India in dire need of entrepreneurs with right skill training support: Here's why
6 years, 1 month ago

India in dire need of entrepreneurs with right skill training support: Here's why

India Today  

India's economy has grown considerably well during the past few years, with its GDP growth rate rising from 5.6 per cent in 2012-13 to 8.2 per cent in 2018-19. Read: 3 things corporate India could learn from the West Hiring trends in other countries: While countries like Japan, China, Taiwan and US are growing old, they are now hiring young and skilled workforce from countries like India to sustain their economies. Focus on entrepreneurship: It is the perfect time for India to strengthen the global economic equation by training and skilling its workforce and inspiring people towards entrepreneurship or self-employment. With programmess like Make in India, Startup India, Atal Innovation Mission, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, and National Skill Development Mission, India is providing full support to the young entrepreneurs.

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Igniting entrepreneurship for India’s growth
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Igniting entrepreneurship for India’s growth

Hindustan Times  

India is on the brink of a transformative era. As a powerful job multiplier, entrepreneurship is critical for meeting India’s need for one crore new jobs annually, addressing the brain drain, and leveraging India’s demographic dividend for sustainable growth. Additionally, India’s six crore micro, small, and medium enterprises hold vast potential—if just 10% of them added 1-2 jobs annually, they …

Why is India emerging as global hub for fresh talent in hiring trends?
1 month ago

Why is India emerging as global hub for fresh talent in hiring trends?

India Today  

India is home to the world's largest youth population, with 66 percent, i.e., 808 million+ people, under the age of 35. In this article, we explore fresher hiring and future trends, offering insights into why India is becoming the go-to market for fresh talent, as shared by Ankit Aggarwal, Founder and CEO of Unstop. This shift towards skill-oriented hiring is …

The pros and cons of blending academic learning and work experience
1 month ago

The pros and cons of blending academic learning and work experience

The Hindu  

With the evolving job market pushing higher education toward a blend of academic learning and real-world experience, many institutions now allow students to pursue degrees while gaining industry exposure or exploring entrepreneurial ventures. Distance learning programmes can also cut educational costs, with a 2024 AICTE report stating that online education can be up to 60% cheaper than traditional classroom education. …

India will emerge global powerhouse for skilled talent by 2030
1 month ago

India will emerge global powerhouse for skilled talent by 2030

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Wheebox ETS India Skills Report 2025, in collaboration with CII, Taggd, AICTE, and AIU, unveils a strategic vision for "Global Talent Mobility" underscores India’s pivotal role in addressing global workforce demand, skills required fueled by rising employability, an optimistic hiring intent, and a roadmap for 2030. With 65% of the Indian workforce under 35 years old, India’s youthful …

IBM: The Right Training Can Make Youth in India's Small Towns More Employable
2 months, 1 week ago

IBM: The Right Training Can Make Youth in India's Small Towns More Employable

The Hindu  

IBM India head Sandip Patel emphasizes the importance of training and skills development for youth in India's small towns and cities to become more employable in the tech industry. He highlights the country's strengths as a large talent base and the potential of Tier 2, 3, and 4 cities and towns to produce skilled workforce. IBM has been actively conducting …

Upskilling India's Workforce: A Roadmap for the Future Economy
3 months ago

Upskilling India's Workforce: A Roadmap for the Future Economy

Hindustan Times  

The article highlights the need for India to invest in skill development and upskilling its workforce to address the challenges of a rapidly changing job market. The government's recent policy aims to enhance skill development for its youth through various initiatives, including the Skill India Mission and the launch of a new scheme focused on collaborative efforts between state and …

Budget 2024: Why It’s Right Time to Propel ‘Skill India’ as an Employment Engine - News18
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Why It’s Right Time to Propel ‘Skill India’ as an Employment Engine - News18

News 18  

The upcoming Union Budget on July 23 will shed light on initiatives that may reshape economic priorities under the Modi 3.0 government. The decision to rename the Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development to include livelihood emphasises a shift to provide employable skills to the most vulnerable—67 per cent of the country’s underprivileged population. The rebranding and revitalisation of …

Bridging the Gap: How India Can Unlock the Potential of its Service Sector - News18
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Bridging the Gap: How India Can Unlock the Potential of its Service Sector - News18

News 18  

The service sector has undeniably been the primary driver of India’s growth since the year 2000. Skill Gap In India, the skill gap in the labour force is a significant challenge, with only 51 per cent of the youth deemed employable due to a lack of necessary skills. Efforts to bridge this gap must include public-private partnerships, such as the …

Modi govt committed to skilling youth: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Modi govt committed to skilling youth: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR/DEOGARH: Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government is committed to skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling the youth of the nation to make them competent and self-reliant. Inaugurating the third Skill India Centre in Deogarh, Pradhan said training in specialised courses will benefit the graduates immensely and facilitate a thriving and rewarding …

Dharmendra Pradhan Opens India’s First Skill India Centre
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dharmendra Pradhan Opens India’s First Skill India Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

Odisha: Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said today that India requires a skilled and competent workforce to propel its development journey forward in the 21st century. While addressing the youth at the inauguration of India’s first Skill India Centre in Sambalpur, Odisha today, the minister stated that by spearheading the skill training programs in …

The Future of Skills: A Shift Towards Reskilling and Upskilling - News18
1 year, 3 months ago

The Future of Skills: A Shift Towards Reskilling and Upskilling - News18

News 18  

The rapidly changing nature of jobs and skills requirements across the world is creating a skills gap that hinders employment opportunities. To address this issue and achieve the national goal of making India the skill capital of the world, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship should establish a National Skills University, as proposed in the National Skills Universities Bill …

Rejig rules to help the young set up new firms
1 year, 5 months ago

Rejig rules to help the young set up new firms

Hindustan Times  

The interface between the government and business in India has improved considerably in the past ten years and simplifying laws can make it even better. Some young people we quizzed understood what went into setting up a business in a legal manner, but our regulatory regime still seems too complex. We experienced some of this when we set up systems …

Startup Mantra: Helping firms to hire effective workforce
1 year, 6 months ago

Startup Mantra: Helping firms to hire effective workforce

Hindustan Times  

Pune: Two major news related to talent acquisition rocked the Indian IT industry in the recent past. Amit Mishra and Sujit Karpe, cofounders of Pune-based technology startup iMocha, realised this pain especially in the IT industry and developed an artificial intelligence based solution for talent acquisition, talent assessment and skills intelligence. Hoeltgen was impressed by our business idea during our …

India As Global Skill Capital: Challenges and Solutions - News18
1 year, 6 months ago

India As Global Skill Capital: Challenges and Solutions - News18

News 18  

As structural, demographic and technological shifts transform the Indian economy and the nature of work, new entrants to the workforce will have to be skilled and made employable. Women’s low participation in the labour force Pathways for international mobility India is committed to becoming the ‘skill capital’ of the world and structured efforts such as the India International Skill Centre …

From Agniveers to Resilient Entrepreneurs: What India Can Learn from Israel - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

From Agniveers to Resilient Entrepreneurs: What India Can Learn from Israel - News18

News 18  

India and Israel, two nations with vastly different demographics, geographical sizes, and cultural contexts, have both emerged as vibrant hubs for startup innovation. Israel’s startup success can be attributed, in part, to its strong focus on nurturing young talent through specialised education, mentorship programmes, and support systems that encourage risk-taking and an entrepreneurial mindset from an early age. India’s vast …

India, World’s Most Populous Country, Should Be Embodied With Ideal Employable Skills - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

India, World’s Most Populous Country, Should Be Embodied With Ideal Employable Skills - News18

News 18  

India has surpassed China as the world’s most populous country in demographic composition, with a staggering 65 percent working-age population having an average age of 28.4 years. There is an extra advantage in the employability of women because the companies have also adopted new recruitment strategies centred around soft skills like communication, teamwork, and emotional intelligence. Developed countries like Singapore …

Over 2 crore youths will get jobs in next 3-4 years: U.P. CM Adityanath
1 year, 10 months ago

Over 2 crore youths will get jobs in next 3-4 years: U.P. CM Adityanath

The Hindu  

More than two crore youths will get jobs in the next three or four years under the 'Mission Rozgar' campaign run by the Uttar Pradesh government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said. The government has started 'CM Apprenticeship Training' and seven-and-a-half-lakh youth of the State will be covered under the scheme, the Chief Minister said at the event jointly organised …

Upskilling, jobs face challenges
1 year, 11 months ago

Upskilling, jobs face challenges

Live Mint  

The Union budget’s focus on job creation as well as skill development will need more incentives to attract the private sector, said recruitment experts. One needs to simplify compliance structures at the ground level,” said Aditya Narayan Mishra, chief executive officer, Ciel HR Services. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 aimed at skilling “lakhs …

Union Budget 2023-24 Should Spur ‘Ready to Hire’ Skills - News18
1 year, 11 months ago

Union Budget 2023-24 Should Spur ‘Ready to Hire’ Skills - News18

News 18  

The Central government recently rolled out a new integrated food security scheme, beginning 1 January 2023, under which free food grains would be provided to 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act. I wish the Union Budget 2023-24, which Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would table in Parliament on February 1, focusses on imparting employable and …

Delhi school students becoming young entrepreneurs, will contribute to economy: Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
1 year, 11 months ago

Delhi school students becoming young entrepreneurs, will contribute to economy: Deputy CM Manish Sisodia

India Today  

On Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said Delhi school students are now becoming young entrepreneurs who will contribute significantly to the country's economic growth. When interacting with the school students about the Delhi government's Business Blasters programme, he said, "Business Blasters provided these children with the opportunity to move forward, but now it's their turn to inspire other schoolchildren …

Involvement Of Youth In The Innovation Process In India
1 year, 11 months ago

Involvement Of Youth In The Innovation Process In India

Live Law  

As stated by the Prime Minister of India ‘Innovation is the key to realizing the dream of a new India’. The focus of these programmes is to advocate for skills to improve young people’s transitions to decent work and to highlight the crucial role of skilled youth in addressing today’s challenging global issues. In 2018, as part of the UN …

Why India Needs to Expand Export Quality Skilled Manpower - News18
2 years ago

Why India Needs to Expand Export Quality Skilled Manpower - News18

News 18  

Managing an ever-burgeoning population is a Herculean task. As per the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, the target was to impart various types of skills to 40 crore people by 2022. The major challenges to skill development, as also pointed out by the NITI Aayog, involve mapping skill requirements sector-wise and geographically; making vocational training in school …

Being Lax About Skill Development Will Be Counterproductive - News18
2 years, 1 month ago

Being Lax About Skill Development Will Be Counterproductive - News18

News 18  

Let us not be euphoric for everything we do and achieve as a nation. Our skill development infrastructure should be brought on par with global standards by developing internationally compliant National Occupation Standards and the Qualification Packs that define a job role. On July 15, 2015, on the first ever World Youth Skills Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the …

Digitally empowering micro -entrepreneurs
2 years, 3 months ago

Digitally empowering micro -entrepreneurs

Hindustan Times  

Throughout history, entrepreneurs have been regarded as heroes. What began as a necessity is now a source of personal income, business, and community growth for India's 6.3 crore micro- and nano-enterprises, which employ over 11 crore people. These small businesses were able to gain clients with the help of technology, so they hired a small team of about four to …

Skilling population between 15 and 25 is a major challenge: Dharmendra Pradhan
2 years, 3 months ago

Skilling population between 15 and 25 is a major challenge: Dharmendra Pradhan

Hindustan Times  

Indian civilization has always been knowledge-based and knowledge-driven, Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday even as he identified educating and skilling the vast population in the 15 to 25 years age group as a major challenge faced by the country. "Challenge today is educating and skilling the vast population in the 15 to 25 years of age group," …

Why apprenticeship is the starting point to addressing India's skilling problem
2 years, 3 months ago

Why apprenticeship is the starting point to addressing India's skilling problem

India Today  

India is a country with a booming young populace, churning well over seven million graduates a year, helping the country realise its dream of becoming a trillion-dollar economy. We need a conscious effort to bridge the gap between job requirements and the skills possessed by college students and internships can play a big role in this. INTERNSHIPS FORM THE FOUNDATION …

Urgent Upskilling Needed as Women's Employment Plummets in Covid Times
2 years, 4 months ago

Urgent Upskilling Needed as Women's Employment Plummets in Covid Times

News 18  

With economies across the world slowly coming out of Covid-enforced disruptions, people looking for gainful employment in India are also returning to the job market in ever-increasing numbers. So, in order to ensure that an important human resource — nearly half of the workforce in the country — does not go to waste and is tapped to give at least …

How entrepreneurs are transforming India’s narrative
2 years, 4 months ago

How entrepreneurs are transforming India’s narrative

Firstpost  

The narrative the world sees today is that a nation, plundered ad nauseam in the past, has scripted its own revival Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, and NR Narayan Murthy are but a few names that are part of regular global business conversations. Serving local markets did not need scalability or manufacturing operations and yet scalability was provided through integrating various …

Explained: Here's why skill development is a key to inclusive growth
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Here's why skill development is a key to inclusive growth

India Today  

Enabling the next working generation to develop skills can reduce the current economic burden. When skill development is undertaken with the focus on contributing to structural transformation, it automatically results in labour productivity, enabling public and private investment in education and better economic growth. While India deals with skills deficit challenges, better access to skill development opportunities can bridge the …

Providing a clear vision, roadmap to the youth vital: Telangana CM
2 years, 6 months ago

Providing a clear vision, roadmap to the youth vital: Telangana CM

The Hindu  

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, on Tuesday, said that as India gets set to celebrate its 75th anniversary of Independence, it was important to provide a clear vision and roadmap to the country about its future, especially to the youth. We wanted to build an India known equally for its entrepreneurial and technology capabilities.” The Chief Minister, while speaking after …

Why India is in need of skill training programme
2 years, 11 months ago

Why India is in need of skill training programme

India Today  

Over the years, learners and professionals have taken little interest in advancing their skill-set. Skill India Mission The Skills India Mission was a very ambitious skilling mission project that was launched in 2015. Perks of skilling EdTech companies co-create courses with prominent enterprises, providing placement opportunities to learners. There are many non-IT professionals who opt for switching gears and take …

Under India's Skill Initiative, 1.28 Crore Youth Trained, 56% Got Jobs
3 years, 5 months ago

Under India's Skill Initiative, 1.28 Crore Youth Trained, 56% Got Jobs

News 18  

Over 1.28 crore youngsters have been trained under the ambitious Skill India project of the Centre but only a little more than half of the candidates have managed to get job placements after completing their courses, government data shows. Under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana programme, which was launched on July 15, 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on …

World Youth Skills Day 2021: Challenges with Skill Development Programmes Amid COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

World Youth Skills Day 2021: Challenges with Skill Development Programmes Amid COVID-19

News 18  

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed July 15 in 2014 as World Youth Skills Day to recognise the strategic significance of preparing young people for work environments, dignified labour, and entrepreneurship. Ever since, World Youth Skills Day activities have given a unique chance of interaction among young people, technical and vocational education and training institutions, businesses, employer and worker groups, …

Delhi education revolution 2.0: After schools, AAP shifts focus to building capacity for skills training
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi education revolution 2.0: After schools, AAP shifts focus to building capacity for skills training

Firstpost  

The Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University brings industry and academia’s respected individuals together to build an institution that is agile and sensitive to the market’s requirements Delhi’s economy is recovering after the COVID-19 shock because of the teamwork of people, businesses, traders, workers, and the government. A few days back, the Delhi government took an important step towards this goal …

Skill India mission played major role in boosting spirit of entrepreneurship in last 5 yrs: Shah
4 years, 5 months ago

Skill India mission played major role in boosting spirit of entrepreneurship in last 5 yrs: Shah

Live Mint  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Skill India mission has played a major role in boosting the spirit of entrepreneurship among youth in the last five years. "In the last five years, Skill India has played a major role in boosting the spirit of entrepreneurship among the youth. The home minister also extended his greetings to everyone …

Apna Time is Now! Desi Youth Say They’re Better Off Than Parents
4 years, 11 months ago

Apna Time is Now! Desi Youth Say They’re Better Off Than Parents

The Quint  

The survey was conducted in urban-centric clusters among 22,285 adults, across India, US, Canada, Malayasia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and other countries, between 22 November and 31 December 2019. Commenting on the survey results, Amit Adarkar, India CEO and APAC Operations Director, IPSOS says, “India is a growing market, so is laden with opportunities for youngsters. Whether …

‘Industry needs problem-finding capability, not just problem-solving skills’
5 years ago

‘Industry needs problem-finding capability, not just problem-solving skills’

The Hindu  

Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, the recently-anointed chairman and managing director of tech major Cognizant’s Indian arm says that quality of talent available for recruitment has actually improved in the last few years. And given that, as an industry, we do not have the skills needed at scale to capitalise on the massive opportunity unleashed by digital technologies, I work closely with educational …

Making the journey from job seekers to job creators | Analysis
5 years, 1 month ago

Making the journey from job seekers to job creators | Analysis

Hindustan Times  

As the government tries to tackle the economic slowdown, it must focus on the key challenge of job creation. Many of India’s unicorns have created wealth for their investors, and become huge employment-generators Sadly, India has already ceded the manufacturing initiative to China. While entrepreneurship can’t be taught, it needs a robust ecosystem — centres, experienced mentors, legal support for …

By 2030, more than half of 12th-passed Indians will lack the skills to get jobs: Unicef
5 years, 2 months ago

By 2030, more than half of 12th-passed Indians will lack the skills to get jobs: Unicef

India Today  

South Asia is at a critical juncture right now. A recent press release by the Unicef lists the population percentage in each South Asian country who are on track to complete secondary education and also reach their learning benchmarks by 2030. Read: Why 33% of formally trained youth remained unemployed in 2017-18 alone: Need for skill development Special edition of …

Skill India, Start-up India need collaboration with education: UNICEF Executive Director
5 years, 2 months ago

Skill India, Start-up India need collaboration with education: UNICEF Executive Director

India Today  

The Indian government's flagship initiatives like Skill India and Start-Up India is a good beginning to address the need of imparting skill training and education necessary for employment to the youth, but these programmes need to be put together with the education system, said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on Wednesday. She said that UNICEF will aim to impart skill …

2 million-plus candidates get skill certificates under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
5 years, 3 months ago

2 million-plus candidates get skill certificates under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

India Today  

In a boost to the skill development programme of the government, more than 2 million candidates across the country have been given certificates under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana. Skill development and entrepreneurship data As per the latest report of the Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry dated September 17, of the 2.78 million candidates enrolled, 2.70 million have been …

Why India needs not 10,000 but one million entrepreneurs for true change
5 years, 8 months ago

Why India needs not 10,000 but one million entrepreneurs for true change

Live Mint  

Unemployment has been the Achilles heel of every government in India. That’s why my clarion call that India needs one million entrepreneurs, not ten thousand. It needs entrepreneurs who will build sustainable and real businesses at scale, so that each, in turn, will create jobs for one hundred to one thousand more. “We have to make entrepreneurship a lot more …

India’s entrepreneurs need to look at solving problems at scale for true impact
5 years, 10 months ago

India’s entrepreneurs need to look at solving problems at scale for true impact

Live Mint  

In a country with a million entrepreneurial dreams, I often wonder what the future hold for us? We need more people saying “I am solving a problem” rather than saying “I have a great idea”; more of those who ask, “How do I create a sustainable business?”as opposed to those who ask “How do I build a unicorn?”. But how …

Read India must come before Skill India
5 years, 11 months ago

Read India must come before Skill India

Firstpost  

The recently released Annual Status of Education Report, India’s largest NGO-run yearly survey, paints a distressing picture of basic reading and arithmetic abilities of students: with 25 per cent of students completing Class 8 without any reading competency, and over 50 per cent unable to even divide numbers. When we ask him whether he too wants to be a contractor, …

On National Youth Day, know how India can close its massive skill gap and deal with unemployment
6 years ago

On National Youth Day, know how India can close its massive skill gap and deal with unemployment

India Today  

National Youth Day is celebrated every year in India on the birth date of Swami Vivekananda, born on January 12, 1863. "To meet the constantly changing job scenarios and to keep yourself updated, skilling has become a must for every working professional," Gupta says, adding that quality upskilling could help the Indian economy manage this skill gap. Here is why …

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Joblessness in India?
6 years, 2 months ago

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Joblessness in India?

The Quint  

To compound the issue, what is truly baffling is the idea of ‘gainful employment’ for 460 million Indian workers that focuses on improved quality of work and the income derived from it. Government schemes like ‘Skill India’, ‘Make in India’, ‘Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme’, ‘Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana’, and ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana’ aimed at more fulfilling, …

Indian youth not equipped to avail current career opportunities: Shashi Tharoor
6 years, 2 months ago

Indian youth not equipped to avail current career opportunities: Shashi Tharoor

India TV News  

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Thursday said India was staring at a "demographic disaster" as a major section of the country's youth was not yet equipped to take advantage of the job opportunities that the current century has to offer. He also made a pitch for policies to provide "right kind of education", including skill development and vocational training, to youngsters …

Skill India: India Inc must raise spend on creation of quality manpower, says Dharmendra Pradhan
6 years, 5 months ago

Skill India: India Inc must raise spend on creation of quality manpower, says Dharmendra Pradhan

Firstpost  

Addressing the launch event of the Skill Connect Roadshow here, the minister observed that there is a disconnect between the country’s education system and employability. The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship minister said world experts are unanimous in saying that in the next 25 years, India is going to be the number one economy of the world, adding this is not …

Govt's sharp focus on skill development is improving employability, but employment is still a far cry
6 years, 6 months ago

Govt's sharp focus on skill development is improving employability, but employment is still a far cry

Firstpost  

Nearly 300 million youth are currently under employed or unemployed, and only two percent of the country’s total workforce has undergone skills training. That’s because, according to research conducted by the National Institute of Skill Development, nearly 300 million youth are currently under employed or unemployed, and presently only two percent of the country’s total workforce has undergone skills training. …

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