Skilling, re-skilling, up-skilling & industry-connect skilling necessary to achieve USD5 trillion economy
08 October 2020: For skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling, skill training centres, industry connect skilling and industry demand skilling are important for achieving the vision of a USD5 trillion economy and making India self-reliant, going forward, said Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India. He was addressing 115th Annual Session of PHD Chamber.
He underlined the importance of Atmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM), a database to bridge the gap of demand and supply of skilled workforce across the sectors. Dr. Pandey said that PHD Chamber could play a significant role in supporting the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the Government has a whole, in achieving its Skilled India mission and overall vision of high economic trajectory and self- reliant India.
He said that skill India is a concept that has been making a footprint, both in and outside India. He said that all our ecosystem of education and skill departments in every state and district came together to contribute with their innovative ideas during the last 7 months of the COVID pandemic.
With a vision to make India Skill capital of the world, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has worked towards making more than 5 crore people skilled in the country since 2014-15. Also, the Ministry signed various MOUs on skill development with different countries.
