NATIONAL INDUSTRY CONCLAVE ON SKILLS
Government calls Industry
captains to discuss their contribution to Skill India done till now and for way
forward
Industry pledges contribution
on skill development and shows commitment to achieving the skill mission for
the country
by Shrutee K/DNS
Mumbai, January 12, 2015: Celebrating
the 153rd birth anniversary of Swami Viveknand, the various
Ministries under the Government of India came together to address the “National
Industry Conclave on Skills” to bring together all
stakeholders in one common mission mode on the skills agenda. The conclave had the
biggest of industry captains present, making their commitment towards skill
development.
This
maiden edition of the Conclave was steered by Shri Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of
Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs along with Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy,
Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent
Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs,towards constructive outcome and clear
direction to increase participation of the industry in skill development.
Giving
clear directions to the industry, Shri Venkaiah Naidu said, “Youth are the
future of our country, they have aspirations and we have to come together to
fulfil these aspirations. We need to have one skill development centre each,across
all districts by 2017– which means we need to at least have 630 centres. These need
to be done by the industry and the Government will handhold you in the best
possible way.”
“The
industry has to look beyond the areas where they operate and have invested. There
needs to be a strong effort towards creating self-employment as well. The
government will give the industry the ease to work towards skill development in
every possible way. But we have to make this happen at the earliest. I will
personally monitor every corporate who has made a commitment today to skill
India,” he further added.
Re-iterating
on the ground work that has been done for the skills landscape, Shri Rajiv
Pratap Rudy said, “We have in the last one year tried to streamline various
schemes, state government and departments within one skill ecosystem. The base
is set and it is about time we start seeing results.”
He
said that the industry needs to align to the National Skill Qualification
Framework, to the 3500 unique national occupational standards which have been
created and also to the certification process that is in place through National
Skill Development Corporation and the Sector Skill Councils. “90%
of the CSR is focused till now towards healthcare and education. There can be serious
contribution that can be made to skill development as well through this CSR
funding. This is an investment in the country future which will certainly reap
results,” Shri Rudy added.
The
industry was directed towards different modules in which it can invest into
Skill Development. A few of them were - contribution through company’s
CAPEX/OPEX or through extending infrastructure support; or by contributing to
the National Skill Development Fund where NSDC can give them direction in which
areas they can spend their funds.
The
day-long meeting was aimed at encouraging the industry to come forward to play
a major role in skill ecosystem by providing their knowledge and expertise in
guiding, training and raising funds for initiatives in skill development. Industry
leaders pledged to partner with government in skill development by contributing
via CSR (corporate social responsibility) and developing their own skill
oriented programmes etc. which will make the entire skilling ecosystem more
effective and productive, for the nation and the industry as well. The
conclave also saw the presence of Shri Manohar Parrikar – Minister of Defence,
Shri Birender Singh, Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj,
Sanitation and Drinking Water, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (I/C)
for Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Commenting
on his Ministry’s commitment to skill, Shri Parrikar said, “The Defense sector
in the next 10 years will create opportunities worth 7 lakh crore of
manufacturing so there is obviously a huge need for a skilled workforce in the
sector. In our Defense offset policy, skills is an important part.” Industry
captions like Sunil Bharti Mittal, Adi Godrej, Cyrus Mistry, Ajit Gulabchand,
Prashant Ruia, Dr. NareshTrehan, Sachin Jindal, Nikhil Meswani, GM Rao,
NainaLalKidwai, SLakshminarayan were also present at the conclave and assured
the government about their contribution.
CII has
committed a minimum 100 skill development centres through its members in the
next one year. Mr S Lakshminarayanfrom Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC)
made a commitment of setting up a driving school in any place in India where
the government can provide 3-4 acres of land. The organisation has already set
large number of institutes for skill development in the sector. The industry
also gave a view on the up-gradation of ITIs to meet the demand and supply gap.
CM Maharashtra also committed to train 2 lakh people with the help of the
industry in his state.
India
has a huge youth demographic with 65% of its population is below the age of 35,
and half the country's population of 1.25 billion people is under 25 years of
age.Therefore developing countries like India with largest youth populations
could help the economies soar, provided our Industry invest heavily in theirskill
development. These young people can become the innovators, creators, builders
and leaders who can transform the future only if our industry comes forward to help
them acquire right skillsto make them job-ready as per industry requirements.
For
more information on Skill Development, please follow the links below:
PMKVY Facebook: www.facebook.com/PMKVYOfficial
Skill India Facebook: www.facebook.com/SkillIndiaOfficial
Skill India Twitter: www.twitter.com/@MSDESkillindia
Skill India YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNfVNX5yLEUhIRNZJKniHg
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