The document summarizes the current structure of education and skill development in India across various ministries and organizations. It then discusses the challenges in developing employable skills in graduates and outlines some key government initiatives. The rest of the document describes the consultancy services offered by Amit Goenka & Lokesh Mehra to help align education and skill development programs with these initiatives through strategic planning, implementation support, and monitoring and evaluation.

1. Amit Goenka & Lokesh Mehra
Skill Development & Strategic Initiatives

2. • The Landscape
• Consultancy
• Collaboration
Introduction

3. Department of School
Education & Literacy
Department of Higher
Education
( $15B plan outlay)
Ministry of Human Resource
Development
Elementary
Education
Secondary
Education
Adult Education &
Literacy
Minority Education
Technical Education
University & Higher
Education
Vocational Training
(Skill Development)
Ministry of Labor and
Employment
National Skills
Development
Corporation
Directorate General
of Employment &
Training
Govt ITI
Private
ITC
UGC
AICTE
NCVT
Current Structural Framework of the Education and Skill
Development Sector in India
15 other Ministries too
have their training and
skill development
initiatives/
32 Sector Skills Councils
National Skills Development Agency500 M to be trained by
2022
UGC: University Grants Commission
AICTE: All India Council of Technical Edu
NCVT: National Council of Vocational Training
ITI/C: Industrial Training Institute/Centre
Ministry of Skills &
Entrepreneurship

4. 45% are suitable for employment
According to Nasscom report, out of
Fresh Graduates only 45% found
suitable by the Corporates for their
employment. The remaining 55%
require Mentoring and
additional skills to be
employable or to
achieve their career
goals.
Students/freshers looking for their jobs/career
Existing Education and Employment scenario in
India
Though English is the
Secondary Official
language - 47% of
graduates are not
employable in any
sector of the
knowledge economy,
given their English
language and
cognitive skills. The
problem is even worse
for students from
smaller towns and
cities (Aspiring Minds,
2013: 7).

5. Key GOI initiatives
1. Digital India
2. Skill India
3. Make in India
4. Swachh Bharat
5. CSR
CSR Guidelines

6. Our Consultancy Services
Academic
• NSQF – Assessment &
Certification
• Faculty Development
Programs (Teacher
Training & Retooling
Workshops)
• Corporate Alliances
• Digital – Devices &
Industry led Content
• MOOCs & Edu
solutions
• Entrepreneurship &
Value Education
• Seminars, Road shows
Government
• Empanelment with
NSDC & other
ministries
• Alignment to 2% CSR
funding of PSU’s
• Participation in Digital
India, 2.77 lakh Nehru
Yuva Kendra
Sangathans
• Collaboration with
MSME & CSC’s- VLE
offering at the last mile
• Publications
Corporate/Community
• Market Research &
Feasibility report
• Specific Program Roll
out - Gender initiatives
(example - Girls in IT),
marginalized students,
SC/ST, etc.
• Monitoring &
Evaluation of ongoing
projects
• Corporate COE
Volunteering /
Mentoring
• Alliances & Joint
Conferences

7. The Process - Next steps
•Initial Discussions
•Agreement to
proceed ahead
Sign off
•Engaging with the
team
•Stakeholder
Engagements
Discovery
(10 Days) •Indentifying the
challenges
•Analyze & Build
strategy, plan,
structure, programs
Diagnosis
(20 Days)
•Prioritize tasks &
projects
•Communication &
Execution
Implementation
(90 Days)
We believe…
In being customer centric and
Providing transparent cost effective services

8. About Us
 Over 40 years combined experience in the Education , Skill Development and CSR Sector
 Advising Publishing Houses, IT Companies and Skills Training Providers
 Operating from New Delhi, India as base and serving clients globally
Amit Goenka (Founder)
Around 20 years of experience out of which 15 years in skill development, employability creation, CSR & entrepreneurship and
education. Handled functional roles in G2B, B2B, B2C across 34+ Central & State Ministries, Departments & Corporations, Corporate
& Institutional alliance, Franchising Management & Strategy.
He is a B.Com (Hons) from Calcutta University, PGDM(Symbiosis Centre for Management & HRD- Pune) ATC ( Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India), Chartered Accountancy Finals Group 2 , Company Secretary Final Gr 1(ICSI).
He has been associated with various organizations. Windows & Bridges (Founder & Ceo), HCL Infosystems Ltd , Hero Corporate
Services Ltd , ICICI Bank , Britt Worldwide , Erudite ,Next Education , East India Securities Limited etc. and also mentored and an
advisory capacity with a few. Also representative at national industry chambers, & associated with various parliamentary standing
committee & task force. CSR is a special BUSINESS passion he drives .
Lokesh Mehra (Co- Founder)
Former Director- Education Advocacy at Microsoft Corporation, Lokesh has led teams responsible for managing strategic relationships
with MHRD, Institutional Bodies, Policy led engagements and Skill development initiatives. A speaker at various public forums, Lokesh
has managed India’s largest Teacher Professional Development program namely Shiksha for K12 and Saksham for Higher Education in
collaboration with various State Governments and Universities. He expanded the Cisco Academic footprint from scratch to > 250
institutions.
By profession an Electronics Engineering graduate and an MBA, Lokesh has over 24 years of experience in in the IT industry covering
Sales, Channel Development, CSR, Education, Training, Marketing and Product Management and has had stints with other major
companies like Cisco, Intel, NIIT and Benchmark Microsystems.

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