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The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed a partnership with skilling, and workforce development company, upGrad to offer high quality higher education and skilling programmes to India s youth. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), this collaboration aims to bolster India s skill ability, fostering skill enhancement and facilitating study abroad opportunities, informed a press release.

ITC Hotels is battling competition for talent from retail and airline industries by changing its workforce policies and compensation structure, a top company executive said. The hotel chain has instituted nine-hour shifts, tweaked variable pays, brought in quarterly incentives, and plans to amp up campus hiring, said Sanjay Bose, executive vice president and headHR & learning and development, ITC Hotels.

Recent data by Indeed also indicated that production/manufacturing continues to remain one of the most hired functional areas in the past year. Functional areas are teams of employees who have similar skills and expertise. However, the data reveals a noteworthy trend: while hiring in this sector has experienced a steady upswing, there is a noticeable degrowth of 3% in job seeker interest for manufacturing jobs leading to a 40% talent mismatch in this sector.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said that IIM Bangalore has been nurturing and promoting management talent and resources. In the last 50 years, it has not only produced managers but also leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers. Education at this institution prepares the best of minds to deal with problems, challenges and issues not only in the boardrooms, workplace and the marketplace, but also in every imaginable and perceivable walk of life.

Empowerment commences when we recognise our potential, embrace our uniqueness, and pursue our dreams. Skilling and supporting women as well as making them entrepreneurs is not merely an endeavour, but a step towards a bigger revolution, Bollywood icon Shilpa Shetty Kundra, who recently joined Hunar Online Courses as an investor and brand ambassador, said.

The evolving state of the work landscape in the Middle East , particularly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is undergoing significant changes. With one in four employees switching jobs in the past year, retaining talent is becoming a top priority for employers.

EkStep Foundation announced the go live of the nation’s first Open Network for Education and Skilling Transformation ONEST incubated by EkStep and backed by the Open Network for Digital Commerce. With partners including the likes of the Open Network for Digital Commerce, Protean, and the Foundation for Interoperability in Digital Economy, ONEST hopes to facilitate the lives of millions of students, professionals, and job seekers from situation to solution.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Monday announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus to boost increased collaboration in developing education programmes with a particular focus on research to foster talent development in the Indian aerospace sector.

How is Cognizant Foundation empowering the underserved sections of society with its education and skilling initiatives We believe businesses are one of the greatest platforms for change and have an enormous impact on efforts to create a more equitable world. Our efforts are founded on Cognizant s decades long tradition of commitment to social responsibility in India through the work of our Foundation and Cognizant Outreach, our employee led volunteering programme.