The Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE) will bring out a directory of skilled workers in the State so that their expertise can be tapped in a more effective manner, Sriram Venkitaraman, Managing Director, Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence, has said.
He was speaking at a panel discussion on ‘Entrepreneurship and employment in the changing world’, held here on Sunday as part of India Skills Kerala 2018, organised by the Industrial Training Department and KASE, said a press release.
Prominent industrialists who joined the discussion extended their full support for the project, which would not only compile the data on skilled workers but also enable the government to utilise their expertise in various fields.
“Most of the skilled labourers who work outside the country have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology. Once they come back, how do we utilise their expertise and experience is a major question. The only sector that makes use of their expertise is training institutes. Their expertise should be extended to other fields too. For that, they need to be organised and an inventory of skilled labourers would be of immense help,” he pointed out.
Leading industrialists N.M. Sharafudeen, vice chairman, Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Vivek Govind, president, Kerala Management Association; S.R. Nair, charter member and past president, The Indus Entrepreneurs, Kerala (TiE); Navas Meeran, past chairman, CII; Deepak L. Aswani, co-chair, FICCI Kerala State Council; also took part in the panel discussion. Aparna Viswanathan, director, Zocio, Bengaluru, moderated the discussion, the press release added.
