Page 9 - Skill Development

Companies plan to increase CSR funding towards skill, education: Survey

A significant percentage of companies in India plan to increase their corporate social responsibility funding towards skilling and education in 2022, says a TeamLease EdTech survey.

13.2 million candidates trained, oriented till Nov 21 under PMKVY

As many as 1.32 crore candidates were trained and oriented across the country as on November 21 this year under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Under Skill India Mission, the skill development ministry is implementing PMKVY with an objective to impart short duration skill development training and certification to youth including rural poor and unemployed youth, and to make them employable for better livelihood across the country. Under the scheme, there is provision to provide facilities to target groups such as conveyance cost, boarding and lodging, transportation, post placement support, reward money, etc. in the country covering rural areas. "Under PMKVY, as on November 21, 2021, around 1.32 crore candidates (0.67 crore trained in short term training and 0.65 crore oriented in recognition of prior learning) trained / oriented across the country," Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar sa

AutoGuru India inks pact with Automotive Skill Development Council

AutoGuru India, along with Formula Woman UK, are bringing a unique platform which gives opportunity to women drivers to be in the driving seat for the McLaren racing team in 2022

Continuous process of up-skilling employees, utmost need: Virtusa

Virtusa's "Thrive Academy" aims to fulfill this need by providing hands-on exposure and training, a comapny official said

Manipal Global, Salesforce ink pact for skill development programme

Manipal Global will build a talent pool of Salesforce Trailhead-qualified professionals with a B2C and business to academia (B2A) model by leveraging the former's best practices in higher education

IBM in talks with states to expand 'SkillBuild' initiative in India

IT company IBM on Wednesday said it is in talks with several states in India to expand its 'SkillsBuild' initiative

Railway-focused skill development programme launched under PMKVY

The Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana aims to train 50,000 candidates over next three years, will start with 1,000 candidates

Need trainers to impart skill to 500 mn people: Skill Development Secy

About 50 crore people need to be skilled in the next few years and for that there is a need of lakhs of trainers, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Secretary Ravi Mital said in Friday.

Digital and soft skills equally important for jobs of the future: Oracle

Says pace of skills transformation is slower than the pace of digital transformation in India, as is the case in several countries across the world

Best of BS Opinion: Targeting taxpayers, Bharat Ratna for Dr Kurien & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

Bringing skills and education closer

The placement of these two ministries with one minister is the first step towards improving the employability of India's workforce in a pandemic

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Andhra govt to establish of 30 skill development colleges, 1 university

The government has accorded administrative sanction to the State Skill Development Corporation for the establishment of one skill development university and 30 skill development colleges

Best of BS Opinion: The skills India needs, India's 'Lehman moment' & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

The skills India needs

Excessive centralisation of skilling programmes may hinder the ability of training institutions to effectively respond to Indian market requirements

Rajnath Sigh inaugurates skill development centre for fire safety training

Rajnath Singh said on Monday as he inaugurated a Skill Development Centre (SDC) for Fire Safety Training of DRDO that will provide quality training to fire personnel to prevent such losses

Courses for skill development of school students to be launched: Eco Survey

Vocational courses will be introduced phase-wise in schools for classes 9 to 12 to expose students to skill development avenues

Hyundai Motor to invest Rs 150 crore in new training centre near Chennai

The facility will serve as an incubation centre for skill enhancement and will focus on human-centric innovations and mobility solutions

Alstom to train young engineers at APSSDC training centre in Sricity

Under the Andhra Pradesh government's Skill AP initiative, this programme will upskill 30 diploma holders from across the state and make them industry-ready

Tamil Nadu govt ties up with Coursera to skill 50,000 youth

Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC) has partnered with the online learning platform Coursera to train 50,000 unemployed youth.