World Youth Skills Day, observed on July 15th, recognizes the importance of empowering young people with skills for employment, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. The theme for World Youth Skills Day 2024 is Youth Skills for Peace and Development. It highlights the crucial role that young people play in peacebuilding and conflict resolution efforts. As the world faces a multitude of …

Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) announced its collaboration with BYD to launch the annual BYD Innovate-a-thon competition during its ASDC Partners’ Forum on July 12, 2024, in New Delhi. This competition aims to unite students across disciplines in the Electric Vehicle Domain, fostering creativity, teamwork, innovation, sustainability, and excellence. At the ASDC Partners’ Forum, BYD officially launched this initiative with …

NIIT Foundation, in collaboration with Angel One has initiated a joint program aimed at providing training enhancing employability skills tailored to the industries’ needs. Central to their mission is the recognition that children/youth hailing from underprivileged communities often face limited access to essential resources, thereby leading to unequitable access to opportunities. Launched in 2022, the collaborative initiative provides free-of-cost online …

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in collaboration with the Australian Government hosted a comprehensive and a productive roundtable to discuss the learnings from the Australia-India Critical Agriculture Skills Pilot in New Delhi on June 19. Envisaged in March last year, the project came to fruition after an extensive process of consultation with experts, government organisations, research organisations, multilateral organisations, …

The Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) is participating in nine skills at the WorldSkills Competition 2024 following the recent inauguration ceremony of India Skills 2024 held in New Delhi. ASDC, showcased its strong commitment to nurturing young talents in cutting-edge technologies, including Robotics System Integration. From an impressive pool of 419 applicants in this category, only 24 finalists have been …

Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) has inked a game-changing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Guwahati and Ropar primed for skill enhancement, innovation acceleration, and the flourishing of semiconductor startups. At the heart of this partnership lies the establishment of cutting-edge, industry-led skill centers dedicated to nurturing skilled manpower in semiconductor technology development …