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 …

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 …

Zed Black, the incense brand endorsed by cricket legend MS Dhoni, has been spotlighted as a case study at Harvard Business School. Its parent company, Mysore Deep Perfumery House (MDPH), is on its way to transform from a modest garage setup in Indore into a ₹1,000 crore fragrance powerhouse by 2027, making it one of the first from Indore and the …

A two-day Vice Chancellors Conference of Central Universities in Kevadia, Gujarat from 10th -11th July 2025 convened by the union Ministry of Education with the Central University of Gujarat with the aims to consolidate and map the institutional progress of central universities in mapping up the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, decided that the central universities would prepare strategy papers respectively for …

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), successfully hosted the second workshop on “Skilling: Future Ready Workforce” as a thematic prelude to the 5th National Conference of Chief Secretaries at Kaushal Bhawan, New Delhi on July 8. The workshop brought together senior policymakers, domain experts, industry leaders, and academia to …