About 20 years back, IT industry body NASSCOM said that only 25% of engineering graduates were readily employable in the technology industry. While there were debates on the methodology adopted to arrive at this number, the findings set the tone for serious introspection among different stakeholdersthe government, academia, industry, parents, students and trade bodies.

Wipro will also accelerate investments in cutting-edge startups through Wipro Ventures. Additionally, the company will launch a GenAI Seed Accelerator program, which will provide select GenAI-focused startups with the training needed to become enterprise-ready.

The studyAI in India A Strategic Necessity estimates that core AI talent, especially data scientists, data engineers, enterprise architects would account for 15 to 20 percent of this demand. The report has been jointly released by the Brij Disa Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CDSA) at the IIMA and Boston Consulting Group.

Also, entrepreneurs and startups have benefitted from the free technology portals launched for driving innovation and technology transfer. SME corner, food processing machinery portal, micro entrepreneurs portal, and skill portal are among the initiatives started for encouraging entrepreneurship development, the institute said.

The project is aimed at upskilling the talent pool via a series of skilling modules, during which they will receive training in digital productivity tools and methods, presentation skills, best practices for writing compelling CVs, and interview preparation techniques.

According to records, the total outstanding of the education, industry, and selfemployment schemes was Rs 582 crore, but the loan recovery rate was 15 per cent in 2021 and 25 per cent in 2022. In the current fiscal year, the recovery rate must be 50 per cent, said a press release by Zameer Ahmed Khan s office.

What can bring six young tech professionals with diverse skillsets together to showcase their talent that goes beyond the usual work in office or from home and pursue their true passion for something they had always longed for.

It speaks about finding truth in the midst of doubt and uncertainty a skill that is getting increasingly more valuable today.From an interview to the latest job talk, you might often be asked to demonstrate your skills around two terms that help you navigate towards the truth through uncertainty critical thinking and problem solving.

Engineeringfocused edtech startup SkillLync has laid off more than 200 employees as the company plans to reduce its cost. This is the second round of layoffs at the Chennai and Palo Altobased startup in 2023.

Now, as we explore the trajectory of the turbulent economy and its implications on the emerging talent market, we need to understand how skills , technology, and human training forge an alliance to building organisational resilience and setting us up for the future of work , especially as we accustom to the hybrid settings.

India is extremely important to Citi from a business standpoint and we will continue to grow our employee base at our solution centres in India, Sara Wechter, Citi s head of human resources, told ET s Rica Bhattacharyya in an exclusive interview.

The core objective of the partnership is to strengthen research & academic cooperation, deliver industry-driven skill-based higher and vocational education as envisioned in the National Education Policy 2020.

The National Education Policy of India 2020 seeks to change and skillorient India s educational system. It is being implemented in the city and state as of this academic year. On this World Youth Skill Day It is fitting to welcome this initiative.

While India is positioned first in AI skill penetration, with a contribution of over 16% to the global AI talent pool, as stated in a Nasscom report, the government is taking steps to accelerate the industry growth.

Bootcamps recruit from a diverse pool of people, are often demanding, and focus only on adding specific technical skills. The good ones are quite intense. The people that survive those usually have something great to show for it at the end, says Dobbs.

We want you to enrol in colleges and take courses that are skill-based. The government is keen on making Tamil Nadu the talent capital for the area, so we are more concerned in the course objectives, course outcomes, and skills taught, according to Jayaprakasan.