NEW DELHI, March 27: With the objective of accomplishing the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'Skill India Mission', LEAP Skills Academy commenced
the Recognition of Prior Learning event to be organized throughout the states
of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi NCR as well as Haryana.
The RPL inauguration episode was joined by the Secretary of
the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dr. K.P. Krishnan, and
the MD and CEO of the National Skill Development Corporation, Mr. Manish Kumar.
The event also saw the participation of well-known scholars as
well as trade frontrunners for example Devesh Kapur, Director at the Center for
the Advanced Study of India and Professor of Political Science at the
University of Pennsylvania; Venguswamy Ramaswamy, Global Head of TCS iON; Dr.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President and Chief Executive of Centre for Policy
Research, and Mayank Kachhwaha, Co-founder of Indialends.
LEAP Skills Academy is a talent expansion group based out of
New Delhi, integrated in the year 2013 and led by Megha Aggarwal, CEO and
Co-founder, and Ankit Durga, COO and Co-founder. LEAP which represents Learning,
Employability and Progress, is an impact-centric group and has undertaken a key
responsibility in revealing industry related abilities, along with life-long expertise
to the youth of the topography where LEAP functions in.
"A lot of what Megha, the CEO of LEAP Skills is doing,
and what we are trying to do is actually trying to repair or make good the
failure of the state in its role as a regulator in these sectors," revealed
Dr. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
All through a group debate on the 'Skills landscape in
India' at the inauguration episode, discussion followed round the responsibility
of the dissimilar participants - Government, businesses, industry bodies, teaching
associates and apprentices - to tackle the trials and recognize finest customs to
guarantee the effortless and effective application of the Skill India Mission as
well as the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
"We have lots and lots of people. It is one of our
biggest assets, but it is one asset we are not developing well enough. We
should think of labor markets that are global, not just local," revealed Devesh
Kapur, on the subject of talents and giving guidance to the multitudes.
LEAP has been concentrating on augmenting the employability
of youth involved in secondary formal schooling throughout tier-2 and 3 cities
(engineering, under-graduate and polytechnic disciplines) and has functioned
with above 3,500 apprentices till date.
Industry needs this concentration on employability talents
as well, as demonstrated by Mayank Kachhawa's, Co-founder of Indialends, cite about
the deficiency of proficient aptitude obtainable to developing start-ups in the
Indian economy: "Hiring people with the right skills has proved to be one
of the biggest challenges while scaling up."
LEAP will aid the NSDC in endorsing above 3,000 workers involved
in the Tourism and Hospitality segment in the year 2017.
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