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Digital Talent has become a mission critical priority for india

Some Big Questions

Digital fluency on new age
technologies is required
irrespective of what people do
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Technology pervades every
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aspect of work and leisure
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04 Professional skills are as critical
as technology skills in the Future
of Work

Affordable, credible and trusted

certifications are needed to bring
them within reach of every learner

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Emerging technologies: The game changer
Opportunity
India’s trillion-dollar
digital economy.
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Digital Ecosystems can create $1
trillion of Economic value & 65
million jobs in India by 2025
40-45 million workers will require
reskilling to be redeployed for
these jobs
Challenge
The Skills Gap is
already quite wide.
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The demand for Digital Skills in
India is 8 times of what is available
& will rise to 20 times by 2024.
80% of engineers are unemployable
for any job in the knowledge
economy
Solution
Massive thrust on skilling & upskilling
of potential workforce is required.
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Gartner predicts that digital skills
are in demand across all sectors &
within roles that traditionally did
not require them.
Develop digital fluency & build
skills through industry aligned
certifications to be
industry ready
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Reskilling India: An antidote to the skills challenge
NASSCOM FutureSkills initiative
extended for the entire nation as
FutureSkills Prime with the support
of MEITY through the first of its kind,
public-private partnership
NASSCOM is leading the
implementation of this initiative - a
huge privilege & honour for the IT- ITES
Industry to build a digital skilling
platform for all Indian citizens.
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FutureSkills Prime Features: A Digital Skilling Platform built
by the Govt. & Industry for the people of India

Develop Core Work Skills Skill Wallet & Incentives

Get access to popular jobs & certification linked The Skills wallet would be an online digital
programs by global training providers wallet, which will keep track of candidate
registration & redemption of incentives

Diagnostics Skills Passport

Registered candidates will be provided with a
A unique concept of ‘skills passport’ is an integral
diagnostic of their aptitude and capabilities to guide
feature of the program and any learning that an
their choices of learning content on the portal.
aspirant acquires during his/her re-skilling/up-
skilling journey will be recorded & recognized.

Government-recognized AI-powered Chatbot

certification & badges Your virtual assistant for smart and
SSC NASSCOM validated certification and intuitive answers to all your queries
industry-recognized micro-credentials

Customized course plans

Government Scholarships Pick among byte-sized microlearning
to ~400,000 beneficiaries content or expert level courses- consume
only what is relevant
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FutureSkills Prime: An ecosystem contributed to by many stakeholders
Content that motivates learners
to reskill/upskill
Digital Fluency content to spark curiosity
Specially designed learning content
to build awareness | Foundation
Courses on emerging technologies |
Digital 101 learning paths
Certifications & badges to showcase credentials
Badges on Completion | Govt.
approved certification | Industry
validated curriculum | Show off
credentials on social media
Learner support and incentives
Govt. Incentives on paid courses |
Excellent quality free content
provided by industry | Diagnostics to
guide the learning journey
A learner centric Collaboration with a broad set of
platform stakeholders & ecosystem players
A government supported national initiative
MEITY Funded | Participation by
CDAC and NIELIT for blended
learning | Courses aligned to
National Occupational Standards
Goal
Industry led learning ecosystem
Re-skill/ up-skill a
Supported by the IT industry|
total of about 4 Participation by multiple sector skills
lakh people on councils | Incorporates best practices
from NASSCOM FutureSkills
new & emerging
tech over 3 years Best-in-class Courses & training partners
Content provided by top employers
and technology providers | Courses
aligned to industry standards by all
training providers
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There’s something for everyone: From a novice to expert in 3 steps

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02 Job-oriented
Skills
01 Fundamental
Digital Skills
Digital
Fluency

Know & learn to apply

Build familiarity & stay updated
on emerging technologies & in
demand professional skills
What will you find?
Micro-learning content consisting of
Articles, Blogs, Videos, Hand-picked
learning Pathways on Emerging
Technologies & Professional Skills
Learn fundamentals &
reinforce learning
What will you find?
Technology Foundation Courses | Bridge
courses | Courses on new-age
technologies & Professional Skills |
Software tools | Programming
languages | Virtual Labs
job-oriented skills
What will you find?
Certifications from technology
providers | Industry validated
NASSCOM SSC job-oriented skills
certification | Courses eligible for
Government scholarship
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 Digital fluency to Certifications: Learner Journey

Get started by Build Expertise

building digital by taking deep
fluency. Choose skilling Pathways
from topics spanning and courses SSC
across 10 emerging NASSCOM Certification
tech & 10 certification. Complete the journey
professional skills. by taking the SSC
NASSCOM Assessment
at the end of the paid
courses to validate
Take Foundation courses to learning and be eligible
Start build fundamentals, earn for incentives
Register on FutureSkills Prime
FutureSkills Prime Foundation Certificates &
for free badges.
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All set for a kick-off: The 3-phase plan to propel a pan-India roll-out
with specific learner driven outcomes

Module 1: Nov 2020* Module 2: Feb 2021* Module 3: Mar 2021*

What will be available? What will be available? What will be available?

Free Sign-up A host of Industry aligned Aadhaar/EID enabled Registration

paid certification courses in
Access to a rich catalogue Government of India (GOI)
addition to the free ones incentive scheme registration
of free, formal & informal
learning content SSC NASSCOM Validated
Competency Diagnostic Tool
assessments.
Job Roles Showcase Skill wallet
Virtual instructor led
Skills Passport mode of learning V-labs
AI-enabled Chabot
Incentive payment to candidates
Badges

Development for Module 2 underway; Design for Module 3 (with MeitY / CDAC) underway
* Estimated Dates 8
FutureSkills Prime: Key Stakeholders

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FutureSkills Prime: Partner ecosystem

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