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SKILLING

POWER OF COLLABORATION

Cognizant of the fact that a lot can be achieved in working together, ELGi
Equipments has joined forces with NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime, a skilling
program powered by a partnership between the Ministry of Electronics

and Information Technology, the Government of India; NASSCOM; and the
IT industry to build vital digital skills for the future of work.

Source: Magic Wand Media

O ne of India’s leading Knowing the deal Indian uled to undertake this program.
NASSCOM
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It is a platform built by the Gov-
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facturers ELGi Equip- non-governmental trade as- ernment and the IT industry
ments has come into partner- sociation and advocacy group with a vision of reskilling 2 mil-
ship with NASSCOM’s (The focused mainly on the informa- lion of the 4 million workforc-
National Association of Soft- tion technology (IT) and busi- es employed in the IT industry.
ware and Service Companies) ness process outsourcing (BPO) Through this initiative, the Gov-
FutureSkills Prime initiative. industries. Established in 1988, ernment and the industry aim
With this partnership, ELGi it is a non-profit organization. to reskill/upskill a total of about
SOVAN TUDU
Sub-Editor aims to equip every employ- FutureSkills Prime, a skilling 1.4 million employees over
Magic Wand Media Inc ee with a set of foundational program focused on emerging a period of 5 years (1 million
Sovan.tudu@
magicwandmedia.in digital skills that will enable technologies, is powered by a from company supported (B2B)
them to operate in a digital en- partnership between the Minis- skilling and another 0.4 million
vironment, continually adapt to try of Electronics and Informa- from Government supported/
new ways of working, and add tion Technology, the Govern- facilitated (B2C) schemes).
value beyond what can be done ment of India; NASSCOM; and It focuses on providing solu-
by automated systems and intel- the IT industry. Over one thou- tions to the challenges encoun-
ligent machines. sand ELGi employees are sched- tered while upskilling people

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