National Skill Development Corporation has announced its partnership with Salesforce, the global leader in customer relationship management. It will help to enhance NSDC’s skill development and capacity building initiatives through Salesforce’s Trailhead with free online learning platform that empowers anyone to skill up and increase one’s job prospects in the digital economy.
The explosion of technological innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating a massive demand for new-age skills. By 2022, more than 120 million workers will need reskilling due to advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. According to the World Economic Forum, on average, an Indian worker today needs about 100 days for re-skilling to be ready for future jobs by 2022.
Through this partnership, NSDC and Salesforce aim at empowering learners and educators, regardless of socioeconomic background, to skill up for the jobs of tomorrow with innovative content, presentations and training resource. The partnership also entails reaching out to colleges and universities to be able to adopt NSDC’s wide array of courses and curriculum and engage with students through the Trailhead platform.