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 …

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 …

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 …