NIIT unveils programme to equip youth with future-ready skills

: NIIT Limited, a global leader in skills and talent development, has launched an initiative 'Future Ready Talent' here.

The initiative is to encourage youth enhance their knowledge through future-ready programmes, along with their regular academic curriculum.

There are many career options in today's digital economy, but the aspiring professional is confused for want of proper information and right guidance, NIIT career education business vice- president Kshitij Jain said in a press release here Wednesday

"Through this initiative, we aim to build awareness on new career possibilities and provide them with an opportunity to develop and grow in the field of their choice through our new-age career programmes," Jain said.

 

Jobs in digital technology would grow from 17 per cent in 2018 to 33 per cent in 2022 and estimates have indicated that 75 million jobs may be displaced by a shift in the division of labour between humans and machines, while 133 million new roles may emerge that are more adapted to this model, he said.

He said this while referring to the Future of Job report (World Economic Forum).

This demonstrates a huge requirement of skilled employees for futuristic industry and NIIT is offering new-age programmes in digital marketing and branding, data analytics and predictive modelling, full stack product engineering, Banking and Finance and Accounting & Business Analytics, towards this, Jain said.

As part of the initiative, Tamil technical guru, a renowned YouTuber addressed the youth at a seminar at NIIT centre here a couple of days ago on 'Importance of IT skills, in offbeat careers like building a regional YouTube channel, the release said.

NIIT would conduct seminars across 26 centres in the country during this month wherein leaders from diverse fields would share their experiences with the youth, building awareness about the importance of new-age future ready careers, it said.