B&WSSC conducts skill gap study on India’s beauty, wellness sector
The sector is growing at a CAGR of 18 per cent and is poised to grow to about Rs 5 lakh crores in size by 2030, says Monica Bahl, CEO, B&WSSC
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Hyderabad: Beauty &Wellness Sector Skill Council (B&WSSC) conducted an end-to-end ‘Skill-Gap Study’ for beauty and wellness sector at a pan-India level with insights into the requirements of skilled workforce across the sub-sectors till 2030 through KPMG.
The Skill Gap Study was launched in an event titled, “Bridging the Skill Gap, Beauty-Fully”, in the august presence of Cabinet Minister Narayan Rane, Ministry of MSME, Atul Kumar Tiwari, Secretary, MSDE, KK Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. B&WSSC also felicitated 500 students who underwent skills training under Up-Skilling & Re-Skilling programme through a formal convocation program. Highlight of the event was the felicitation of acid attack survivors. Talking about this initiative, Monica Bahl, CEO, B&WSSC, in her address, said: “It is a matter of pride to award skills training certificates to these incredible acid attack survivors who have accomplished their aspirations and have fulfilled their dream to earn a respectable livelihood. Their power lies in their undying determination to make lives beautiful around them. On one hand they have survived all the odds and on the other hand they have a hunger to learn the skills of beauty domain through which they will not only start a new inning in their life but will prosper and bring positive change in the lives of others as well”.
