Key Highlights
- The accelerator will support efforts to strengthen India’s TVET ecosystem by ensuring closer alignment between skilling initiatives and the evolving demands of industry and the global economy.
- “This initiative will significantly benefit India by bridging critical skill gaps, enhancing the global employability of our youth, and ensuring that India’s talent pool is aligned with emerging domains such as artificial intelligence, green energy, robotics, and advanced manufacturing,” MSDE said in a statement.
- “By promoting industry-linked training, mutual recognition of qualifications and innovative financing for skilling, the partnership will strengthen our TVET ecosystem, support inclusive growth, and position India as a global hub for skilled manpower and innovation” said the statement.
- Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary said, “What began as a strategic vision to align India’s skilling ecosystem with the future of work has now taken a structured and global form.
- The formalization of the India Skills Accelerator, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, marks a key milestone.” He said by bringing government, industry, and education together, the initiative strengthens coordinated action to address current and emerging skill gaps, enable outcome-based skill financing, and promote lifelong learning and alignment with global labour-market demand.
