A renewed path for skilling in IT/ITeS sector for transition to the new normal

Abstract

Every drawdown is an indication to a new beginning - an exploration of a renewed trajectory to meet our goal, the sooner it is demarcated, the better the adaptability and success rate. A compulsive disruption from usual ways of working to a forced new normal is what the IT/ITeS skills ecosystem in India is called to embrace as the challenge of the era. An examination of the evolving IT/ITeS skills ecosystem in India, identifying of the skill skewed areas where incremental demand for talent needs to generate through the existing skilling, reskilling and upskilling programs and investing more in those areas would serve the purpose of the Skill India movement launched way back in 2015. The research paper expounds on the need for a revival of the system of IT Skilling adhered to under the Skill India movement of India, in order to prove more beneficial to help employability of the incumbents. Based on a survey of 367 graduates of IT Skill courses, the study concludes by enumerating those specific IT skills or key thrust areas in skilling that need focus and adaptability of Training institutions to incorporate these key skills and a renewed skilling path to the PMKVY skill training so as to emerge successful in the era of the New Normal.