Videos – Panel Discussion On Leveraging Apprenticeships – Part-I

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India Apprenticeship Forum hosted its flagship event “Leveraging The Power Of Apprenticeships For Creating Human Capital”, on 20th December 2019, at Taj MG Road in Bengaluru.

The panel discussed various nuances of apprenticeships bringing in views from the academia, industry and the government.

The panel members were,

  • Prof. Thimme Gowda, First Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka State Rural Development & Panchayat Raj University, Gadag
  • Anita Borulkar, VP, HR, Bharat Fritz Werner
  • Balaji Babu, Zonal Head, HR, Fortis Healthcare
  • Swetha D’Souza, General Manager, HR, Swiggy
  • Surajit Roy, Senior Head, Apprenticeship Division, NSDC, and
  • Sumit Kumar, Vice President, NETAP, TeamLease Skills University, who moderated the discussion.

We present here the video snippets of the panel discussion.

Need for skills-based education than knowledge-based education

Sumit Kumar, Vice President, NETAP, talks about employability as one of the key levers for economic growth at India Apprenticeship Forum’s event “Leveraging The Power Of Apprenticeships For Creating Human Capital”.

Inviting the panel members 

Sumit Kumar, Vice President, NETAP, invites the panel discussion members to the stage at India Apprenticeship Forum’s event “Leveraging The Power Of Apprenticeships For Creating Human Capital”.

Need for formal assessment for apprenticeships

Anita Borulkar, VP, HR, Bharat Fritz Werner addresses that employers should be encouraged to have more kind of assessment and formal systems at India Apprenticeship Forum’s event “Leveraging The Power Of Apprenticeships For Creating Human Capital”.

Effective communication on apprenticeship schemes need of the hour

Balaji Babu, Zonal Head, Fortis Healthcare says, the pilot program conducted for the apprentices has been found successful and that the organization expects a certain level of loyalty from the apprentices at India Apprenticeship Forum’s event “Leveraging The Power Of Apprenticeships For Creating Human Capital”.

Swiggy leverages apprenticeships

Swetha D’Souza, General Manager, HR, Swiggy gives an overview of her experience with apprenticeships at her organisation. 


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The industry has been encouraging apprenticeships

Swetha D’Souza, General Manager, HR, Swiggy says that some of the skill councils have been open to ideas and open to implementing curriculum, this helped in creating comfort in hiring the apprenticeships.

How the industry can leverage NEEM

Surajit Roy, Senior Head, Apprenticeship Division, NSDC, gives an overview on how to use  NEEM as a tool. It can be used as a student apprenticeship/staffing tool and also as an apprenticeship under law.

Addressing the industry-academia disconnect to grow apprenticeships

Prof. Thimme Gowda, First Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka State Rural Development & Panchayat Raj University, Gadag says that there has been a disconnect between the industry and academia. The industry and academia have to work together in partnership to design the course in such a way that suits the industry’s requirements. 

Opportunity to integrate the new education policy with the new skill policy

Surajit Roy, Senior Head, Apprenticeship Division, NSDC, gives an overview of how the new education policy and skill policy can get integrated and connected to create better employability.