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'We are seeing a skilling ecosystem evolve', says Dilip chenoy

'We are seeing a skilling ecosystem evolve', says Dilip chenoy

"We're seeing a skilling ecosystem evolve," says Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director and CEO, National Skill Development Corporation.

National Skill Development Corporation Dilip Chenoy (Photo: Vivan Mehra)  National Skill Development Corporation Dilip Chenoy (Photo: Vivan Mehra)

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship recently launched the Human Resource and Skill Requirement Report that maps the skilling needs across 24 sectors in India. This hopes to serve as the metric of measurement for skill development initiatives being taken up across the nation. The report shows that the industry will need more than 109 million skilled workers across 24 sectors over the next decade. The report was prepared after interaction with more than 1,000 industry experts, 19 sector skill councils, 110 training institutions and 1,500 trainees. Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director and CEO, National Skill Development Corporation, spoke with Shamni Pande about the initiative and NSDC's deepening role.

Q: Other than pointing out skilling needs, what is the strategic importance of this report for skill development initiatives?

A: If you look at the history of skill gap reports, the first was in 2008 that drove home the point that the country needed 150 million skilled and employable people by 2022. This highlighted the demand for skilled talent and the need for pushing initiatives that would aid towards that cause. During the downturn, we felt the need to revisit this space, given that employment opportunities were drying up for all. And we added four elements to our search: one was job dispersion across the country to show the pattern of need. Second, we wanted to know what kind of job roles and profiles were in demand. Third, we sought to find out the skill gaps in the existing job roles, so that initiatives could benefit from that finding and aid in honing the skill sets further. Finally, what was the training capacity to fulfill all of the above requirements.

So, you can well say that the first report was plain vanilla and this report brings out a lot of nuance and detail to that skilling agenda. Also, at another level, this shows a clear direction to the industry and what needs to done, and where...

Q: What is the road map ahead, based on this report?

A: One of the things NSDC is trying to create is a market-led skill development model. You have supply of people and now you also know the nature of demand, so the market mechanics will come into play. Also, private equity and venture capitalists will look at the space more seriously.

Q: How has funding for skill development grown beyond NSDC?

A: We have seen some movement on the front when Unitus Seed Fund invested in iSTAR, an NSDC company. In the next few days, you will also see some developments coming into play. So, we are beginning to see a skilling ecosystem evolve.

Q: How has NSDC's role shaped and matured overtime?

A: If you look at it, we are partnering states at different levels. Of course, one is the skill gap study. Now we will refine this further to a state-level study. Importantly, many state governments want us to help them execute and scale up their state's skilling initiatives. For instance, Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, among others. We are also working with many school boards in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Hence, our role is deepening as the ecosystem is growing and this will further be so as activities towards National Urban Livelihoods Mission take off.

Published on: Apr 20, 2015, 3:44 PM IST
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