Apprenticeships have always helped young minds to gain career opportunities with wage premiums. This age old practice of apprenticeship has…
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Have you met the often overlooked but nonetheless talented pool of students outside mainstream education? In the millennial era, anyone…
India is known for its robust workforce in IT and supports services across the world. Ours is a country of young population,…
Skill gap! This is a well-known problem and a common one that is frequently discussed by HR leaders. Many researches…
Let’s begin with employability rates of the cream of the crop of India’s higher education – 1.5 million engineer graduates every year…
In an extremely gratifying development, giving apprenticeships a robust shot in the arm, the Central Apprenticeship Council (CAC), under the…
Skills directly impact the economic development of any nation- a sentiment germane to India’s workforce development challenges. Between 2017-2022, the…
While a juggernaut of vocational training and education rolls out through various policies and schemes, what does it mean for…
Several industry-friendly amendments in 2014 to the Apprentice Act (1961) saw an impressive 15% growth in apprentice engagement during 2015-16,…
Today’s ‘new skills economy’ is placing a whole new set of demands on organisations, as far as talent management is…
Of the nearly 15,000 ITIs, 84% are privately run. The 2017 Annual Report of the Ministry of Skill Development and…
Competition is getting tougher, irrespective of the industry. There is a wide variety of products and services on offer, each…
Many organisations today are trying to build future capabilities in their employees, and the public relations (PR) space is no…
Employability rates among college graduates languish under 50% dropping to 30% in disciplines such as commerce and arts. Equally alarming, an astonishing…
E-commerce company, Flipkart, has collaborated with the Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC) of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to…
The National Youth Policy 2014 defines ‘youth’ as persons between the ages of 15-29 years. Rural male and female youth…
Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in India are a major pipeline for skills-based and vocational training. From 59 institutions in 1956, there are…
The saying ‘the hand that rocks the cradle’ has enormous economic connotations for India’s ambitions towards an inclusive workforce. The…
We continue from Part I – Are Industrial Training Institutes Up to The Job? where we examined the quality of technical and…
A highly engaged workforce is not only more productive, but can drive higher levels of customer satisfaction, profit and shareholder…
The narrative on India’s education system is many things at once – hopeful, despondent and overwhelming. India’s Higher Education system…
Skills training has never been more crucial for a work-ready workforce in India. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship…
Amazon, the e-commerce company, plans to spend $700 million on retraining a third of its workforce in the US in…
TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) in India is often marred by inefficiencies owing to the problem of too…
Representatives of the Delhi Government will soon be meeting with a group of engineers in Kerala to discuss the use…
HDFC Bank has come up with an interesting way of hiring and nurturing young talent. The Bank has tied up…