Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis unveiled Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) platform in Marathi language on occasion of Vishwa Marathi Sammelan 2025 at Fergusson College in Pune on Jan 3. The platform will assist youth in skilling themselves in over 7000 skill courses that includes Industry 4.0 courses, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Drone technology to name a few.
The unveiling event included video on the platforms key features, demonstrating its user-friendly interface and potential to connect youth with over 50,000 industry partners and 5.5 lakh apprenticeship opportunities. The Marathi version of SIDH will serve as a bridge between aspirations and opportunities, furthering the mission to make India the skill capital of the world. Additionally, the platform will include industry-specific skill modules, certification programs, and employer-led training programs to ensure job readiness among youth. It will enable professionals, students, and researchers to engage more effectively with valuable content, ensuring wider knowledge dissemination across Maharashtra.
Besides Fadnavis, and Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, Shrirang Barne, Member of Lok Sabha, several MLAs were part of the launch event. Ved Mani Tiwari, CEO of NSDC, who was felicitated by Minister Uday Samant, for his instrumental role in shaping SIDH, said, “SIDH has nationally recorded more than 1.26 crore registrations in over a year. It is offering thousands of skilling courses, and with the unveiling of the Marathi version, NSDC is showcasing the utility of the platform to empower millions of Marathi-speaking youth and help them unlock their career prospects.”
In terms of registrations, Maharashtra is among the top five states in the country while in terms of user traffic, at 30 per cent nationally, it stands next to Uttar Pradesh. With the unveiling of the Marathi version, the popularity and registration of the skilling courses and the platform will further go up. Marathi is among the 23 languages in which the platform can be accessed. By breaking language barriers, this initiative fosters linguistic inclusivity and empowers citizens with essential information in their mother tongue, as envisioned in NEP 2020.
The most popular courses in the state include, web design, cybersecurity, kisan drone operator. Over 43,000 female users have enrolled in various online courses, with over 80 per cent being under the age of 30. The top sectors attracting enrolment from the state include IT-ITeS, entrepreneurship, and electronics among others.
