The Narendra Modi government had launched the National Skill Development Mission as well as the National Policy on Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in 2015 to improve the skilling ecosystem in the country.
When it comes to youth, skilling has been a major focus area. The Skill India Mission has trained 14 million youth, upskilled and reskilled 5.4 million youth, and established 3,000 new centres, shared the finance minister. A large number of new institutions of higher learning, namely seven IITs, 16 IIITs, seven IIMs, 15 AIIMS, and 390 universities have been set up.
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India s large pool of technical talent positions the country well to help shape the future of artificial intelligence, Google s AI head Jeff Dean has told Money control. India has tremendous technical talent. There is a long tradition of computer science students in India doing amazing things Dean said at the company s first Research@ event in India held in Bengaluru on February 1.
This year featured a total of 10 categories, with the song Tumaloi Barasha emerging as a strong contender, securing the prestigious Best Song award. The awards also showcased Gupshup s commitment to supporting emerging talent, with the Best Debut Singer category won by the promising Arup Das.
As many as 1.4 crore youth were trained and upskilled under the Skill India Mission, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the interim Budget on Thursday. The mission focuses on skilling, reskilling and upskilling through short term and long-term training programmes.
Bengaluru based IT major Wipro is looking to cut hundreds of jobs, targeting midlevel employees working onsite as the company looks to improve margins, according to a media report, citing two sources. The company has said it is aligning its business and talent to the changing market environment.
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Emphasising the significance of extracurricular activities and underlining the success of the Education Cultural Exchange Programme in Hyderabad and Delhi, Prof khan said: Our talented students will undoubtedly win hearts at the AIU youth festival as we have confidence in their ability to compete at any level.
Zomato, food ordering and delivery platform announced a PlasticFree Orders Packathon in collaboration with Startup India to encourage innovation in sustainable packaging for food delivery orders. The Packathon is a competition for startups to showcase food delivery sustainable packaging options for restaurants catering to online food orders.
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With January 16 designated as National Startup Day, young startups took centre stage for the entire month across Pune colleges. COEP hosted its annual Pune Startup Fest, BMCC hosted Innovate X and SPPU held an innovation showcase among other events. With January 16 designated as National Startup Day, young startups took centre stage for the entire month across Pune colleges.
“This is a great initiative,” said Infosys cofounder Kris Gopalakrishnan, who has been vocal about the need to triple India’s spending on research and development (R&D) to 3% of its GDP from 0.7% now. “Industry should take advantage of this. We need to see the process for availing these,” he added. The centre is expected to identify the qualifying sectors through a “stakeholder process”. (SAP Labs)
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