The Hindu Business Line : 24x7 Learning Solutions to open 400 centres

CHANDIGARH: Talent Lifecycle management company 24x7 Learning Solutions on Thursday announced to open 400 centres across the country within six months with a view to bridge the skill gap between academia and industry.

"We will open 400 centres primarily in tier II and tier III cities which would be aimed at to address training requirements for making people employable," Mr Karthik, CEO, 24x7 Learning Solutions, said after announcing the launch of first centre in Himac hal Pradesh in a press conference held here today.

These centres, known as 'SkillBridge' would impart critical job skills such as communication, personality development, team work, spoken English and interview preparation through using a blended learning methodology, he said.

Highlighting the overall supply of manpower skills, he said, "out of total 232 million youth in India, just 10 million students get higher education annually. Moreover, just 3.5 million become graduates or engineers."

However, just 25 per cent qualified engineers are employable while stressing on the point that there was a huge gap of required skill and available skill.

He further said the Bangalore based company helps in addressing learning and development needs of workforce of its client organisations throughout the talent lifecycle.

The list of its clients includes Aditya Birla Group, Accenture, Samsung, Essar, Mahindra and Mahindra, Murugappa group etc. - PTI

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