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FICCI recognizes that skill development is imperative for achieving India's ambitious growth target of becoming a $5 trillion economy. "Skill Development" is the key to promote employability, competitiveness, and economic growth. As Indian industry and services grow and compete internationally, they realize that the availability of requisite skills - in terms of relevance, quality, and quantity, has become an urgent need. The swiftness with which this skill deficit is bridged will be critical in determining India's competitiveness in global market.
Keeping this context in mind, FICCI formulated the Skill Division in 2007 way before National Skill Development Corporation and the National Policy on Skill Development were announced. The division was then called the Skill Development Forum and was chaired by Mr RCM Reddy, MD & CEO, IL&FS Education and Skills (2007- 2015) and co-chaired by Mr. Sanjeev Duggal, CEO & Director, Centum Learning Limited and Mr. T Muralidharan, Founder and Chairman, TMI Group. Thereafter, the SDC has been chaired by Mr Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education (2016-18), Mr. Bijay Sahoo, President-HR, Reliance Industries (2019), Ms Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India (2020), Mr Manish Sabharwal, Chairman & Co-Founder, Teamlease Services Ltd (2021 & 2022), Mr K Ramakrishnan, Chief Executive -Skill Development Mission Office of the Group Chairman , Larsen & Toubro Limited (2023) and Mr. Amit Kalyani, Vice-Chairman, Kalyani Group & Joint Managing Director, Bharat Forge Limited (2024)
The division is committed to working with the stakeholders, especially the industry, government, TVET institutions, Skill Universities, International development organizations and academia to create sustainable and scalable skills propositions which will benefit the youth of the country from all sections of society. The Skill Development Committee (SDC) has been broadly focusing on the following five areas:
● Policy Advocacy
● Industry Engagements
● International Collaborations
● Thought Leadership
● Projects /Events
FICCI recognizes that Skills Development is an important imperative for achieving India's ambitious growth targets. It is committed to working with the stakeholders, especially the industry, government and academia to create sustainable and scalable skills propositions which will benefit the youth of the country from all sections of society. With this context, FICCI through its Skills Development activities is pursuing the following vision:
FICCI Skill Development Committee offer support and facilitation services through:
- Policy Advocacy
- Industry Intervention
- International Collaboration
FICCI SDC seeks to achieve its vision by:
- Identifying and engaging ‘right’ stakeholders to facilitate collaboration
- Creating knowledge repository of various initiatives which feeds into policy making and industry engagement
- Enabling international collaboration to position India as skills gateway of the world
FICCI Stand:
- Engage Industry to participate in skilling activity by engaging with CEO’s and senior management.
- Expose skill providers to international best practices to improve quality and delivery (also with best practices of Industry 4.0 related training and skilling activities.)
- Aggregate Industry efforts through sectoral approach and a systematic labour market information System and quality standards.
Key Players:
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Education, NITI Aayog, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Department of Economic Affairs, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry , National Council for Vocational Education & Training (NCVET), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and State Skill Development Missions
Some key issues being addressed currently are:
Revision of the National Skills Policy
Making Apprenticeships Aspirational – Promoting NAPS and NATS
Development of Traditional Clusters through entrepreneurship training
Skill Gap Analysis – Knowledge Reports
Enabling Career Guidance and Counselling framework
Supporting MSDE in implementation of Flexi MoUs and Dual System of Training
Develop/Improvise curriculum on Digital/Industry 4.0. courses
Promote ITI Adoption/ engagement by Industry
Promotion of Skill India Digital Hub and Job X platform amongst employers
Support Government in formulating effective schemes to implement the Employment Linked Incentive Schemes.
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Rajesh Pankaj
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Feb
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West India Skill Connect Summit - Exploring Opportunities
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Dec
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PM Internship Scheme: Training of Trainers
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North India Skill Connect Summit
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Nov
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FICCI - KPMG Global Skills Mobility Report 2024
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Sep
Press Release
Government Seeks Industry Partnerships to Upgrade 1000 ITIs Across India: Atul Kumar Tiwari, Secretary, MSDE
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Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, National Educational Technology Forum Calls for Stronger Industry-Academia Interaction, Collaboration and Partnership
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Future of Jobs in India 3.0
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15th Global Skills Summit
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Aug
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Making Apprenticeship Aspirational- Workshops with Industry
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Jul
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World Youth Skills Day Celebration
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Making Apprenticeship Aspirational- Workshops with Industry
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Feb
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NUA Odissa Global Summit on Growth & Employment 2024
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Oct
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National Framework on Career Guidance and Counselling
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Sep
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2nd Traditional Cluster Development Program
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Global Skills Summit Post Show Report 2023
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Need to reorient our education system to make it more application oriented by providing skills and employment: Secretary, Ministry of Skills & Entrepreneurship, GoI
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High Quality Demand Driven Skilling: Focus – Electronics Manufacturing
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Skill Financing In India
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14th Global Skills Summit
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3rd FICCI Skill Development Committee Meeting, 2023
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Aug
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Making Apprenticeship Aspirational - Workshop with Industry
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Jul
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G20 - Skilling the Shakti
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1st Traditional Cluster Development Program
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World Youth Skills Day Celebration
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Mukhyamantri Seekho Kamao Yojana
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Jun
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2nd Skill Development Committee Meeting
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Apr
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Odisha Skill Conclave 2023
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Feb
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1st Skill Development Committee Meeting
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Dec
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FICCI AWS Digital Skills Initiative - Building Future ready workforce
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Sep
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FICCI AWS Digital Skills Workshop - Building Future ready workforce
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Govt to come up with Digital University frameworks to facilitate workforce: Dharmendra Pradhan
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13th Global Skills Summit
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Study of Regulations, Compliances & The Skilling Ecosystem
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Reimagining Vocational Education in India The Missing Piece
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Jul
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World Youth Skills Day
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FICCI AWS Digital Skills Workshop - Building Future ready workforce
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Webinars on Know Your Career
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Oct
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Webinar on Policy Landscape in Skilling in BRICS Nations
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Aug
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Webinar on Skilling of Healthcare Workers - BRICS Perspective
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Industry Perspective on Demand of Skilled Workforce - Post Pandemic Scenario
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Transitioning to New Standards in Apprenticeship - Post Pandemic Scenario
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Jul
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Impact of COVID-19 and Industry 4.O on Future of Work for Women
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Reimagining Youth Skills in India - Post Pandemic
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Jan
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Government to soon launch PMKVY-3 scheme, plumbing sector to also benefit: Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
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Curtain Raiser of Plumb Skills Expo 2021
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Sep
Press Release
Skill Development Policy needs to be tailored for Four Indias within India: TV Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education
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Global Skills Summit 2019
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India to be key provider of skilled workforce to entire world: Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister, Skill development and Entrepreneurship
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Implementation of Apprenticeship in India
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Journey of WorldSkills Winners
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Public policy makers need to come to grips with changing nature of jobs and their availability: Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
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Future of Jobs in India - 2.0
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Employer-led Models of Job Creation - Version:2
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11th Global Skills Summit 2018
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Dharmendra Pradhan to inaugurate Global Skills Summit tomorrow States share best practices on cluster-based job creation model as a precursor to GSS
Apr
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India and UAE to engage strongly on skills harmonisation
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India-UAE Skill Mapping and HR Conference
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India-UAE Skill Mapping and HR Conference in Dubai on 22 April 2018
Jan
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Skill Summit 2018 - Momentum Jharkhand
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Oct
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Indian contingents competing with global players at Worldskills competition in Abu Dhabi
Sep
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Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates FICCI's 10th edition of 'Global Skills Summit'
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By 2022, 37% of Indian workforce would be in jobs demanding radically different skill sets: A report by FICCI-NASSCOM
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Future of Jobs in India - A 2022 Perspective
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Primer on Employer Led Models of Job Creation - Perspectives and Case Studies
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Global Skill Summit 2017
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Jul
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CGSC wins Best Sector Skill Council and Best Standard & QA Excellence Award
Nov
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Whitepaper Summary: Skill Development for Industry 4.0
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Wild Card Entries for Worldskills India
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Sep
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Re-engineering the skill ecosystem
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9th Global Skill Summit
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#StartInCollege Phase 2 to be launched at FICCI Global Skills Summit on Engineers Day
Jul
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Close Group Technical Round-Table Discussion of Prospective Apprenticeship Task Force Members
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FICCI business delegation to Japan to explore collaboration in Skill Development and Vocational Education
Apr
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FICCI-ILO Roundtable on scaling up Apprenticeships with Innovative Pilot Approach
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Feb
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Skill India - Build India: Post Conference Recommendations
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MoU Signing ceremony with Himachal Pradesh Skills Mission
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Nov
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Workshop on 'Industry Engagement for Skilled Workforce Through Apprenticeship - Stakeholders'
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80% employers satisfied with quality of engg. graduates hired: FICCI-WB survey
Oct
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Workshop on Industry Engagement for skilled workforce through Apprenticeship
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Sep
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Workshop on the NSQF Implementation
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Press Release
Youth needs additional skills to become industry-ready and employable, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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FICCI 8th Global Skill Summit: Skill India :Build India
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Aug
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Workshop on Industry Engagement for skilled workforce through Apprenticeship at Ranchi
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FICCI Skills Delegation to WorldSkills São Paulo 2015
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Jul
Press Release
FICCI welcomes the cabinet approval of India's first integrated National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Apr
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FICCI Skills Delegation to Berlin, Germany
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Mar
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'National Skill Policy' at FICCI Skills Development Forum Meeting
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Nov
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FICCI-Wadhwani Foundation Roundtable Discussion on Skills for the Differently Abled
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Sep
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FICCI-KPMG Report 'Skilling India'
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FICCI 7th Global Skill Summit
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Report on skill development "Reaping India's promised demographic dividend"
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FICCI report: Opportunities in India-New Zealand Skill Partnership
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FICCI Global Skill Summit 2013
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Jul
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FICCI Skill delegation to World Skills ,Leipzig
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42nd WorldSkills Competition
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Apr
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Forging India-Germany Partnerships in Skills Development
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Jan
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Role of Further Education Colleges in UK for Skills Development in India
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FICCI Skill Development Forum Luncheon Meeting with Mr. Matthew Hancock, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills, UK
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National selections begin for World Skills India 2012; Qualifiers to represent India in International Competition (Germany) in July this year
Dec
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Special Session on India-Queensland: Collaboration on Education and Skills Development
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Nov
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Youth Engagement Workshop on 21st Century Careers & Skills Required
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Interactive Session on Skills Education in India: New Horizons – Focus: West Bengal
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India & Sweden: Collaboration on Skills Development
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5th Global Skills Summit 2012
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Apr
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Forging India UK Partnerships in Skills Development
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Indian Delegation on Skills and Training to UK
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Nov
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English language an essential skill for Job Readiness
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Oct
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FICCI- UK India Business Council (UKIBC): Report on Vocational Education for School Learners in India and the UK
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FICCI Survey on Labour / Skill Shortage for Industry
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Sep
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4th Global Skills Summit
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FICCI-Ernst & Young: Knowledge Paper on "Strategic and Implementation Framework for Skill Development in India September 2011"
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Workshop on "Training of Trainers: Models & Case Studies from UK" on the occasion of the 4th FICCI Global Skills Summit 2011
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Workshop on "German Vocational Education & Training in specific sectors - lessons for the formation of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) in India"
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Interactive Seminar with Delegation of Skill Providers from UK
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Nov
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India Inc Confronted With Severe 'Quality' Manpower Crunch; Says FICCI-Cvoter Survey
Aug
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Indo-German Roundtable on Skill Development
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FICCI 3rd Global Skills Summit 2010
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UK-India Skills Forum Roundtable
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20 Sectors to Drive Economy and Create bulk of Employment
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The Skill Development Landscape in India and Implementing Quality Skills Training
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Jul
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Huge Skills Shortage Rocks Indian Food Industry: FICCI Survey
May
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National Workshop for Skill's Assessors
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Mar
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Skill Development Forum Meeting
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Feb
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Viability Gap Funding for Private Skill Training Providers: Harish Rawat
Oct
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Signing of MOU with Don Bosco Tech
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Labour unrest and strikes inimical to fresh investments and affect countryys economic prospects: FICCI
Aug
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Global Skills Summit: Emerging Skill - India 2020
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