Skill India

The platform is being primed to be integrated with MSMEs and facilitate access to entrepreneurship schemes for job seekers.

NSDC signs MoU with Shobhit University for Work Integrated Degree Programs

The program is designed to empower students with domain-specific skills and cutting-edge technologies by seamlessly integrating academic knowledge with practical exposure to meet the growing demand for a skilled workforce across industries.

Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates 2 Centres of Excellence in Bhubaneswar

The media & entertainment centre, spanning an expansive 4,000 square feet, and the Electronics centre, covering an area of 1,920 square feet, facilitate expertise in new-age courses.

Dhenkanal will become futuristic centre of new-age communication: Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Skill India Centre (SIC) in Dhenkanal, Odisha

Budget 2024: Skill India Mission has trained, upskilled 1.4 crore youth, says FM Sitharaman

Skill India mission, the short-term and long- term training, and upskilling programme had successfully trained around 1.4 crore youth in India, says FinMin Sitharaman.

Govt launches Skill India Digital platform

More than 264 skilling courses from 42,623 centres from across the country will be available under the platform, which will also provide opportunities for job exchange, apprenticeship, and entrepreneurship.

In rural Madhya Pradesh, the art of making soaps brightens women’s lives

Having acquired the skills to make soaps using goat milk, the women of Jawar village in Khandwa today enjoy a stronger socio-economic status and supplement the income of their families.

GST hurting skill development as workers, industries shy away due to steep rate: Report

Most vocational or professional training programmes are already expensive

PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana trains 72L individuals, places 51L since launch: Govt

Part of the government's Skill India Mission launched in 2015, PMKVY trains youth in employable skills

Skill India | Govt to spend Rs 5,000 crore to skill unorganised sector workers

The govt believes that unless the informal sector is targeted, the skills mission will not be successful. The move is being seen in sync with the Union government’s tilt towards creating more beneficiaries

EV courses, fresh tie-ups to power Skill India engine

The recent Economic Survey, too, pitched for making India an electric vehicles hub and boost employment in the automobile sector. According to the Survey, India’s market share in electric cars is just 0.06% while China has 2 percent share of the global share.

Simplilearn Partners with NSDC to upskill for Digital Skills

The first year of partnership aims to train 3,000 learners from across the country.

DATA STORY | Inability to rapidly test technology is the greatest barrier to PM Modi's vision of Digital India

Here are the major barriers that lie on the road to digital transformation in 2019.

DATA STORY | India set to grow at a fast pace but here are its 3 biggest long-term challenges

Here are the three major challenges that lie ahead of the country's future.

Opinion | Can Skill India solve the decline in female labour force participation?

Given the less-than-laudatory attention that India’s rapidly declining female labour force participation is receiving globally, one needs to add another line to the famous girl child campaign: ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao aur Beti Ko Kaabil Banao’

DATA STORY: Lack of awareness among 70% youth key obstacle to PM Modi's Skill India initiative

The skill development initiative holds significance as about one-third of India's working age population is between 15-64.

Skill India: Government proposes skills universities, council for vocational education

The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has placed the guidelines on setting up skills universities in India in the public domain and sought comments within 15 days.

Dell's Executive VP has a message for techies: 'Upskill or leave'

He said that IT professionals can keep themselves relevant in the sector that is seeing severe layoffs.

Industry calls for policy initiatives to boost defence manufacturing in India

Enabling finance availability, easy migration of labour force and a robust think tank is the need of the hour for defence sector

Tata Motors aims to provide skill training to 40k in 3 years

It is focusing on 10th and 12th class dropouts, youth from rural areas and small towns, Chief HRO Gajendra Chandel said.

GST to be game changer for media, broadcasting

"Campaigns like Make in India, Skill India and Digital India were clearly positive signals for new transformation including GST which would prove to be a game changer for Indian media and entertainment sector, especially the broadcasting sector," Information and Broadcasting Minister Naidu said.

The silent crisis: Why Indian IT engineers are staring at a future of no jobs

Indian IT (information technology) industry might like to put all the blame on Donald Trump for its woes – single-digit growth, retrenchment and reduced hiring from campuses. But the ‘Trump effect‘ masks the crisis that is silently brewing.

Budget 2017 should address the need for skill development in realty sector

The Indian realty sector is slated to become the fastest-growing realty market, in the next few years. With a rapidly growing population, high GDP and rising income levels, the infrastructure in rural and urban &#82

Budget 2017: Finance minister proposes lower tax at 25% for SMEs

The budget speech also proposes a hike in MUDRA fund.

Will tier II cities steal the 'real' show from metros?

s per QuikrHomes recent consumer sentiments survey, nearly 43 percent prospective buyers showed interest in Tier II cities, majorly in Kochi, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Lucknow, among few others.