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In this Presentation

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Current Scenario

Employer Satisfaction Quotient

Why Industry—Academia Linkage?

How industry—Academia linkage will help?

FICCI Story—NKFH—Its working Model

Bridging Skill Gap in Healthcare sector

Summary

Current Scenario

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Sustained 8% GDP growth has led to increase in demand for skilled manpower across sectors

Skill gaps & skill shortages are seen across sectors ranging from IT, Infrastructure, Power, Capital Goods, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Pharma, Education ……. IT sector reported lack of skills as the most serious obstacle for growth,

and salaries rose 15% annually from 2003 to 2008 mainly due to the shortages of qualified workforce (World Bank, 2009)

The road sector needs to increase its hiring by at least 2-3 times of the 2008 level where 6,000 – 7,000 fresh engineers and diploma holders joined the road sector workforce (World Bank, 2008)

Capital Goods & manufacturing sector depend on bulk recruitment of Engineers & shop floor workers from Tier II-III engineering institutions & ITIs and have to make huge investments in retraining the fresh graduate to become productive

Shortage doctors is estimated to be about 600,000 and by 2025 additional 700,000 are required.

There are no formal education programs for allied healthcare assistants in the country and hence hospitals have been training them on the job which restricts vertical or horizontal mobility opportunity for the employee

Current Scenario Contd…

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The Indian higher education system did respond to the increased demand for engineers over the years by massively expanding production of professional graduates. Engineering colleges have been growing by 20% per year and more than

4.5 Lacs engineers graduate every year which is greater than USA, UK and Japan.

Although the number of students enrolled increased 800 percent from 1998 to 2010, this quantitative expansion has led to an average decline in the quality of the graduating engineers.

All though there are about 335 medical colleges, only 40,000 doctors graduate with a MBBS degree. Further, there is a regional imbalance with 54% of these colleges in the Southern States

Various industry reports suggest that around 25% Engineering graduates & 39.5% of overall graduates are employable

Little research is conducted to identify the kinds of skills demanded by employers and measure by which graduates meet employers’ expectation

Present industry - academia interaction largely limited to summer internships or placement of the students in the industry which is neither productive nor effective.

Employer Satisfaction Quotient

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FICCI carried out a survey with World Bank in 2009 to check the employers satisfaction quotient for new engineering graduates More than 60% of employers were not satisfied by the quality of graduates

passing out the engineering colleges

A similar survey was carried out with Synovate in 2010 to check the employability of General graduates i.e. B.Sc, B.A and B.Com. It indicated a similar percentage of dissatisfaction from Employers towards

the quality of general graduates.

Survey analysis indicated following changes are required to improve high order thinking skills in graduates Reshape assessment methods Reform curricula to increase the share of tasks Promote teaching-learning sessions Develop programs to meet the demand for specific skill from different

sectors Encourage industry internships and involvement of institutions within the

community

Employer Satisfaction Quotient ( Contd..)

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As per the FICCI-WB Survey analysis, skills sets required by engineers;

Core Employability Skills-- generic attitudinal and affective skills, such as reliability and team-work

Communication Skills -- English skills, written and verbal communication

Professional Skills -- cognitive skills related to the engineering profession, such as ability to apply engineering knowledge design, conduct experiments, related data analysis and interpretation

Why Industry—Academia Linkage?

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Developing countries, particularly BRIC are striving to transform their economies from resource (or low technology) base to high-technology base.

Academia being the main generator of knowledge and manpower, need to work in tandem with the industry.

In knowledge-based economies, the industry engine runs on academic fuel, ultimately leading to happier and healthier societies.

Weak Industry- Academia linkage has led to

Companies end up reinvesting money on training of new recruits due to poor quality of engineering and general graduates .

lack of research environment and capabilities in most Indian technical institutions/universities

How Industry—Academia Interface will help?

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Reduce un-employability of engineering graduates by creating sync between industry expectations and institution’s output

Address skill gap issues amongst new graduates through industry relevant programmes and exposure to real time projects

Invigorate research and development and innovation to sustain competitiveness of the companies

Encourage lifelong learning skills of employees for sustenance of organizations

Branding of institutions and companies as leaders in the field of technical education and research- capacity for consultancy

FICCI Story - National Knowledge Functional Hub (NKFH)

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As an industry body, FICCI has taken up this issue and have launched NKFHs across India. It is a collaborative framework of Academia and Industry, focusing on multiple disciplines and sectors.

Objectives Facilitate Academia – Industry linkages for ensuring effective and

efficient engagement for mutual benefits

Enhance the employability of engineering graduates through development of appropriate skills relevant to the Manufacturing & Engineering Industries

Align higher education and research in Engineering with the current and future requirements of Industries

Enable linkage on such objectives with Central / State Governments on case-to-case basis, for specific needs

Take up vocational education / training separately with NSDC

NKFH : “Hub-&-Spoke” Framework

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National Knowledge Functional Hubs are envisaged to bea collaborative framework of Academia and Industry, focusing on specific Industry verticals

Leading industries and academic institutions in a region will come together as a “Hub” to facilitate mutually beneficial linkages

The “Hub” will create and sustain a network of “Spokes”with other industries and institutes in the region

Patron Institutes

ChampionIndustries

Institute # 1

Institute # 2

Institute # 4

Institute # n

Institute # 3

FICCI Committees Higher Education Capital Goods Skill Development Membership

Industry # 1

Industry # 2

Industry # 3

Industry # 4

Industry # nA Typical Regional Hub

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Mandate for Academic Institutes

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To develop and implement Industry-relevant curricula

To introduce new courses on topics relevant to Industries (Electivesto start with)

To solicit pedagogical inputs from the Industry

To create a template for seeking Industry inputs on need forrevisions in curricula on a periodic basis

To impart refresher courses and training to practicing IndustryProfessionals through continuing education program

To offer Workshop / Lab facilities to trainees from Industry

To enable short-term deputation of faculty to Industry for professional enrichment

Mandate for Academic Institutes (contd..)

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To facilitate incubation of new technology, leading toIndustrial applications and commercialization

To support joint research projects with Industry

To apprise the industry about the state of various research projects being undertaken in the institutes

To help Industries in filing Patents and protecting their Intellectual Property

To create template seeking inputs from member Instituteswhere they have specific expertise/facilities

Mandate for Industries

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To define specific skill sets relevant for a given Industry vertical

To review engineering course curricula and to recommendimprovements / revisions periodically

To nominate an Industry Representative who would haveinteractions with academic institutions

To offer employment opportunities to engineering graduateshaving requisite skills and qualifications

To offer summer internship opportunities to engineering students

To offer Industrial Projects to students as part of Degreerequirements of Graduate/Post graduate courses

Mandate for Industries (contd..)

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To carry our collaborative research projects with academic institutes

To offer short-term industry exposure to faculty members throughjoint projects

To facilitate guest lectures by industry experts for the benefit ofengineering students and faculty members

To facilitate industrial application/commercialization of appropriatetechnologies generated through academic research

To donate machinery, test rigs, prototypes, industry models andother assets to academic institutes as “Endowment”

To offer Scholarship Schemes for bright students working onprojects of mutual interest

National Governing Council(Members from Patron Institutes and

Industry Champions of all Hubs)

Model NKFH Regional Structure

Hub Executive Committee(Members from Patron Institutes and

Industry Champions at each Hub)

Office Bearers

Participating Member Institutes and Industries of the Hub

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Conveners(FICCI

Facilitators)

NKFH: Current Status

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The National Governing Council has been constituted.

Regional Hubs have been formally launched for Western (Mumbai), Northern (Patiala & Dehradun) and SouthernRegion (Bangalore & Coimbatore)

Efforts are on to identify Member Institutes and MemberIndustries at each of the identified Hubs, so thatcollaborative activities of relevance for each Hub can bestarted through a “Hub-and-Spoke” organizational structure

Governing Council is working on developing the broadguidelines for the functioning of the each of the Hubs

FICCI KNFH concept incorporated in the 12th Plan

Bridging the Skill gap in Healthcare

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FICCI Health Services Committee has created a Task Force to focus acutemedical and non-medical skill-sets deficiencies particularly in patient carecoordinator, OT technicians, phlebotomy technicians, emergency services

technicians and dialysis technicians.

Objectives Improve the existing skill sets available in the country by identifying skill

gaps and suggesting academic and training programs, related curriculum,and appropriate training requirements.

Develop new programs for medical & non-medical category after class X,XII level and undergraduate level

Bridging the Skill gap in Healthcare Contd…

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Specific Features of the Skill Development Program Certification – Basic, Middle & Advanced Accreditation – All the training programs shall be ratified by one or the

other accrediting agencies eg. National Skill Development Board, NationalCouncil for Skill Development etc.

Employability – Students should complete specific number of hours in practical sessions in the FICCI member hospitals to be ready for employment

Placements – FICCI to get a commitment from member Hospitals to initially place all students passing out

Methodology adopted Check Demand - Supply Gap on skills requirements through a survey Identify courses based on the Demand-Supply gap Standardize competencies for each programme Develop curriculum based on the competencies Identify the institutions for delivery & certification Ensure initial placement of the students & ensure vertical mobility through

credit system

Summary

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For India to remain globally competitive in the knowledge economy, academia will have to keep pace with rapid technological changes in theindustry and work in close association

Industry & academia has to commit to work together to deal with the huge challenge of unemployment amongst graduates by incorporating Core employability, Communication & Professional skill sets in the curriculum

Both Institutions and Corporates need to work towards creating a collaborative and competitive ecosystem that will nurture good practices & talent

You need Champions & Patrons from Industry & Academia respectively todrive & Associations to facilitate the process

Government intervention is needed to vitalise and scale up through appropriate funding support

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Thank YouA little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle

- Khalil Gibran