India Skill Summit on Feb 6
Karnataka CM to inaugurate national forum, which will bring together skill sector leaders, experts and key stakeholders from industry and government to discuss the pertinent issues impacting the skills development sector and allied domains
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Mumbai: The India Skill Summit, jointly hosted by Pune-based FUEL, Future Skills Institute and India CSR, will be held virtually on February 6, 2022. The day-long forum will witness visionary politicians, renowned corporate leaders and CSR leaders as guests and speakers. This program assumes a national importance as India has to make the skill sector more active and relevant this year.
The summit will be inaugurated by Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister, Govt of Karnataka and Prakash Javadekar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Pune, Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India will be the guest of honour, who will deliver the keynote address.
The national forum will bring together skill sector leaders, experts and key stakeholders from industry and government to discuss the pertinent issues impacting the skills development sector and allied domains. The summit is curated as a platform for future skills dialogue pertaining to India.
The central theme of this prestigious forum is Building Future-Ready Workforce. The summit is a forum for multiple industries to discuss future skills trends and understand the opportunities in the area of a future-ready workforce. The summit encourages young people to Upskill and Re-skill themselves. Upcoming trends and the future of India's skill development will be discussed in detailed manner by the various stalwarts attending the summit.
"Skills Development is an important imperative for achieving India's ambitious growth targets. We are committed to working with the stakeholders, especially the industry, government and academia to create sustainable and scalable future-ready skills propositions which will benefit the youth of the country from all sections of society.", said Ketan Deshpande, Founder, FUEL and FUEL Future Skills Institute (FFSI).
Industry leaders at the summit will be provided the opportunity to propose collaborative and innovative resolutions to meet the skills needed across the Indian workforce, and ensure India remains globally competitive.
"India has emerged as the fastest-growing major economy and is expected to be the Skill Capital of the world over the next 2 to 5 years, backed by its young workforce. The average age in India is 29 years with 65 per cent of the population in the working-age group (15-59 years of age). India's burgeoning young workforce can be an asset not just for India but for the rest of the world as well," said Rusen Kumar, Founder and CEO, India CSR.
The participants will be able to hear thought leaders discuss and deliberate on topics extremely relevant to the skill development eco-system for the coming years.
