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Half of India’s IT workforce to be upskilled by Nasscom

The platform, developed by Nasscom and supported by the government, is aimed at initially skilling 2 million existing employees and 2 million aspirants in new technologies,

The inexorable rise of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Automation have been taking a toll on jobs in India’s flagship IT services industry. Now, an online platform built by Nasscom called FutureSkills will attempt to address the issue of inadequately skilled manpower. Their plan is to reskill or upskill half of India’s 4 million strong IT workforce within a time period of three to four years while also imparting skills to 2 million aspirants.

Read it at New Indian Express

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