Is it sufficient to just train the youth? What about jobs? How and where will the skilled youth find jobs? Skilling India is not enough, employing India is equally important.
The Economic Times reported yesterday that Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna has completed 10 lakh enrollments under Skill India mission. Seventy percent of those enrolled, have already completed their training under 382 job roles. There are currently 8749 active centres across the country through which the central government is implementing the scheme with the help of NSDC, local training partners, state governments, local MPs and MLAs.
Why do we need Skill India program?
India is going through a demographic transition. By 2020, 64 percent of its population will be in the age group of 15-34. Every year, 12 million youth enter the job market. On top of that, there is a huge gap between the number of people who are looking for employment and the number of people who are employable. To reap the demographic dividend, a programme like Skill India would help.
So, what’s missing?
Though the NDA government set an ambitious aim to train 400 million people by 2022, the scheme so far has been able to enroll only 1 million. However, this is bound to change once the government expands its programme, becomes more efficient, involves more private partners, and as more people become aware of it. The government is working on these.
Skilling India is not enough. Employing India is equally important.
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Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Thursday, 28 January 2016
The Five Myths of Informal Learning
Informal learning is emerging as one of the most powerful disciplines in our industry. The tools and methodologies that have been developed over the past several years are changing the learning landscape in amazing ways. But there are a number of misunderstandings about this critical approach. I’d like to share some myths I’ve encountered when trying to intentionally implement a successful informal learning strategy.
1. Informal learning doesn’t need structure.
2. Informal learning approaches such as social networks can replace training.
3. E-learning is informal learning.
4. An effective and thorough training program negates the need for informal learning.
5. It’s only informal learning if it’s immediate and embedded.
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1. Informal learning doesn’t need structure.
2. Informal learning approaches such as social networks can replace training.
3. E-learning is informal learning.
4. An effective and thorough training program negates the need for informal learning.
5. It’s only informal learning if it’s immediate and embedded.
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Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Educate yourself on AI: Seven books to get you started
From drones to self-driving cars to caring robots, artificial intelligence is becoming woven into our lives at a rapidly accelerating pace. With its roots back to Alan Turing in the 1950's, artificial intelligence today has become increasingly sophisticated—where machines were once used to perform simple tasks, they are increasingly being designed with more human-like traits.
If you know little about artificial intelligence and need to get up to speed, here are seven books that can help you get some important evolving field.
1. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (2005) by Raymond Kurzweil
2. Designing Sociable Robots (2002) by Cynthia Breazeal
3. Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy (2015) by David A. Mindell
4. The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind (2006) by Marvin Minsky
5. Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology (1992) by Steven Levy
6. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) by Nick Bostrom
7. Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era (2013) by James Barrat
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If you know little about artificial intelligence and need to get up to speed, here are seven books that can help you get some important evolving field.
1. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (2005) by Raymond Kurzweil
2. Designing Sociable Robots (2002) by Cynthia Breazeal
3. Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy (2015) by David A. Mindell
4. The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind (2006) by Marvin Minsky
5. Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology (1992) by Steven Levy
6. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) by Nick Bostrom
7. Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era (2013) by James Barrat
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Thursday, 21 January 2016
NASA shows the world its 20 year Virtal Reality experiment to train Astronauts: The inside story
NASA's Johnson Space Center told TechRepublic the whole story behind one of the most important tools it uses to train astronauts: virtual reality. Learn how the agency pulled off VR's greatest triumph.
For the first time, astronaut Doug Wheelock hung on to a handrail outside the International Space Station (ISS), and looked down at the Earth.
"I know exactly where I am," he thought. "It looks just like the VR Lab."
That familiarity is a quick comfort not only for Wheelock, but for many astronauts past, present, and future, floating hundreds of miles above the Earth, trying to get a job done in one of the most hostile working environments imaginable.
In space, an astronaut's next minutes are never guaranteed. They have to adjust to the drastically modified rules of physics, and to a calmness and a slowness that masks danger.
Inside Wheelock's spacesuit, he was aware of the frightening silence of space, broken only by the voices coming in through his communications cap, the ventilation system of his suit, and his own heartbeat. Outside, temperatures were fluctuating between 300 degrees Fahrenheit and negative 300 degrees in 90-minute cycles.
Space is beautiful—but unforgiving.
Wheelock knew it would be like this.
His preparation from the Virtual Reality Lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center was both mental and physical.
As the spacewalk—or extra vehicular activity (EVA)—turns 50 in 2015, its history is inextricably linked to the development and use of a technology that's long been derided as a toy.
For as long as virtual reality has existed, even conceptually, its constant companions have been hype, gimmickry, and unmet expectations. While the commercial VR industry has waited for another shot at world domination, Johnson Space Center's VR Lab doggedly worked on ways to better train astronauts for one of the most dangerous excursions of their lives.
Virtual reality has matured and developed into a mission-critical training tool. NASA has pushed a number of different technologies to their limits to pull it off, without the glare of industry expectations or the pressure of packaging it into a consumer product. Their solution isn't flashy, but it's immensely powerful. And it works.
The main reason for the success of NASA's VR experiment is ridiculously obvious—there's no other way to replicate space here on Earth.
For the first time, astronaut Doug Wheelock hung on to a handrail outside the International Space Station (ISS), and looked down at the Earth.
"I know exactly where I am," he thought. "It looks just like the VR Lab."
That familiarity is a quick comfort not only for Wheelock, but for many astronauts past, present, and future, floating hundreds of miles above the Earth, trying to get a job done in one of the most hostile working environments imaginable.
In space, an astronaut's next minutes are never guaranteed. They have to adjust to the drastically modified rules of physics, and to a calmness and a slowness that masks danger.
Inside Wheelock's spacesuit, he was aware of the frightening silence of space, broken only by the voices coming in through his communications cap, the ventilation system of his suit, and his own heartbeat. Outside, temperatures were fluctuating between 300 degrees Fahrenheit and negative 300 degrees in 90-minute cycles.
Space is beautiful—but unforgiving.
Wheelock knew it would be like this.
His preparation from the Virtual Reality Lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center was both mental and physical.
As the spacewalk—or extra vehicular activity (EVA)—turns 50 in 2015, its history is inextricably linked to the development and use of a technology that's long been derided as a toy.
For as long as virtual reality has existed, even conceptually, its constant companions have been hype, gimmickry, and unmet expectations. While the commercial VR industry has waited for another shot at world domination, Johnson Space Center's VR Lab doggedly worked on ways to better train astronauts for one of the most dangerous excursions of their lives.
Virtual reality has matured and developed into a mission-critical training tool. NASA has pushed a number of different technologies to their limits to pull it off, without the glare of industry expectations or the pressure of packaging it into a consumer product. Their solution isn't flashy, but it's immensely powerful. And it works.
The main reason for the success of NASA's VR experiment is ridiculously obvious—there's no other way to replicate space here on Earth.
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Top 10 most- & least-taught Soft Skills
Ever wondered what Soft Skills were the most and least sought after? What are companies actually looking for when they are shopping for Soft Skills development? Well here is the answer.
A while ago I asked members of the largest HR group on Linkedin what Soft Skills they taught the most. I had 365 responses before the thread was closed by the moderator. The moderator told me that the number of responses were something of a “group record”, so I think the data is pretty representative.
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A while ago I asked members of the largest HR group on Linkedin what Soft Skills they taught the most. I had 365 responses before the thread was closed by the moderator. The moderator told me that the number of responses were something of a “group record”, so I think the data is pretty representative.
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Related: Top 40 taught soft skills -- full list
Saturday, 4 January 2014
Edward Snowden sharpened his hacking skills in Delhi
The hacker who shook the US intelligence machinery and had world leaders railing against Washington for spying on them picked up crucial skills in India. Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor-turned-whistleblower, spent a week in New Delhi training in core Java programming and advanced ethical hacking. It's this training that got him certified as an EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA).
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Friday, 24 May 2013
10 worst-case BYOD scenarios (and how to prevent them)
Bring Your Own Device has stirred plenty of controversy. Companies are either embracing it to its fullest extent or avoiding it like the plague. BYOD can potentially save you money and help make your employees happier and more productive. But it also brings along with it a number of possible pitfalls, from security to compatibility and everything in between. For the most part, those pitfalls can be avoided with just a little planning and education. “No way,” you say? Let’s look at some likely worst-case scenarios and see how you can prevent them from occurring.
1: Exposed data
2: Passwords in the wild
3: Declining productivity
4: Compatibility issues
5: Bandwidth overuse
6: Device management
7: Wireless bottlenecks
8: Autonomy overuse
9: Virus infections
10: Compatibility complaints
Bring Your Own Drama
It’s coming to an IT department near you. When it does, be prepared for anything and everything. You’re dealing with the teen years of mobile devices and you’re going to have to have tricks up your sleeve you never thought you’d need. But if you’re prepared, and if you’ve prepared your users, that drama will hardly get the chance to rear its ugly head.
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1: Exposed data
2: Passwords in the wild
3: Declining productivity
4: Compatibility issues
5: Bandwidth overuse
6: Device management
7: Wireless bottlenecks
8: Autonomy overuse
9: Virus infections
10: Compatibility complaints
Bring Your Own Drama
It’s coming to an IT department near you. When it does, be prepared for anything and everything. You’re dealing with the teen years of mobile devices and you’re going to have to have tricks up your sleeve you never thought you’d need. But if you’re prepared, and if you’ve prepared your users, that drama will hardly get the chance to rear its ugly head.
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Wednesday, 12 September 2012
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