From grassroots training to global placement, India’s youth skilling initiatives are redefining future-readiness As the world commemorates World Youth Skills Day 2025, India stands at a pivotal moment—armed with the world’s largest youth population and facing a future dominated by artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and green innovation. This year’s theme, “Youth Empowerment through AI and Digital Skills,” couldn’t be more …

A three-day Summit along the sacred ghats of the River Ganga is in offing from July 18-20, where 500 youth delegates drawn from the youth wings of 100 spiritual organisations will come together to introspect, deliberate, and ideate actionable strategies for eradicating drug addiction. The Summit’s four plenary sessions will cover: understanding addiction and its impact on youth; dismantling peddler …

Addressing the 4th Convocation Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Kota in Rajasthan on July 12, Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, teared into the issue of coaching impacting education by labeling coaching centres as poaching centres and back holes of regimentalizing talent.   “Coaching centres have turned out to be poaching centres. They have become black holes …

BITS Pilani, an Institution of Eminence, celebrated Convocation 2025 at its Pilani campus on July 13, marking yet another milestone in its distinguished legacy. Degrees were awarded across BE, MSc, ME, and PhD programs to 1,706 students from the Pilani campus, while the total number of degrees conferred across all campuses, programs, and Work Integrated Learning Programs (WILP) stood at …

A total of 2093 of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati received their degrees in various disciplines during the 27th Convocation Ceremony on July 13. The graduating students include: 1005 B.Tech. and B.Des. students 556M.Tech. and M.Des. students 270PhD & Dual (Masters + PhD) students 172 M.Sc. students 51 M.A. students 18 MS (Research) students 21 MBA students The event marked the graduation of 22 students from the …

By Ramanujam Thirumalai, CTO, Global Products and Solutions (GPS), NIIT Limited In India, over 1 crore students graduate every year, yet employability remains a major hurdle. The 2025 Mercer-Mettl Employability Report shows a worrying trend: only 42.6% of graduates are deemed employable, a decrease from 44.3% just two years prior. Simultaneously, a nasscom report forecasts India will need nine times the …