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TATA INDIAN KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

INSTITUTE OF SKILLS • Mapping sector demand to changing market scenarios

A report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in and identifying key sectors, which have job creation
April 2022 pointed out that 22% of the incremental global possibilities in India.
workforce over the next three decades will come from
India. The report alerts that if the nation does not create • Strengthening core operations and building a
enough jobs and required workforce, its demographic programmatic team of experts.
dividend may turn into a liability. The Government of India
has launched multiple schemes and programs to improve • Training 581 trainees in the short-term courses in
skilling in India. However, India continues to have a low collaboration with leading industrial partners. Barring
percentage of formally trained workforce to handle the culinary course, the remaining are o ered in
advanced trades. blended mode. The training program has been
appreciated by the students.
The Tata Indian Institute of Skills (TIIS) was incorporated
under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 and was set
• Facilitating the construction of the Indian Institute of
up by the Tata Education and Development Trust in March
Skills, Mumbai, which is being designed and built within
2020, which was selected to partner with the Ministry of
the National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) in
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in June
Chunabhatti, Mumbai. Whilst the pre-construction
2019 to set up, operate, and maintain world-class Indian
activities for the IIS Mumbai campus have been
Institute of Skills (IIS) in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The
completed, the pre-construction works for the IIS
primary goal behind setting up the institute was to create
Ahmedabad campus (coming up on a 20-acre campus
an industry-ready workforce as per the evolving demands
in Nasmed, Gandhinagar) are underway. The
of national and global markets. TIIS is committed to
architectural plans are underway for both TIIS Mumbai
designing and delivering a contemporary and agile
and TIIS Ahmedabad.
curricular to meet the emerging skill needs of the nation in
a digital world. This is being done in collaboration
with GoI, MSDE, state governments, and leading
industry partners.

In the past one year, TIIS has been working to streamline
its core functions by building a team of experts and
professionals. While waiting for physical campuses to be
constructed, TIIS has developed and launched short-term
courses on Industrial Robotics, Industrial Automation and
a culinary course (Certificate in Garde Manger). These
short duration courses intend to provide high quality, high
impact training in short durations and are being o ered on
temporary campuses with leading domain partners such
as Taj Skyline Ahmedabad, Festo India, Fanuc India and
SMC India.

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