“The quality, the Skill that you have, is something that makes you beautiful.” – by, Chandra Mohan Patowary
“We now treat language as Skills.” – by, Chandra Mohan Patowary

Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized the Global Skills Summit 2018 on 15th September 2018 in Delhi. The theme of the 11th edition of the Global Skills Summit (GSS 2018) was Future Skills, Jobs and Demography. The Summit saw enthusiastic participation from all stakeholders in the skills space and dignitaries who shared their views included Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Mr.Chandra Mohan Patowary, Minister of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship, Government of Assam, Mr. Subhash Ghai, Founder and Chairman, Whistling Woods and Chairman – Media and Entertainment Skills Council, Mr. T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, FICCI Skill Development Committee and Mr. Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Co-Chair FICCI Skill Development Committee.

On this occasion, Shri Pradhan announced the launch of new courses in emerging areas like Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics. Shri Pradhan also launched Qualification Packs and Model Curriculum for eleven new courses in Cyber Security skill training. These courses have been designed by IT&ITeS Sector Skill Council-NASSCOM in collaboration with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), besides 19 new courses under development for skill training in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics which will equip candidates for job roles like Applied Scientist, Data Engineer, Solution Architect among others

Mr. Chandra Mohan Patowary pointed that Skill development in the country today should be industry-oriented. He agreed with the point made by Subhash Ghai about making training providers knowledgeable and said that there’s little value in formal degrees like B.A and M.A and hence it is imperative to create awareness about skills for jobs. Referring to his visit to the USA where he was requested to experience the driver-less cars, he said that he refused to even think of such a possibility in India since we need more jobs and being a car driver is one of them. He mentioned that Assam is trying to partner with Korea and Taiwan for floriculture and to take opportunity to work with South East Asian countries.