Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR), a leading global online learning platform, on Aug 7 released its annual Global Skills Report, revealing a 107% year-over-year (YoY) surge in Generative AI (GenAI) enrollments in India and over 2.6 million enrollments to date — the highest of any country globally. With a rapidly growing learner base now exceeding 31 million, India has also surpassed …
In a powerful push to bridge the gap between engineering education and industry readiness, the Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC), in collaboration with VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), rolled out its innovative Eicher Training Van program across four leading technical institutes, training over 300 students in real-world automotive technologies. The on-campus sessions, held in July, brought advanced automotive systems training directly …
Samsung, consumer electronics brand, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Startup India, a flagship initiative of the Government of India, to empower young innovators from remote corners of India and strengthen the country’s startup ecosystem with Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. The MoU was signed in New Delhi and brings together Samsung’s flagship nationwide innovation contest, Samsung Solve …
By Ramanujam Thirumalai, CTO, Global Products and Solutions (GPS), NIIT Ltd. A recent study found that 78% of employers consider fresh engineering graduates ill-equipped for the workplace. One of India’s Tier 1 IT firms cut its fresher intake by more than 70%—from 38,000 in FY23 to just 10,000. Across industries, onboarding delays for new hires are now stretching well beyond a …
EY Global Delivery Services (EY GDS), in collaboration with the Learning Links Foundation (LLF), has launched its first Green Skills Centre of Excellence (CoE) at a government high school in Bengaluru. A second CoE is set to open in New Delhi in the coming months. These centres aim to equip over 1,200 students from underserved communities with practical knowledge and …
The Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), and the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET), as part of a whole-of-government effort to integrate vocational education with the formal schooling system in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 on July 18, organized a National Workshop …
