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FutureSkills Prime collaborates with Sri Krishna Institutions to equip students with in-demand skills
Sri Krishna Institutions has joined forces with FutureSkills Prime - India's Technology Skilling Hub, to equip their students with the most sought-after skills in the job market. This partnership will empower students through nasscom-certified programs, opening doors to exciting career opportunities.
Read MoreFutureSkills Prime ranks 3rd globally for paving the way for digital skilling excellence
FutureSkills Prime - India's Technology Skilling Hub, gained recognition in the Pact for Skills Report by the European Commission by securing the 3rd position globally in upskilling efforts. The Pact for Skills Report is a comprehensive analysis of global upskilling and reskilling policy initiatives, highlighting best practices for the EU. In a survey conducted by PwC across 47 initiatives, FutureSkills Prime emerged as the 3rd ranked program, surpassing renowned programs like SkillsFuture of Singapore.
Read MoreFutureSkills Prime Recognized as Partner of the Year - Strategic Alliance by UiPath
The 2024 UiPath Academic Alliance India Awards celebrated 24 institutions and educators shaping automation's future, from fostering literacy to driving social impact. UiPath recognized FutureSkills Prime's contribution to India's automation education and ecosystem development, awarding them Partner of the Year - Strategic Alliance.
Read MoreFutureSkills Prime & UiPath collaborate to empower 500,000 Indians in AI by 2027
UiPath, in collaboration with FutureSkills Prime, unveils a game-changing initiative to upskill 500,000 Indians in AI & automation. By offering 100 scholarships each year and establishing 50 Skill Labs across colleges, UiPath aims to foster job pathways for diverse backgrounds.
Read MoreUnlearning, Upskilling, and Reskilling Take Center Stage at GIM 2024
At Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet 2024, experts stress adaptability through unlearning, upskilling, and reskilling for a future-ready workforce. Discussions spotlight transformative changes, digital skills, and interdisciplinary education as essential tools.
Read MoreBreaking Language Barriers: Transformative Power of AI in a Multilingual India
Kirti Seth, CEO - SSC nasscom, advocates leveraging open-source models to empower Indian languages, to bridge linguistic gaps in tech and create a more inclusive digital landscape.
Read MoreVMware joins MeitY, nasscom for digital skilling
VMware collaborates with FutureSkills Prime to elevate digital skills development for students. This training program encompasses cloud computing, virtualization, and networking and is an integral component of nasscom and MeitY's continuous Digital Skilling initiative.
Read MoreHans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya Partners with nasscom to Boost Student Employability
Hansraj Women's College in Jalandhar has signed an MOU with nasscom to provide students with enhanced employment opportunities and industry-relevant training. The partnership aims to prepare students for successful careers in the technology sector and beyond.
Read More#MyPromiseToIndia: A nationwide initiative launched on Independence Day
With digital ability emerging as the new employability, people from across India made a promise to skill up, advance their careers and make India a digital superpower.
Read MoreNasscom Talent Connect portal is bridging the gap between digital enablers and certified talent
The nasscom Talent Connect portal acts as a bridge, connecting businesses in search of digitally skilled candidates with certified talent eager to elevate their careers. With 1,50,000+ individuals & 30,000 live jobs on the portal, we're envisioning a future truly #BuiltBySkills.
Read MoreOdisha Higher Education integrates FutureSkills Prime for skill enhancement
The Odisha government has instructed higher education institutions to integrate FutureSkills Prime courses into their curriculum, enhancing students' employability and technology skills as part of the state's digital skilling initiative.
Read MoreUiPath collaborates with FutureSkills Prime to equip India's talent with advanced Automation Skills
UiPath has partnered with FutureSkills Prime to empower the workforce with automation skills, fostering India's growth as a global digital talent hub. FutureSkills Prime aims to make digital skilling more accessible and affordable, offering courses in emerging technologies like RPA, AI, Big Data, and more. UiPath's RPA Developer Foundation course is designed to equip individuals from all backgrounds with essential automation and robotics skills.
Read MoreKirti Seth Emphasizes Importance of Interpersonal Skills in the Digital Era
She highlights the growing demand for interpersonal skills as machines take over tasks & discusses the challenges faced by India in building a skilled digital workforce and the need for learning, collaboration, and diversity. She also emphasizes the significance of strong fundamentals, domain expertise, and human-centric skills for future success in the tech industry.
Read MoreStay Ahead of the Curve: Embrace Upskilling and Continuous Learning
FutureSkills Prime, in collaboration with nasscom and the Government of India, empowers you with a diverse range of foundation, bridge, and deep skilling courses in high-demand areas like IoT, AI, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, and more. With a mission to reskill and upskill 1.4 million employees in the next 5 years, FSP is dedicated to cultivating a skilled workforce and fueling economic growth.
Read MoreOdisha Government Partners with nasscom to Create a Digital Talent Hub, Skilling 8 Lac Students through FutureSkills Prime
Government of Odisha signs MoU with nasscom to skill 8 lac students through FutureSkills Prime, aiming to build a future talent pool with industry-aligned curriculum and career development opportunities, making Odisha a digital talent hub.
Read MoreKirti Seth talks about the everlasting value of coding skills
Fundamentals and programming skills, along with essential professional skills are timeless. While computer languages may change, the ability to comprehend problems and develop efficient code remains crucial.
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Digital skilling in G20: The future of work and a future-ready workforce
Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, MeitY, Govt. of India, said that digital skilling, upskilling, and reskilling are critical to maintain and expand individual’s capabilities and employability to participate in rapidly changing economy as it needs both future ready workforce and digital ready citizens.
Read MoreStart your Skilling Journey with FutureSkills Prime
With India having assumed control over the administration of the G20, it's a chance to reshape the worldwide financial administration plan. The future labour force should be prepared at three distinct levels for skilling: — First, abilities need to turn into the new business and hierarchical goal. Indeed, even as popular abilities are changing, expertise holes are turning out to be wide. Evaluating expertise holes, fostering abilities methodology and conveying abilities change at scale should become ab earnest need for organizations. Vast expertise advancement programs like MeitY-nasscom led FutureSkills Prime should be elevated to democratise learning.
Read MoreSkilling learners in new-age technologies to enhance employability
Hon’ble CM Stalin, launched the portal to facilitate upskilling in digital technologies like robotics, IoT, etc. Additionally, the portal also provides training modules in entrepreneurship & personality development as well as preparatory material for competitive exams. FutureSkills Prime supports the initiative to empower ambitious young learners in the state & rolls out free courses through the platform.
Read MorePreparing India with foundational digital skills
Skills like problem-solving, logical reasoning, collaboration and communication are essential in organisations today. Ms. Kirti Seth, CEO, IT-ITeS ssc nasscom pens an insightful editorial on how new-age digital technology has invaded our world and how we can join the bandwagon of transformation.
Read MoreFocussing on Tier 2 & Tier 3 Cities
Currently the India’s Digital Talent is concentrated in the 6 mature talent hubs. Ms. Kirti Seth, CEO, SSC nasscom explains why there is a need to expand the revenue base & industry footprint which involves aggressive expansion into smaller towns & cities.
Read More2 of Henry Harvin courses accredited by NASSCOM & approved by the Government
Ms. Kirti Seth, CEO, SSC NASSCOM believes that this partnership is a step forward in tapping opportunities in the field of robotic process automation. The partnership between Henry Harvin & FutureSkills Prime will boost digital skilling in the country.
Read MoreNeed for soft skills, technical skills, AI/ML oriented knowledge, data & business analytics
Experts believe that to harvest the full potential of India's digital economy, the workforce must be skilled in emerging technology. Ms. Kirti Seth, CEO, SSC NASSCOM, believes that institutions should leverage the content available on free online platforms to address the challenge of the digital skill gap.
Read MoreIndustry 4.0 India Conference advocates for Digital Skill Growth
For India to realise its digital skilling initiative, higher education plays a vital role in preparing the students for jobs in emerging tech. Focusing on the involvement of the industry in growing the number of skilled workforces can propel India into a $1 trillion digital economy by 2025
Read MoreUpskill in AWS Cloud Computing with 3 in-depth courses by Cloud Wizard Consulting
The association aims to empower talent in Cloud Computing. The courses are accredited by NASSCOM and recognized by the Government of India. They will take a learner through Cloud fundamentals to identify key features and services to finally develop Cloud applications.
Read MoreIndia poised to become the future hub of AI
India is taking rapid strides in AI development. Get insights from pioneers who are advancing AI, in their own special ways: Ms. Preeti Syal, Senior Specialist NITI Aayog, Ms. Kirti Seth, CEO, SSC NASSCOM and Young AI Champions: Pranav & Rishit.
Read MoreAgreement signed between NASSCOM and the department of higher & technical education of the state government
The agreement was signed in the presence of State higher and technical education minister, Mr. Uday Samant. A total of 202 courses have been designed for online training. The students and teachers of other faculties including engineering, hotel management, arts, commerce and science of the state will be given training through FutureSkills Prime.
Read MoreFutureSkills Prime and Veranda Acacia aims to bridge the skill gap in IT Industry
Chennai-based edtech firm Veranda Learning Solutions plans to open about 1250 offline hybrid centres to offer high-end, industry-focused software education programs to an estimated 5 lakh students annually to bridge the talent gap in the country.
Read MoreThe Govt is investing in upskilling the youth in AI
The Govt of India has acknowledged the need for AI professionals across sectors. Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY), Rajeev Chandrasekhar highlights the various initiatives taken by the centre to upskill students/ professionals in AI for making them industry-ready.
Read MoreThe third generation of the Internet gives rise to the demand for new skills
India will play a huge role in building global apps & web platforms for the third generation of the Internet. There will be a rising demand for blockchain developers, machine learning specialists, app developers, front-end and back-end developers, user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) designers, data analytics professionals and content writers.
Read MoreIndian Staffing Federation & NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime sign an MoU
The partnership builds a mechanism for FutureSkills Prime learners to find employment opportunities through the staffing industry represented by Indian Staffing Industry members. These include opportunities in both the IT & non-IT sectors. The collaboration will also provide an insight into the nature and shape of upcoming demands.
Read MoreJNTU-Hyderabad undertaking skill development in emerging technologies
As part of the ongoing golden jubilee celebrations, the university has signed an MoU with NASSCOM for enabling deep skilling of its students in emerging technologies, helping them stay relevant in the digital transformation. This is a step forward to reduce the demand-supply digital skill gap in the industry.
Read MoreHon'ble Union Minister of State (Electronics & IT and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship), Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar launches the FutureSkills PRIME program
Digital skilling is now democratized for the nation at large. With the launch of FutureSkills PRIME, the joint initiative by NASSCOM & MeitY, Indian citizens can upskill in emerging technologies and transform India into the digital talent hub of the world.
Read MoreMicrosoft collaborates with NASSCOM, AICTE, EY, GitHub and Quess Corp to empower India’s youth in technology skills.
The Future Ready Talent programme sets to empower 1.5 lakh higher education students with internship opportunities to make them more employable. The strategic partnership will provide a holistic upskilling opportunity, bringing end-to-end experience for students, from digital skilling to working on critical projects to mentoring with industry experts and access to potential employers.
Read MoreCoimbatore-based air compressor manufacturer ELGi Equipments partners with FutureSkills Prime to build their employees’ digital skills
Through this collaboration, ELGi Equipments Limited leads the way in a clarion call to industries across sectors that digital transformation is for everyone. Jairam Varadaraj, MD, ELGi, believes that improving employees’ digital quotient will enhance the experience of all the company stakeholders. Employees can choose to upskill in new-age technologies like AI, Big Data, IoT, etc & professionals at the highest level will be encouraged to enrol & lead by example. Ms. Kirti Seth, CEO, IT-ITES Sector Skill Council NASSCOM, welcomes the move as being in the right direction to achieve our dream of making India the digital talent hub of the world.
Read MoreWelspun Group to partner with NASSCOM FutureSkills, making it the first manufacturing company to launch an employee IT skilling programme.
Welspun Group has partnered with NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime to deploy IT skilling for its employees. The programme has diverse courses for anyone looking to upskill and grow in their career. Bidisha Banerjee, Senior Vice President, Learning, Culture & Employer Branding, Welspun Group, reiterates the organisation's belief in the strong link between a robust talent strategy and business outcome. The focus of this initiative is to create a pool of future-ready employees, and FutureSkills Prime will help them accelerate their pace of digital upskilling.
Read MoreNASSCOM, DXC Technology to launch skills program for 7,500 students from Tier II and Tier III cities
In an attempt to increase the technical skills and know-how of several Indian students from Tier II and Tier III cities of many states, DXC Technology and NASSCOM foundation have joined hands to launch the Employability Skills Program. It includes several courses like AR, Data Science, IoT, cybersecurity, and many more. The students will also receive soft skills training, Interview training, and communication skills to make them job ready. The Future Skills Prime portal would provide them with quizzes and forums for enhanced learning.
Read MoreEducation v/s Skilling: The biggest dilemma
One of the biggest challenges of the Indian economy is to make the workforce skilled and future-ready. The market is becoming dynamic day-by-day and it is time for organisations, government, and academia to not only map the skills required in future but also to create infrastructural support that would help in skill-building. Kirti Seth, (Interim) CEO, NASSCOM believes that we need to emphasize getting more respect for skilling for it to grow. She explained, “We need to create avenues for the linkage of skills and outcome. If a person with skills can work at par with the person who has a degree, then we will be able to drive the skilling narrative as a group.”
Read More1.2 lakh enrolments in 7 months & still going strong
There is plenty of opportunity in the increasingly digitized economy, but learners will have to ‘learn to row’ themselves- believes Ms. Kirti Seth, Co-Architect & Head of FutureSkills Prime. The platform brings credible industry-aligned courses on emerging technology and professional skills. Students and professionals can acquire a competitive edge and earn industry & government recognized certificates. Since its launch, 1,20,000 people have enrolled on the platform and 50,000 of them have completed at least one course.
Read MoreThe positive side of the pandemic: Learners make time for Upskilling
The nationwide skilling program spearheaded by FutureSkills Prime finds many takers. Students, graduates and employees working in the IT, as well as the non-IT sector have enrolled for numerous certificate courses to upskill during the pandemic. The platform offers a wide variety of skills in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Big Data Analytics. According to Ms. Kirti Seth, Co-Architect & Head of FutureSkills Prime, learners can get assessed for various fundamental software tools and programming and earn industry and government recognized certificates, enhancing their Resume.
Read MoreNASSCOM launched a joint technical educational platform with Apollo for promoting multi-skilling & reskilling of healthcare workers
In a step to move beyond traditional healthcare practices, the FutureSkills Prime program by NASSCOM, in collaboration with Apollo hospitals, will train healthcare workers to use digital technology in healthcare management and services. According to Amit Aggarwal, CEO, IT-ITES Sector Skill Council of India, NASSCOM, “the healthcare sector in India is transforming, characterized by new-age skills such as AI & data analytics,” given THE advancement of conventional and disruptive technologies.
This initiative will offer a technical education platform to healthcare workers with the aim to improve healthcare delivery.
Read MoreNASSCOM, Cisco, and AICTE join hands to offer virtual internships in cybersecurity
In a one-of-its-kind initiative, NASSCOM, Cisco & AICTE joined hands to launch a virtual internship in Cybersecurity for 20,000 engineering students from all over the country. The move aims to close the skill-gap by training students in the foundational principles of Cybersecurity as well as by giving them industry exposure. Second and third-year students are invited to enrol for the courses offered by Cisco on FutureSkills Prime & subsequently, on completion, apply for the internship opportunity for acquiring a competitive edge.
Read MoreKnowledge & Innovation to be the Pillars of Talent Drive
Technology is no longer just an enabler but a driver of business growth. Companies are putting new-age skills at the forefront that combine technological know-how with business enablement. Given the rapid pace of change, learnability has become extremely important. According to Mr. Amit Aggarwal, CEO, IT-ITes Sector Skill Council, NASSCOM, skills such as design learning and problem-solving will become crucial as the world looks for innovators who can come up with new solutions. Cross-cultural collaboration and communication will also enable growth and transformation.
Read MoreIndia to become the Reskilling Hub of the World: CEOs at NASSCOM meet
In the post-pandemic world, India is most likely to emerge as the reskilling hub for the world. Tiger Tyagarajan, CEO- Genpact shares that 80% of companies are facing the challenge of reskilling but with systems & processes in place and frameworks & technologies working in tandem, this can be overcome.
NASSCOM, in collaboration with Indian IT firms, has reskilled over a third of its 4.5 million-strong workforce in 2020. The government has introduced national programs to upskill professionals in manufacturing, services, digital marketing and supply chain, helping them stay relevant in their industry.
Read MoreShortage of digital skills across sectors: NASSCOM President
Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM shares insights on the shortage of talent in the industry and the demand for all-rounders with technical as well as soft skills. NASSCOM FutureSkills identified 10 areas of emerging technology, including AI, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, and more that will pioneer digital transformation. In two years, 50,000 people have upskilled themselves through this B2B initiative.
FutureSkills Prime is a joint initiative between NASSCOM & MeitY to take these digital skills beyond the IT industry to students, teaching faculty and working professionals to make them ready for the future. The B2C platform aims to upskill four lakh people in the next couple of years.
Read MoreNASSCOM & Intellipaat join hands to upskill professionals in emerging technologies 09 February 2021
NASSCOM and Intellipaat have launched 3 digital skilling programmes to upskill professionals in AWS, DevOps and Web Development. Mr. Diwakar Chittora, Founder & CEO, Intellipaat believes that the partnership will provide opportunities to a wide audience, helping millions in their career transition. Amit Aggarwal, CEO, SSC NASSCOM & Co-Architect FutureSkills Prime stressed on the need for affordable industry-aligned courses to upskill learners in the dynamic IT sector. FutureSkills Prime, a digital upskilling initiative powered by MeitY & NASSCOM, brings ‘in demand’ courses on emerging digital technology that are aligned to SSC NASSCOM standards and recommended by industry experts.
Read MoreFutureSkills Prime, NASSCOM e-learning platform, FutureSkills Prime now for Telangana students
NASSCOM, Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) and Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) unveiled FutureSkills Prime, a digital skilling ecosystem to encourage remote and self-learning for Telangana students. Mr. Ranjan, Principal Secretary, believes that emerging technologies will play an important role, and the students of the state must lead this transformation. TASK CEA Shrikant Sinha also said that these free of cost courses on emerging technologies will benefit students, faculty members and other members of educational institutions.
4.12 lakh learners will get subsidized access to certified courses in emerging technologies like AI, IoT, Cloud Computing to upskill and be future-ready.
Read MoreNASSCOM & Govt of Telangana working together on AI-driven projects
TASK and TSCHE have partnered with Microsoft and NASSCOM for upskilling one million youth in Artificial Intelligence by 2021. More than 20,000 students have enrolled for the first batch of the programme. 383 colleges across 31 districts from Telangana have opted for the programme. Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao has urged students to make use of this opportunity to be future-ready and actively upskill themselves in emerging technology.
Read MoreDepartment of Technical Education, MP, signs an MoU with NASSCOM & Microsoft for online AI courses
Technical education minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia hails the initiative to upskill all engineering and polytechnic students. As part of this series, a three-hour online certificate course on Artificial Intelligence will be organized on December 18th & 19th, covering an introduction to Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and data sciences along with lab exercises. Those completing the course are likely to be the preferred candidates during placements in the final year.
Read MoreFree online courses on AI on FutureSkills Prime Platform by NASSCOM
NASSCOM and MeitY have launched FutureSkills Prime, a digital upskilling ecosystem, offering high-quality, industry-aligned online courses on emerging technology like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, IoT, and many others. The platform aims to fill the industry skill-gap by upskilling learners in futuristic digital-IT skills, including courses on emerging technology, as well as, professional skills.
With the flexibility of choosing among short byte-sized learning pathways, dedicated self-paced courses and live instructor-led sessions, learners can start learning by signing up on the website or downloading the app.
Read MoreFutureSkills Prime features in the State of the Education Report 2020 for India by UNESCO!
The ‘State of the Education Report for India 2020: Technical and Vocational Education and Training’ (TVET), has featured FutureSkills Prime as a case study, recognizing the initiative as a catalyst for “infinite possibilities” for a “digital future.”
Virtually launched by UNESCO New Delhi, with over 400 attendees from the government, partners, academia and the civil society, the report is on skill development in India. It focusses on the technical and vocational training and education of Indian students, which impacts their employability.
Read MoreNASSCOM launches FutureSkills Prime, a digital platform to promote remote and self-learning
NASSCOM, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India and the IT industry have jointly launched FutureSkills Prime, a digital skilling ecosystem to encourage remote and self-learning. Students and professionals will have access to industry-handpicked courses in 10 identified emerging technologies like AI, IoT, Blockchain, etc. and professional skills. The initiative aims to build ‘digital fluency’ among learners and make India the digital talent hub of the world.
Read MoreNASSCOM joins hands with the Government of Telangana & Microsoft to train youth in AI
NASSCOM, Microsoft and the government of Telangana have come together for an initiative to skill one million youth in AI by 2021. This classroom series will be a combination of self-learning modules, hands-on workshops, live demos and virtual classes, focussing on in-demand skills like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science. The session will commence on November 23rd.
On the completion of the course, learners earn a joint certification from NASSCOM FutureSkills and Microsoft.
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