DIYguru wins FICCI Award at the North India Skill Connect Summit 2024, held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on December 6, 2024. The summit brought together over 220 delegates and 20 distinguished speakers, including policymakers, industry leaders, and skilling partners, all focused on addressing key challenges and opportunities in skill development. Event’s theme, “Skill Development – Exploring Opportunities,” highlighted the importance of forging strategic partnerships to enhance the skilling ecosystem across North India.
Mr. Avinash Singh’s Insights on Expanding Apprenticeship Models Across Key Sectors
Mr. Avinash Singh, Co-Founder & CEO of DIYguru, was invited as an esteemed guest & one of the key panelists for the FICCI event on the topic “Expanding Effective Apprenticeship Models Across Key Sectors”. Mr. Avinash highlighted the growing demand for skills in green energy and electric mobility , particularly in the EV segment, and stressed the need to tap into the same to create work opportunities for youth of India. He further emphasized the importance of having accessible training programs for marginalized groups through ITIs, and the industry-led effort to empower the future workforce of India with skills. He also underscored the need of training trainers to bridge the rural-urban gap.
Addressing Skill Development Challenges for ITI & Diploma-Level Students
The challenges and ground level issues specific to students at the ITI & diploma level must be a part of the key considerations while drafting and planning upcoming skill based training reforms. Targeting and implementing a unified learning framework (ULF) can be a potential solution where various training OEMs can play a consolidated role in delivering industry specific upskilling, quoted Mr. Avinash while sharing his views with the panel.
DIYguru Wins Prestigious FICCI Award for Contributions to Skill Development
The event concluded with DIYguru winning the prestigious FICCI Award for its significant contributions to Skill Development. This recognition is a testament to DIYguru’s vision of upskilling 10 lakh students in the next 10 months.
