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Different Dimensions of Skill Development
October 27, 2020 @ 15:00 – 16:30
Overview
According to 2019 Employability Skills Report by British Council, India is a fast growing economy, which would require a large pool of workers with close to 63% working age population in the skilling pool by 2022. According to another report1, the labor force is projected to grow by close to 2 per cent and would roughly add over 7 million per year for the next few years. With an increased migration of the workers from the rural to the urban sectors of the economy, India realizes that it has the need for a well thought out and executed strategy to provide a new set of skills through vocational training in order to effectively absorb this additional workforce and sustain economic growth.
This drives our attention to the need of the hour which is to build a robust infrastructure of trainers and training institutes for the same. To cover the widespread problem of unemployment and with an objective of creating a workforce that has improved skills, and knowledge that can result in gaining access to decent employment and enhancing India’s competitiveness in the global labour market, the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) was launched.
Given the changing world order and more so to meet the skilling needs of the future generation, training of the present youth force have become an integral part of boosting capabilities and enhancing employment opportunities which are instrumental in building the economy and improving the society.
KEY ISSUES
To foresee India as a skill capital, we would have to:
- Understand that there is a need for an exposure to skilling which needs to start early at secondary education and should focus on building transversal skills.
- Connect vocational education to higher education and bring in more acceptability for this model from the community.
- Identify potential of public-private partnership to ensure scale and quality.
- Blended mode of learning to cater to the complexities of jobs. There has to be a blend between online, onsite, on the job and on campus for comprehensive development of capabilities.
SCHEDULE
| Particulars | Speaker (Name and Designation) | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome Address | Mr. Maninder Singh Nayyar Co-Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Skill Development | 15:00 – 15:05 hours |
| Industry Address | Mr. Ashish Jain CEO, Healthcare Sector Skill Council | 15:05 – 15:15 hours |
| Industry Address | Ms. Neela Dabir Dean, SVE-TISS | 15:15 – 15:25 hours |
| Industry Address | Col. Anand Kumar Singh CEO, CSDCI | 15:25 – 15:35 hours |
| Industry Address | Mr. Bhomik Shah CEO, CSRBOX | 15:35 – 15:45 hours |
| Special Address | Mr. Jaikant Singh State Governments & Citizen Engagement National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) | 15:45 – 15:55 hours |
| Guest of Honour Address | Ms. Anuradha Vemuri Joint Secretary, MSDE, Govt of India | 15:55 – 16:05 hours |
| Guest of Honor Address | Mr. Vipul Mittra, IAS Additional Chief Secretary Labour & Employment Department Government of Gujarat | 16:05 – 16:15 hours |
| Guest of Honor Address | Ms. Sunita Sanghi Senior Advisor, MSDE, Govt of India | 16:15 – 16:25 hours |
| Chief Guest Address | Ms. Juthika Patankar, IAS Additional Secretary, MSDE, Govt of India | 16:25 – 16:35 hours |
| Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks | Shri Maninder Singh Nayyar Co-Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Skill Development & Secretary, Bal Bharti Academy | 16:35 – 16:40 hours |
KEY OUTCOMES
- A perspective of what could be achieved in the times ahead to make training and skilling more effective while keeping in mind the future generation of our country.
- As an output from the webinar, we can compile, summarize and submit the set of recommendations to the concern Government authority on the basis of the discussions and inputs received during the webinar.