He was speaking at the CII - UKIERI seminar on Addressing the Skills Imperative through the UK-India partnership at the British Council, New Delhi on May 28, 2008.
He said that sectoral involvement in skills development was important. Financial, Creative & Health are the three most crucial industries experiencing growth, both in India & UK. These sectors illustrate the diversity of the skills challenge. Talking about higher education & the UK - India connect, he emphasised the need for having India summer schools for UK students to encourage exchange of learning. Mr. Rammell also launched the CII - UKIERI - ICRA Study of the Skill Gap of the Financial, Creative & Health Sector.
He further added that key principles for skills development in any country are active participation of the employers & learners, inclusive approach in delivery & customising the training so as to fit the life situation of the learner.
Smt D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development re-enforced the need for UK - India partnerships for skills development & higher education. Talking about the UK - India initiatives, she stressed on developing programs for research & training. She also said that, Institutional linkages are imperative for India to reap the demographic dividend and also provide the world with a skilled manpower. Sharing the 2011 targets as part of UKIERI she highlighted that 300 Indian schools will be linked to UK & an equal number of faculty exchange programs organised. Also, 50 international projects will be initiated this year to cover over 250 students.
The vision that India could be the human capital supplier to the world was shared by Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chairman. CII Task Force on Rural Health & Chairman Medicity, Gurgaon. Dr. Trehan said that, Health care for all was important & the need to double the infrastructure imperative. Sharing the village development program initiated under his chairmanship he recommended Corporate - Corporate Partnerships as the next mantra for social development projects.
In his remarks to wrap up the session, Amit Bhatia, Founder & CEO, ASPIRE said that for India to reap the demographic opportunity & to address the skill demands of the nation, government needs to form SEZs - Special Education Zones. With 25 million unemployed graduates being produced every day in India, competitiveness of the industry was under threat. Public - Private Partnership & Investments in skills development were the two ways to ensure success of the skills initiatives across the country, he said.
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He was speaking at the CII - UKIERI seminar on Addressing the Skills Imperative through the UK-India partnership at the British Council, New Delhi on May 28, 2008.
He said that sectoral involvement in skills development was important. Financial, Creative & Health are the three most crucial industries experiencing growth, both in India & UK. These sectors illustrate the diversity of the skills challenge. Talking about higher education & the UK - India connect, he emphasised the need for having India summer schools for UK students to encourage exchange of learning. Mr. Rammell also launched the CII - UKIERI - ICRA Study of the Skill Gap of the Financial, Creative & Health Sector.
He further added that key principles for skills development in any country are active participation of the employers & learners, inclusive approach in delivery & customising the training so as to fit the life situation of the learner.
Smt D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development re-enforced the need for UK - India partnerships for skills development & higher education. Talking about the UK - India initiatives, she stressed on developing programs for research & training. She also said that, Institutional linkages are imperative for India to reap the demographic dividend and also provide the world with a skilled manpower. Sharing the 2011 targets as part of UKIERI she highlighted that 300 Indian schools will be linked to UK & an equal number of faculty exchange programs organised. Also, 50 international projects will be initiated this year to cover over 250 students.
The vision that India could be the human capital supplier to the world was shared by Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chairman. CII Task Force on Rural Health & Chairman Medicity, Gurgaon. Dr. Trehan said that, Health care for all was important & the need to double the infrastructure imperative. Sharing the village development program initiated under his chairmanship he recommended Corporate - Corporate Partnerships as the next mantra for social development projects.
In his remarks to wrap up the session, Amit Bhatia, Founder & CEO, ASPIRE said that for India to reap the demographic opportunity & to address the skill demands of the nation, government needs to form SEZs - Special Education Zones. With 25 million unemployed graduates being produced every day in India, competitiveness of the industry was under threat. Public - Private Partnership & Investments in skills development were the two ways to ensure success of the skills initiatives across the country, he said.
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Globalisation is not only industrial growth, but also an improvement in quality & enhanced competitiveness, said Bill Rammell, Minister for State, Life long Learning Further and Higher education.