By Sunil Dahiya The world is changing at an unprecedented rate, and so are the skills required to keep up with the evolving digital economy. Unprecedented technological advancement and artificial…
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Interview by Narasimha Raju CXOToday has engaged in an exclusive interview with Mr. Sunil Dahiya, Executive Vice President, Wadhwani Opportunity, Wadhwani Foundation. Workplaces of the future will be built on…
“The prevailing high salaries for Al-related roles is a result of brain drain. Many of these professionals are migrating to other countries, such as the US, for better career opportunities….
“With multiple government schemes assisting in the growth of MSME ecosystem, there is an increasing demand for various financial and non-financial services that will help MSMEs in their growth journey….
By Sunil Dahiya As the world slowly recovers from the pandemic setback, the focus is now on economic recovery and the reopening of businesses. Policymakers across continents are looking for…
Celebrated on July 15th every year since 2014, when the United Nations instituted World Youth Skills Day (WYSD); the theme for 2022 is “Transforming Youth Skills for the Future.” WYSD…
Sunil is featured in a podcast of India Career Centre where he has dwelt in detail about the ongoing skill development efforts of Wadhwani Opportunity, the goals of Wadhwani Foundation...
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For Sanjay Shah, chief operating officer, India/South East Asia, Wadhwani Foundation, the country’s MSME sector will play a vital role in creating job-led economic growth, which has taken a hit…
Education System in India: भारत में शिक्षा का विस्तार हर मायने में तेजी से हो रहा है। साथ ही इसे लेकर चुनौतियां भी बहुत है। By Sunil Dahiya भारत इस…
There are more than 250 career options available today and to choose which option is best for us, we need career guidance for that. So, here’s why it is important…
Sanjay Shah, Chief Operating Officer, Wadhwani Foundation – India/SEA, “Though the economic growth suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, India has still arisen to become one of the most powerful startup…
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By Sunil Dahiya The article talks about the need to tackle several education-led challenges as India braces towards achieving $5 trillion GDP in this decade like improving the infrastructure of…
In conversation with Sunil Dahiya, Executive Vice President, Wadhwani Opportunity at Wadhwani Foundation. Mr. Dahiya talks about the inter-relation and importance between employability skills, entrepreneurship, and the ever changing 21st…
By Sunil Dahiya As we all know, the Covid-19 pandemic has made a deep dent in the education system globally. As per UNICEF, at the peak of lockdowns, more than…
Accelerated and developed digital technologies are redefining the business world globally. By Sunil Dahiya The pandemic has hit the world as one of the most complex challenges of recent times….
By Sunil Dahiya The prospect of ‘anytime, anywhere’ skilling has immense potential: Skill development through e-learning is gaining momentum for both domain as well as soft skills. Skill development through…
Students can subscribe and download podcasts of their chosen topics, learn at their own pace and convenience, writes Sunil Dahiya
Wadhwani Opportunity EVP Sunil Dahiya’s article titled “Can skill-based curriculum replace existing higher education system?” has been published in the Kannada daily, Suvarna Times of Karnataka. The articles impresses upon…
“The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many people to reconsider their career paths.” Wadhwani Opportunity empowers students to acquire, sustain and progress in family-supporting jobs by providing them on-demand, Al-enabled access…
“NEP 2020 is a crucial step towards nation-building, assuring the student youth of India with the opportunities and direction to achieve their dreams. With powerful initiatives like NDEAR and NETF,…
Wadhwani Foundation Emphasizes The Need To Empower Students With “21st Century Employability Skills”
The theme of World Youth Skills 2021, “Reimagining Youth Skills Post Pandemic,” reflects the changing skilling paradigm in the post-pandemic era where upskilling and reskilling for the digital and rapidly…
Accelerated and developed digital technologies are redefining the business world globally. By Sunil Dahiya The pandemic has hit the world as one of the most complex challenges of recent times….
World Youth Skills Day News : आने वाले वक्त में हेल्थकेयर, ब्यूटी, वेलनेस, रिटेल, बीआईएफएस या कंज्यूमर सर्विस से जुड़े क्षेत्रों में तेजी से डिजिटल रोजगार बढ़ेंगे. इसके लिए डिजिटल…
Blended learning is a judicious mix of the traditional face-to-face instruction (classroom method) with online and digital learning modules. It is also called ‘hybrid learning’ and is outcome-focused, employing a…
रीस्किलिंग (Reskilling) वही जादुई काम हो सकता है जो प्रतिभा की कमी के साथ-साथ कौशल में आई नई कंपनी की पूर्ति करता है। कौशल के मामले को परिप्रेक्ष्य में रखते…
By Sunil Dahiya New Skills For Future Jobs: भारत में रोजगार का परिदृश्य तेजी से बदल रहा है और यह पिछले कुछ दशकों से चल रहा है। उम्मीद की जाती है…
Sunil Dahiya, EVP, Wadhwani Opportunity from Wadhwani Foundation leads the Wadhwani Opportunity Program in Asia and is expanding its footprint in emerging economies. He undertook multi-initiatives at NIIT and contributes…
By Sunil Dahiya Today’s education system has an enviable task to develop an army of lifelong learners who are primed to thrive in a globally empowered new-age knowledge economy. This…
By Ajay Kela Digital transformation has been hanging over the heads of most workers like the Sword of Damocles. Sooner or later, everyone would have to upskill to keep pace…
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Skills are dynamic. A lot of changes are happening in the skill landscape. Skilloutlook team has an emil-based interaction recently with Sunil Dahiya, Executive Vice President, Wadhwani Opportunity at Wadhwani Foundation….
As India braces towards achieving $5 trillion GDP in this decade, there are several challenges it needs to overcome for achieving this goal. The key challenges include improvement in our…
Marked by a student-centric instructional strategy, heutagogy is focused on life-long learning with the aim to attune learners to the new-age demands of the new-age workplace. By Sunil Dahiya From…
The key tenet of heutagogy is an unfettered focus on student-centric instructional strategy and lifelong learning so that the students are well-prepared for the new-age demands of the new-age workplace….
Heutagogy is a student-centered instructional strategy to teach lifelong learning and aims to produce a learning ecosystem that is well-prepared for the complexities of today’s workplace. By Sunil Dahiya Heutagogy…
By Sunil Dahiya अपने युवाओं को हम जब तक इक्कसवीं सदी की जरूरतों के अनुसार आवश्यक कौशल से युक्त नहीं करेंगे तब तक कौशल की मौजूदा कमी भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था के…
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As the education requirements and the system is changing in the current scenario, here is how a skill-based curriculum is different from a knowledge-based curriculum. By Sunil Dahiya In recent…
Soft skills such as customer-centricity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and flawless written and verbal communication provide a competitive edge to any upcoming entrepreneur According to the recent TiE Delhi-NCR-Zinnov report ‘COVID-19…
One area where India lags behind China apart from other parameters is China’s ability to churn out large numbers of skilled manpower to meet its growing needs. By Sunil Dahiya…
कोविड-19 के प्रभाव को देखते हुए वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने लीक से हटते हुए सोमवार को वित्त वर्ष 2021-22 का आम बजट कागजी दस्तावेज के बजाय टैबलेट से पढ़ा….
"The proposed amendment of the Apprenticeship Act in the. The budget has the potential to reboot and revitalize our education and training systems with a view to further enhance apprenticeship...
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Wadhwani Foundation, a not-for-profit with the mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies launched the ‘Sahayata’Initiative in July 2020 to assist small and medium businesses, public health workers and…
A skilled women workforce is one of the largest possibilities and opportunities that India has to offer. By Sunil Dahiya India is full of opportunities, but the participation of women…
The prospect of ‘anytime, anywhere’ skilling has immense potential: Skill development through e-learning is gaining momentum for both domain as well as soft skills By Sunil Dahiya Skill development through…
Greater adoption of technology means new in-demand skills across jobs replacing the existing ones over the next five years, despite the skills gaps remaining high. By Sunil Dahiya The COVID-19…
A paradigm shift to virtual operations is inevitable with digital platforms mushrooming in sectors like healthcare, education and retail, and generating significant employment By Sunil Dahiya The Covid-19 pandemic is…
Employers who do not focus on upskilling/reskilling their employees may face redundancy or vulnerabilities, according to a recent global survey. By Sunil Dahiya Covid-19 has changed the world forever, and…
By Atul Raja Over the last five years, a lot has been talked about India’s looming demographic dividend and the need to leverage a young population with 12 to 14…
अनुमान है कि 2022 तक भारत का लगभग 37 फीसदी कार्यबल उन रोजगारों में होगा, जहां उनके लिए बुनियादी तौर पर बदलते वक्त के अनुरूप आधुनिक कौशल सीखना जरूरी होगा….
Creating building blocks for self-employment and micro-entrepreneurship will transform local economies and spur job creation and sustainable development. By Sunil Dahiya India has one of the largest youth population…
The dream of an employable India with its burgeoning youth population equipped with quality education and skills can become a reality by leveraging the reach of digital learning into the…
Creating an army of employable youth will be key to India’s aspirations of a $5 trillion economy. By Sunil Dahiya As India braces towards achieving $5 trillion GDP by this…
Soft skills are at the heart of any successful business and successful career. By Sunil Dahiya Soft skills are a combination of people and social skills encompassing personality traits and behaviours as…
Digital and hybrid training models with an evolved technological landscape will account for disruptions in the workforce. By Sunil Dahiya The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis of historic proportions and…
India’s education system needs to build a hierarchy of industry-led, job-ready skills to leverage its huge demographic dividend. By Sunil Dahiya In the 21st century while India continues to make…
By Sunil Dahiya With rapid globalisation and digital requirements transcending borders, the global economy has been demanding workers to be innovative, adapt to rapid changes in technology and job requirements…
More than 54% of its population is below 25 years of age and over 66% of the population in the working-age group (15-59 years), as per a recent report. 15,…
The remarks were made by NGO Wadhwani Foundation on the eve of World Youth Skills Day (July 15), observed by the United Nations to emphasise the need for skill development…
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) By 2022, there will be at least 133 million jobs globally combining humans efforts, machines and algorithms, a not-for-profit organisation said on Tuesday, stressing the…
नई दिल्ली, पीटीआइ। दुनियाभर में वर्ष 2022 तक करीब 13.3 करोड़ नौकरियां उपलब्ध होंगी, जिनमें मानव प्रयास, मशीनें और एल्गोरिदम से संबंधित नौकरियां शामिल हैं। एक गैर लाभकारी संगठन ने मंगलवार…
नयी दिल्ली, 14 जुलाई (भाषा) वैश्विक स्तर पर वर्ष 2022 तक करीब 13.3 करोड़ नौकरियां उपलब्ध होंगी, जिनमें मानव प्रयास, मशीनें और एल्गोरिदम से संबंधित नौकरियां शामिल हैं। एक गैर…
New Delhi: The aim of the World Youth Skills Day is to recognize the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, and to…
हाईलाइट दुनियाभर में वर्ष 2022 तक करीब 13.3 करोड़ नौकरियां उपलब्ध होंगी एक गैर लाभकारी संगठन ने यह जानकारी दी है इसने साथ ही भारत में युवाओं के लिए डिजिटल…
World Youth Skills Day 2020: This day is meant to commemorate, acknowledge and celebrate the importance of equipping young people with skills for employment and entrepreneurship. Here’s why early skilling…
Skilling programmes and integrating apprenticeship/internships in schools could help align India’s education with industry needs India is a young nation with 50% of its population being below the age of…
By Sunil Dahiya Here’s what you need to understand is new and latest skills are directly proportionate to new-age careers. The job scenario in India has been undergoing a rapid…
By Sunil Dahiya Mandatory internships can create a job-ready, industry-ready workforce. There is a marked disconnect today between what academia produces and the industry need for market-driven skills. Hence, it’s time…
Unless we prepare the youth for 21st century employability skills, the prevailing skills gap will continue to impact every sphere of the Indian economy. By Sunil Dahiya In the rapidly…
Study shows 1 in 4 employees in India lost jobs, and the worse may be yet to come COVID-19 has made life tough on both sides of the money divide–while…
Why 21st century employability skills, or soft skills, are critical for knowledge economies. The Annual Employability Survey 2019 by Aspiring Minds, the talent evaluation company, has revealed that 80% of…
The acquisition of skills has become increasingly important in the globalized world. Vocational and technical skills we can all agree have become crucial in enhancing the productivity and sustainability of…
At the presentation of Uganda’s 32.7 trillion Budget last month on the theme: ‘Industrialisation for job creation and shared prosperity’, Finance minister Matia Kasaija highlighted how government had set aside…
Wadhwani Foundation together with Rwanda Polytechnic which brings together all former Integrated Polytechnics Regional Centres (IPRCs) countrywide, have signed a partnership agreement to set up programs that will enable TVETs…
Wadhwani Foundation, a US-based non-governmental organisation, has partnered with University of Rwanda to promote entrepreneurship and support the skills ecosystem in Rwanda, a statement from the two institutions indicates. Through…
Davos to Delhi, Ludhiana to Trichy and Guwahati to Surat – the chorus to create jobs and develop skills seems to be getting louder by the day. With “disruption” set…
Govt. of Odisha’s Department of School and Mass Education and Wadhwani Foundation’s Skills Development Network (SDN) today announced a strategic partnership which aims at making Odisha a ‘Smart State’ through…
Loyalty, commitment to work and the willingness to take responsibility are the qualities that makes former defence personnel perfectly fit for many jobs. Startups, more associated with those just out…
The 2011 census tells us that 6-7% of the population, or 70-90 million people, in India are disabled. The actual numbers are larger. According to a WHO estimate, there are…
On the heels of World Youth Skills Day [WYSD], Ajay’s view on creating the right skilling ecosystem in India is featured in the New Indian Express.
WF-SDN inked an MoU with Govt. of Maharashtra today to help transform its 400+ ITIs into market-driven high performing institutes over a 3-year period, producing entry level mid-skill workers. The…
A common refrain nowadays, the term ‘demographic dividend’ needs better understanding. The United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) defines it as the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in…
Much has been debated about India’s manpower story. Forecasts suggest that, by 2020, about 60% of India’s population of 130 crore will be in the working-age group of 15-59 years….
As the politics of fear and insecurity spreads its shadow over the Western world, and robots and 3D printing threaten to dislodge blue-collar workers worldwide, the jobs story is grim…
Mission skills training for India’s youth took off eight years ago. In its new avatar, it seeks to provide students with jobs Somyasri Samal speaks English fluently – short, crisp…
Wadhwani Foundation’s Skills Development Network today said it has signed an agreement with the Delhi government to transform the state’s polytechnics and ITIs into the market-driven high performing institutes producing…
The article is a fallout of the MoU signed between WF and State of Rajasthan yesterday, and is aimed at fostering an integrated approach to entrepreneurship, innovation and skill development in…
Given the large student population in India and the ongoing need for skilled resources, there is no doubt that technology will play a disruptive role in the way we teach…
Cloud, open source, video and mobile technologies emerging as an answer to the global skills gap. With industry needs becoming increasingly dynamic and job competencies globalized, better focus is required…
India’s union cabinet April 20 approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Palo Alto, Calif.-based Wadhwani Foundation, and India’s Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and National…
The country still has a long way to go before becoming a skill-based society, says Manish Mohan of Wadhwani Foundation The government should review minimum wages for different skills and…
The line between demographic dividend and demographic disaster is getting dangerously thin for India. According to the National Skill Development Agency, 21 government departments and ministries trained 7.6 million people…
Few months ago, a small paanstall mysteriously appeared on the footpath near our office. I saw a young man at the helm, selling paan, cigarettes, chewing gum and some toffees….
It was heartening to see that the Union Budget 2016-17 had ‘education, skill development and job creation’ as one of the nine pillars envisaged to transform Indian economy. Skill development…
According to the latest Census compiled in 2011, there are about 26.8 million persons with disabilities (PwDs) in India, which is approximately 2.4% of the population. Of these disabled, about…
The state government has decided to start skill development and vocational courses in one school in each of 314 blocks from the coming academic session. The school and mass education…
Taking the skill development agenda to next level, the Centre has allocated ₹1,700 crore in the Budget to set up 1,500 Multi Skill Training Institutes (MSTIs) across the country. “As…
India is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and has an obligation to ensure access to Persons with Disabilities [PwDs] on an…
Skilling India: Mine the young workforce Prosperous countries with high GDP and per capita income tend to have high skill capital. This also translates to better quality of life and…
ASAP, Department of Higher Education (DHE), Government of Kerala (GOK) and the Wadhwani Foundation announced a strategic partnership which aims at improved employability of students in Kerala through vocational and…
Sustained policy interventions can ensure a level-playing field According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 15% of the global population, or an estimated 1 billion people, live with disabilities,…
D Ngmatuling is a shift manager at one of Costa Coffee’s outlets in Bengaluru Nagma, as he is called, has a hearing and speaking disability But that hasn’t deterred him…
Estimates on the number Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in India vary significantly. This is because of different criteria of definition and measurement, and also the fact that in India disability…
Skilling with technology A case study of Wadhwani Foundation partnering with Narayana Health to develop and deploy an innovative learning programme with the help of technology to skill their nursing…
Of late, there has been much excitement about leveraging India’s demographic dividend to become the workshop of the world, powered by its young population. This was evident at the Skill…
NSQF-Haryana and WF-SDN recently announced the successful culmination of the 2nd successive placement drive, which resulted in over 215 student placements. 18 reputed hiring companies from Automobiles, IT/ ITeS, Retail…
Narendra Modi government plans to make soft skills part of technical syllabus To bridge the chasm between skills imparted by vocational training schools and the abilities industry looks for in…
Govt. of Bihar and Wadhwani Foundation announce successful completion of pilot on Community Colleges
Aryabhatta Knowledge University (the umbrella university for all community colleges of Bihar as designated by Education Dept., Govt. of Bihar) and Wadhwani Foundation recently announced the successful one year culmination…
Department of Higher Education (DHE), Department of Human Resource Development (DHRD), Government of Jharkhand (GoJ) and the Wadhwani Foundation recently announced a strategic partnership which aims at providing Skills integrated…
The three to four years invested in college or university can be used meaningfully to prepare yourself for the world of work, irrespective of what career you want to pursue….
Himachal Pradesh State Government’s Education Department and Wadhwani Foundations announced the successful culmination of the first ever National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) led placement drive in the state. The initiative…
10 skills that will get you your dream job The preparation to ace an interview needs to start well before you even start applying for jobs. In fact most of the…
Over the past six decades, the formal education system has not been adequately equipped for fulfilling the skill gaps existing in the industry. The country has over 85,000 senior secondary…
Cloud-Mobile Blend Can Be an Answer to Global Skills Gap There is a deep fracture in the global talent supply chain. In 2013, countries from the US to Canada, Australia…
Quote from Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundations “In India, and globally, there is an enormous gap between the skills needed by the industry and what academia is…
Skilling, of late, has become a hot-button topic across the world. And given India’s demographic dividend, it acquires special significance. With 54% of our population below 25 years of age,…
Wadhwani Foundations Founded in 2000 by Dr Romesh Wadhwani, Wadhwani Foundations is engaged in economic acceleration in emerging economies. The Foundation focuses on large-scale initiatives in job creation and skill…
The NDA Government expressed its seriousness about meeting the skills deficit challenge, by creating a National Skills Mission. The Ministry for Skills Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is in the process…
Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) [Ministry of Social justice & Empowerment (MSJE)] and Wadhwani Foundations Skills Development Network Trust recently announced a strategic partnership with a vision…
How Skill Training Assures Brand Growth Developing skills through further training provides significant benefits not only to the employees but to the retail brand as well. To match the requirement…
Admission surge: As India Inc adopts ITIs, students make a beeline vocational training providers, credentials of students, trainers and assessors, curriculum compliance and training delivery and assessment processes, is another reason…
Entrepreneurship Scheme: Lock, Load, Start-up Even as it is working to expand skilling programmes and target school dropouts for vocational training, the government is also planning a scheme for entrepreneurship…
Building Skills Beyond A Degree Aligning diverse skilling mechanisms with the unified NSQF has started creating a skilling ecosystem. If implemented properly, it can be transformative for India India has…
Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) and Wadhwani Foundation’s Skills Development Network Trust has entered into a partnership to provide training and employment to persons with disabilities. The…
Booming business is all very well, but the Indian healthcare centre is in the midst of a crisis. According to studies, the country is facing a severe shortage of one…
As majority of literate youth lacked skills for jobs in various sectors Wadhwani Foundation has taken the initiative to impart job-driven interactive video based courses, said the foundation programme managers…
A skill development push through participation of private sector is one of the key expectations of the education sector from this year’s budget. To address the gap between the skills…
Focus needs to be on employment rather than employability India has a clear cut task set for itself, 500 million to be skilled by 2022 to meet industries’ requirements till…
A growing shortage of skilled manpower in metros is sending companies scurrying to smaller towns to look for people with the skill sets they need. Human resource departments say hiring…
Wadhwani Foundation’s Skill Development Network (SDN), recently announced an MoU with the Association of Health Providers of India (AHPI) and Narayana Health (NH), to network and share the nursing training…
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Bangalore, Karnataka, India – (Business Wire India) Wadhwani Foundation, in collaboration with Narayana Health (NH), has announced the success of its skills training pilot program for NH’s healthcare support staff….
You’ve been taken to the hospital with a neck injury after being involved in an auto accident. The hospital is overwhelmed and you haven’t been able to see a doctor…
PATNA, India — A big leap in the job oriented education system in Bihar was signaled by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Aryabhatta Knowledge University (AKU), Patna…
BANGALORE, India — Wadhwani Foundation (WF), in collaboration with Narayana Health (NH), today announced the success of its skills training pilot program for NH’s healthcare support staff. The program aims…
Haryana Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda during the launch of ‘Mukhya Mantri Shiksha Deeksha Yojana’ in Gurgaon today. During this event the Haryana government facilitated Wadhwani Foundation…