Skill Development Initiatives by Industry Associations
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
To address the National Skill Gap and promote inclusive growth, FICCI launched a Skill Development Forum in 2008. FICCI Skill Development Forum aims to discuss and critically examine the skill development policies, strengthen interface with the Government on skill related issues, interact with the NSDC and put forward the views of the private sector and the vocational training providers.
The FICCI Skill Development Forum, led by Mr. Anurag Jain has an 8-Point Agenda: Build Awareness; Mobilize Funds; Create Infrastructure; Create Standards; Vocational Training Framework; Generate Employment; Career Progression and Non-Linear Growth enabled through Technology.
The FICCI Skill Development Forum publishes a monthly newsletter called Skill Express.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
CII has turned the limelight on skills development across the country to align industry manpower needs with the skilling initiatives underway and improve the employability of the working population including school drop-outs, semi-skilled and un-skilled workers. Due efforts are underway to create a new wave of entrepreneurship in the country that will result in further employment generation. CII has launched its own Skills Development Initiative, which is aligned, to the National Skills Development Agenda to skill 500 million people by 2022. In this endeavour, CII has set up its first skills centre at Chhindwara, MP, to train people in bar bending, grinding, pipe fitting, welding, etc. CII along with HPCL launched the ‘Swavalamban’ project to train 2,200 youth in multiple trades. The programmes have high local relevancy, in-built flexibility and are modular in form. Five sectoral studies have been released on skills requirements in the constructions, auto, retail, healthcare and banking & financial services sectors. CII has also taken skills development initiatives beyond national boundaries. Indian industry provides the facilities for training 100 apprentices from South Africa in construction trades in Hyderabad in 2007 with the support the Umsobomvu Youth Fund, South Africa. CII established a Vocational Training Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan and trained 1,000 Afghans in constructional trades and tailoring. Besides, MOUs have been signed with: Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, for skills upgradation and pre-departure orientation of potential emigrant workers SENAI, Brazil for technical education / skills development and technology dissemination; HRD Korea to develop an e-learning module for industrial control and welding; The Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC) to enhance cooperation in skills development.
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