In his address at the second national conference of chief secretaries, PM Modi said, States must act proactively towards formalisation of MSMEs along with the need to make finance, technology, market and access for skilling available to MSMEs to become globally competitive.

For banking & financial industries ( BFSI ); manufacturing; IT; and pharmaceuticals and healthcare & lifesciences (PHL) industries, the report provides granular data on hiring and availability of talent in these cities.

Just as Artificial Intelligence has revolutionized various industries, it can also be harnessed to cultivate effective talent mobility strategies. AI has the capability to consolidate skills, people, and job role data across different talent pillars like recruiting, learning, and retaining.

The policy envisages a steady supply of future ready skilled MedTech human resources across the value chain and supporting skill development, reskilling, and upskilling of professionals in the medical device industry through specialized multidisciplinary courses to be offered from existing institutions, and collaborations with foreign institutions.

Speaking on the occasion, Reddy said that the job fair was a unique example of publicprivate partnership s employability initiatives. He said that the Centre has undertaken several measures to ensure skilling of job seekers in a number of disciplines in order to boost job prospects of youth.

In this regard, India has been carrying out numerous skilling and training programmes for its workforce through National Skill Development Mission, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, and establishing Sector Skill Councils, amongst other such measures.

The DC said the aim of the proposed Skill Development & Rehabilitation Centre for Youth affected from Drug Abuse is to impart requisite trainings relate to different market oriented trades to the affected youth to enable them to get maximum skilling opportunities and enhanced job opportunities/placement so that they earn their livelihood with dignity and honour.

The report highlights progress made on the partner enablement pillars of improved earnings & wealth creation, security & wellbeing benefits, and training & skilling. The company s commitment to training and upskilling partners is reflected in the INR 72 crore investment in these efforts during 2022.

Generation Science, a showcase of the work of final year students from the Biomedical and Forensic Sciences programmes, will be held in the University s Old College building on Wednesday 24 May, followed by a Food Science Poster Day held on the same site on Thursday 25 May.