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Building an Employment First Future Through Outcomes Based Skilling

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 GDS with LLF launches Green Skills Centres of Excellence for sustainability and future-tech skills

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 …

State Boards stepping into Dual Role as Awarding Bodies as Vocational Education is integrating into system

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 …

Wadhwani Ignite Bootcamp at MIT WPU to train 7,500+ students, will launch 1500 ventures

The Wadhwani Foundation has partnered with Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) to launch Wadhwani Ignite Bootcamp: RIDE 2025—a credited course for students of all courses in the university. The initiative will train over 7,500 second-year undergraduate students, spanning 30 departments across 12 schools at MIT-WPU. The goal: to create more than 1500 student-led ventures – a bold …

World Youth Skills Day 2025: Youth Empowerment through AI & Digital Skills

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 …

Great Learning’s 2025–26 Upskilling Report: AI Optimism Grows, Job Confidence Rebounds

Great Learning, a leading global edtech company, has unveiled its fourth annual ‘Upskilling Trends Report 2025–26’, based on a survey of over 1,000 professionals across India. The report highlights a significant rebound in job confidence, with 73% of professionals expressing confidence in retaining their jobs this year—an 11 percentage point increase from the previous year. Confidence is notably higher among …

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