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India Skills Accelerator
- 09 Apr 2025
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The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (WEF), launched the India Skills Accelerator (ISA).
- ISA is a national public-private collaboration platform aimed at fostering cross-sectoral cooperation to address complex challenges in India’s skilling ecosystem, with a focus on innovation, knowledge sharing, and policy reform.
- It supports India’s demographic dividend and aims to make India the Skill Capital of the World.
- With 65% of organizations citing skill gaps as a major barrier, the initiative aims to close these gaps through inclusive upskilling, reskilling, and aligning education with industry needs.
- Global Alignment: The initiative leverages insights from the WEF’s Future of Jobs 2025 report to maintain competitiveness in the global job market.
Read more: Future of Jobs Report 2025 |