Skill East 2019 : CII summit on future skills, entrepreneurship and networking

The skill development challenge has magnified due to unprecedented issues of scalability i.e. reaching 500 million by 2022. This has coupled with multiple challenges in implementation. The country today requires a robust strategic framework which neatly ties the existing initiatives and brings the stakeholders together.

The dip in the youth population of key global economies vis-à-vis the growing numbers in India presents a huge opportunity, which can be capitalized if our talent pool is trained as per international standards. While the Indian skills ecosystem is still evolving, a lot of experience and unique studies are available internationally. Such learnings can enable India to adopt and adapt, thereby helping us create an internationally benchmarked talent pool. The Skill East Summit will propel this discussion to newer heights this year.

The Skill East 2019 Summit will be held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 22nd June 2019.

For registration and sponsorship opportunities, please contact

Subhankar Chakraborty | subhankar.chakraborty@cii.in | 9038961094

Cini Mohanty | cini.mohanty@cii.in. | 9778767517

The theme of this year’s summit is Future Skills |Entrepreneurship | Networking Sessions

1. Future Skills

Readiness for Industry 4.0 Digital technologies are rapidly transforming the manufacturing sector and we are already into Industry 4.0. Today, every company is a potential digital enterprise. This is a critical phase in industrial evolution marked by computers, mobile devices, internet connectivity, data, robotics, 3D technologies, augmented reality, cloud computing and a host of other developments that are shaping the new age workplace skills in the manufacturing sector. This session will shed light on:

How do skills impact productivity and efficiency in the evolving industrial production systems?
With ‘digital’ being the keyword what are the most needed skills for employment and employability?
How will Industry 4.0 affect MSMEs that drive 38% of our GDP and employ more than 110 million?

2. Fostering Entrepreneurship

The next big game-changer Self-employment is being increasingly recognized as one of the prominent ways of income in developing countries. This session will engage eminent stakeholders in the skilling sector to discuss the importance of cross-sector collaborations and focus on building skills for self-employment and entrepreneurship as potential solutions to the skilling gap in India. This session will focus on how:

Technology can embrace entrepreneurship and invites sustainable growth
Identify the existing opportunity within Skill Ecosystem
Success stories & best practices

3. Networking for Skills

Go Global Self-employment is being increasingly recognized as one of the prominent ways of income in developing countries. This session will engage eminent stakeholders in the skilling sector to discuss the importance of cross-sector collaborations and focus on building skills for self-employment and entrepreneurship as potential solutions to the skilling gap in India. This session will focus on how:

Technology can embrace entrepreneurship and invites sustainable growth
Identify the existing opportunity within Skill Ecosystem
Success stories & best practices

Key Deliberations

Understanding and adapting the international models to prepare for Industry 4.0
Forging global partnership to focus on improved quality of work and engage workforce in gainful employment
Engaging in policy dialogue with all stakeholders
Identifying the opportunity for entrepreneurship to create sustainable growth

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For sponsorship opportunities, please contact

Subhankar Chakraborty | subhankar.chakraborty@cii.in | 9038961094

Cini Mohanty | cini.mohanty@cii.in. | 9778767517