India has a large and young population but faces a skills gap challenge. With 54% of India's 1.2 billion people under age 25, and a projected skilled manpower surplus of 47 million by 2020, the government has launched the Skill India initiative to train over 400 million people by 2022. However, India still struggles with inadequate school infrastructure, teacher shortages, high dropout rates, and a mismatch between the skills taught and those needed for available jobs. The Skill India program aims to promote entrepreneurship and certification in diverse sectors to help address unemployment currently affecting 40 million Indians. Possible initiatives include increased collaboration between educational institutions and companies on research, curriculum, faculty development and preferential hiring.

1. Demographic Dividend and Skilling India
YOUTH CONFERENCE
JAIPURIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, JAIPUR
BY-SHOBHANA TIWARI

2. Largest Democracy in the World , 1.2 billion population.
“Youngest nation” in the world with 54% population under
the age of 25 years.
Total Workforce of 459 million.
India has 3rd largest education system globally.
Global Skilled Manpower Shortage of 56.5 m by 2020 while
India to have Surplus of 47 m.
Economic Growth @9%.
INTRODUCTION

3. POPULATION
• The world experienced dramatic population growth during the 20th
century.
• The number of inhabitants doubling from 3 to 6 billion (2% per
annum) between 1960 and 2000.
2014 2025
1.27
BILLION
people
(Second
most
populated
country)
1.6 billion
(worlds
most
populated
country

4. India vs. China

5. The Conundrum
Do we have enough number of colleges? YES
Are they manned by faculty? YES
Are students enrolled? YES
Are they taught a specific curriculum? YES
Are they employable? NO

6. % skilled manpower available
52%
68%
2.3%

7. CHALLENGES
Not adequate school infrastructure and inefficient teaching staff.
The average Pupil Teacher Ratio for All India is 1:42, implying teacher shortage.
Discrimination of lower castes has resulted in high dropout rates and low enrolment
rates.
India has 40 Million Unemployed people. Current unemployment Rate is 9.4%
Skill mismatch- Out of an estimated population of 1,182 million – 424 million persons
are either employed or are interested in working.
Only 2.5 million vocational training seats available whereas 12.8 million youth enter
the workforce every year.
Increased crime and growing youth unrest
Vocational Training perceived as a dead, lack of transparency effecting quality of
training
Corruption in government administration system.

10. The Skill India initiative
On World Youth Skills Day, the government has set a target of skilling
40.02 crore people by 2022.
'Kaushal Bharat, Kushal Bharat'
Promote Entrepreneurship and Skill Development.
Create a hallmark called ‘Rural India Skill’, so as to standardise and certify
the training process.
The training would be on the lines of international level.
Identify new sectors for skill development like real estate, construction,
transportation, textile, gem industry, jewellery designing, banking, tourism
etc...
Skill India won’t be just a programme but a movement.

12. Possible initiatives
Research output of students or faculty or both could be
suggested by the companies or Government departments.
Have a chair in the Schools & University financed by
corporate bodies.
Have companies or Government representatives on syllabus
design meetings.
Faculty sabbaticals at companies or Government
departments.
Company managers as guest lecturers on a regular basis.
Preferential recruitment on both sides.