Initiatives of Skills University and significance for youth empowerment in India

Abstract

India can become a major skilled youth workforce provider catering to global needs and its own needs. In past, education and skilling stand as parallel and independent streams. Need based frame work has to be developed to upgrade skill education to global standards by working in the lines of Government of India`s Skill Mission. This study analyses how promoting excellence in Skill Education in close association with industry, and boost economic status of youth by enhancing employability or establish as an entrepreneur. So, setting up skills universities will address the challenge of student mobilization through National Standard Qualification Framework. A skills university must have the dynamism to follow a demand-driven model following the work-integrated training model or the institutional model or a combination of both. Findings provide a unique insight into the requirement of Skills University. Findings highlights that Skills University canemerge as one of the common platform to provide skilled manpower by imparting quality skill education and bridging the gap between demand and supply of skill acknowledged by industry, globally. Skills University promotes academic growth by offering certificates/ Diploma/ state of the art graduate / under graduate cources for connecting the supply of skilled human resources based on regional demands.