our Amrit Peedhi into new-age problem solvers and entrepreneurs. Under the partnership with NIESBUD, 5 lakh entrepreneurs will get access to digital marketing skills by Meta over the next 3 years. About Meta Founded: February 2004      Headquarters: California, United States           CEO: Mark Zuckerberg