UK - India Skills Forum: Forging Partnerships

Under Joint Working Group (JWG) on Education and Skills of India UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO)

Supported by

Ministry of Commerce and IndustryGovernment of India

Ministry of Labour and Employment Government of India

UKISFUK-India Skills Forum

Forging India Partnerships in Skills DevelopmentUK

MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02

SETTING THE CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03

JOINT ECONOMIC AND TRADE COMMITTEE (JETCO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04

Joint Working Group on Education and Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

UK India Skills Forum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

FORGING PARTNERSHIPS

Journey so far. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Delegations for Exploring Opportunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

MoUs - Underline the Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Joint Ventures –Partnerships in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Joint Bids and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Service Partnerships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Workshops and Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Knowledge Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

UK India Skills Forum Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Case Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

THANK YOU SPONSORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Content


Forging UK India Partnerships in Skills Development

Under the JWG on Education & Skills

MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02

SETTING THE CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03

JOINT ECONOMIC AND TRADE COMMITTEE (JETCO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04

Joint Working Group on Education and Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

UK India Skills Forum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

FORGING PARTNERSHIPS

Journey so far. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Delegations for Exploring Opportunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

MoUs - Underline the Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Joint Ventures –Partnerships in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Joint Bids and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Service Partnerships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Workshops and Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Knowledge Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

UK India Skills Forum Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Case Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

THANK YOU SPONSORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Content




Mr. Anand Sharma

Minister of Commerce & IndustryGovernment of India

01

India and UK share a strategic partnership and the economic engagement lies at

the heart of our dynamic relationship. The India-UK Joint Economic and Trade

Committee (JETCO) serves as an institutional mechanism of sustained business

dialogue on both sides. Over the years, it has made an enriching contribution in

intensifying trade and investment linkages between India and UK.

We have restructured engagement in JETCO to make it more purposive and outcome

oriented. Priority sectors have been identified based on mutual strengths and

complementarities. India-UK relationship in the 21st century will essentially be

knowledge driven partnership, and innovation & technology will be the driving force. It

is only natural that given the special nature of our historic relationship, our two large

democracies bound by commonality of language would be able to build strong

partnership.

I commend the Joint Working Group on Education and Skills under the India-UK JETCO is

launching a special report on 'Forging India-UK Partnerships in Skills Development'

capturing the essence of our bilateral partnership. It is reassuring to see that in a span of

just three years, several joint ventures, collaborations and projects have fructified. I

commend the, JWG, UKIBC, FICCI and UK India Skills Forum for bringing out this

publication.

Anand Sharma


Minister Commerce & IndustryIndia

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Message

Mr. Anand Sharma

Minister of Commerce & IndustryGovernment of India

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India and UK share a strategic partnership and the economic engagement lies at

the heart of our dynamic relationship. The India-UK Joint Economic and Trade

Committee (JETCO) serves as an institutional mechanism of sustained business

dialogue on both sides. Over the years, it has made an enriching contribution in

intensifying trade and investment linkages between India and UK.

We have restructured engagement in JETCO to make it more purposive and outcome

oriented. Priority sectors have been identified based on mutual strengths and

complementarities. India-UK relationship in the 21st century will essentially be

knowledge driven partnership, and innovation & technology will be the driving force. It

is only natural that given the special nature of our historic relationship, our two large

democracies bound by commonality of language would be able to build strong

partnership.

I commend the Joint Working Group on Education and Skills under the India-UK JETCO is

launching a special report on 'Forging India-UK Partnerships in Skills Development'

capturing the essence of our bilateral partnership. It is reassuring to see that in a span of

just three years, several joint ventures, collaborations and projects have fructified. I

commend the, JWG, UKIBC, FICCI and UK India Skills Forum for bringing out this

publication.

Anand Sharma


Minister Commerce & IndustryIndia

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Message

Mr. Sharda Prasad

Chairman of Joint Working Group on Education & Skills, (JETCO)Director General, Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & EmploymentGovernment of India

02

India is a vast country with a population of around 1.21 billion and a labour force of around 475 million yet with 9.5 million people unemployed as per estimates available for the year 2009-10. Employment is the main source of livelihood and self-fulfillment

for most women and men. The number of youth in the group 13-35 years is anticipated to increase to about 510 million by the year 2016. A population bulge in the working age groups, however large the total population, is seen as an important advantage characterized as a demographic dividend.

Skills development, therefore, is an urgent need, a critical area requiring collaboration - both national and international. Whereas the scope for skills development is very broad and includes number of issues, challenges and opportunities; there is an urgent need to focus international collaboration on a) expansion of outreach and equity b) enhanced capacity c) quality and relevance d) exploring ideas for bridging the demand and supply gap e) establishing sector skills councils to promote industry engagement and f) training of trainers. There is much to achieve through the India UK partnership in education and skills.

The Joint Working Group(JWG) on Education and Skills was constituted in 2005 under the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO). The objective of this JWG is to promote bilateral partnership and cooperation in the area of skills development and training. It is an important forum as it provides a unique Government to Government perspective to skills dialogue between the two countries. The JWG is supported by the industry led, UK India Skills Forum (UKISF) which acts as the implementation arm of the JWG.

In the past few years, a number of partnerships and companies have been formed by Indian and UK partners to work jointly in areas of curriculum development, sector skills councils, training of trainers, capacity building of ITIs and direct delivery of services to learners. The skills market is ever growing and so is the need for collaboration with global partners like UK. With this in mind, the idea of creating a comprehensive report that captures the 'ecosytem of skills and training' between the two countries evolved. It is a report that captures evolution of the skills market from initial exploration of opportunities to formalization of partnerships. The work done by the partners and facilitated by the JWG is neatly brought out highlighting the key business models and learning, I believe this to be one of the key milestones in cementing the UK India Skills partnership. This report is a collaborative effort of all stakeholders and partners and showcases the substantial work done in this area.


Sharda Prasad

Given the demographic dividend that India enjoys and enhanced thrust on skill

building by Government of India, and the competencies in vocational education

which UK has, the JETCO has rightly identified skill development as one of the thrust

areas for bilateral engagement. The Joint Working Group (JWG), formed under JETCO, has

provided broad strategic direction for enhancing the bilateral engagement in the area of skill

development. This vision of JETCO, through JWG, has been operationalised through UK India

Skills Forum (UKISF) that has been promoted and coordinated by FICCI in India and UKIBC

in UK.

UKISF is a network of institutions and service providers from both the countries with a

shared vision of deepening the engagement in skill development. The Forum has played a

very valuable role in providing a platform for exchange of ideas, sharing of best practices,

structuring strategic dialogue, recognizing the contributions and facilitating sustainable

business partnerships. As a result, large number of partnerships have emerged which can

impact several millions of Indian youth in enhancing their employability opportunities

through skill development.

This report is to celebrate and showcase such partnerships related to skill development

between Indian and UK institutions over the last few years. The report captures, briefly, the

MoUs, projects and joint ventures between institutions of both countries, apart from the

delegations, workshops and awards. There may be several other bilateral engagements

between Indian and UK Institutions that have not been mentioned in this Report due to non-

availability of information, and we will endeavor to capture all such partnerships as well and

bring out another and improved version of Report.

The governments and large number of institutions of both the countries have provided very

valuable guidance and support in seeding and growing the partnership, and I am extremely

thankful to all of them and look forward to their continued support.

Setting the context

Mr. RCM Reddy

Co-Chair, Joint Working Group on Education and Skills, JETCO

Chairman of FICCI SDF and Managing Director & CEO of

IL&FS Education

RCM Reddy

03Forging UK India Partnerships in Skills Development

Preface

Mr. Sharda Prasad

Chairman of Joint Working Group on Education & Skills, (JETCO)Director General, Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & EmploymentGovernment of India

02

India is a vast country with a population of around 1.21 billion and a labour force of around 475 million yet with 9.5 million people unemployed as per estimates available for the year 2009-10. Employment is the main source of livelihood and self-fulfillment

for most women and men. The number of youth in the group 13-35 years is anticipated to increase to about 510 million by the year 2016. A population bulge in the working age groups, however large the total population, is seen as an important advantage characterized as a demographic dividend.

Skills development, therefore, is an urgent need, a critical area requiring collaboration - both national and international. Whereas the scope for skills development is very broad and includes number of issues, challenges and opportunities; there is an urgent need to focus international collaboration on a) expansion of outreach and equity b) enhanced capacity c) quality and relevance d) exploring ideas for bridging the demand and supply gap e) establishing sector skills councils to promote industry engagement and f) training of trainers. There is much to achieve through the India UK partnership in education and skills.

The Joint Working Group(JWG) on Education and Skills was constituted in 2005 under the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO). The objective of this JWG is to promote bilateral partnership and cooperation in the area of skills development and training. It is an important forum as it provides a unique Government to Government perspective to skills dialogue between the two countries. The JWG is supported by the industry led, UK India Skills Forum (UKISF) which acts as the implementation arm of the JWG.

In the past few years, a number of partnerships and companies have been formed by Indian and UK partners to work jointly in areas of curriculum development, sector skills councils, training of trainers, capacity building of ITIs and direct delivery of services to learners. The skills market is ever growing and so is the need for collaboration with global partners like UK. With this in mind, the idea of creating a comprehensive report that captures the 'ecosytem of skills and training' between the two countries evolved. It is a report that captures evolution of the skills market from initial exploration of opportunities to formalization of partnerships. The work done by the partners and facilitated by the JWG is neatly brought out highlighting the key business models and learning, I believe this to be one of the key milestones in cementing the UK India Skills partnership. This report is a collaborative effort of all stakeholders and partners and showcases the substantial work done in this area.


Sharda Prasad

Given the demographic dividend that India enjoys and enhanced thrust on skill

building by Government of India, and the competencies in vocational education

which UK has, the JETCO has rightly identified skill development as one of the thrust

areas for bilateral engagement. The Joint Working Group (JWG), formed under JETCO, has

provided broad strategic direction for enhancing the bilateral engagement in the area of skill

development. This vision of JETCO, through JWG, has been operationalised through UK India

Skills Forum (UKISF) that has been promoted and coordinated by FICCI in India and UKIBC

in UK.

UKISF is a network of institutions and service providers from both the countries with a

shared vision of deepening the engagement in skill development. The Forum has played a

very valuable role in providing a platform for exchange of ideas, sharing of best practices,

structuring strategic dialogue, recognizing the contributions and facilitating sustainable

business partnerships. As a result, large number of partnerships have emerged which can

impact several millions of Indian youth in enhancing their employability opportunities

through skill development.

This report is to celebrate and showcase such partnerships related to skill development

between Indian and UK institutions over the last few years. The report captures, briefly, the

MoUs, projects and joint ventures between institutions of both countries, apart from the

delegations, workshops and awards. There may be several other bilateral engagements

between Indian and UK Institutions that have not been mentioned in this Report due to non-

availability of information, and we will endeavor to capture all such partnerships as well and

bring out another and improved version of Report.

The governments and large number of institutions of both the countries have provided very

valuable guidance and support in seeding and growing the partnership, and I am extremely

thankful to all of them and look forward to their continued support.

Setting the context

Mr. RCM Reddy

Co-Chair, Joint Working Group on Education and Skills, JETCO

Chairman of FICCI SDF and Managing Director & CEO of

IL&FS Education

RCM Reddy


Preface

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India and UK share common values of democracy, pluralism and tolerance; therefore collaboration is wide

ranging and covers a number of areas and subjects. Both countries are working together on various issues

ranging from development, regional stability, climate change, reform of the global international systems and

promotion of trade and investment.

In 2004, under the leadership of the then Prime Ministers, both countries adopted the joint declaration on

India-UK: towards a new and dynamic partnership, which reinforced the partnership between the two

countries for cooperation towards civil nuclear energy, space, defence, combating terrorism, economic ties,

science & technology, education and culture. The visit of UK Prime Minister, David Cameron to India in July

2010 saw the relations elevated to 'Enhanced Partnership for the Future'.

The total bilateral trade in 2010-11 (up to December 2010) was USD 8,508.45mn, out of which export from 1India was USD 4,880.28mn and import was USD 3,628.17 . The UK is now the 4th largest inward investor

into India with an FDI inflow during FY 2010-11 of USD 755 million.

Joint Economic and Trade Comittee (JETCO)

1 Report on UK – India Partnership, paper by Ministry of External Affairs



In 2010, UK India

bilateral trade grew

by 20% bringing the

total to £13 bn. UK

attracted 97 new projects

from India generating

6,096 jobs

- Dr. Manmohan SinghHonorable Prime Minister of India

The Public Private Partnership (PPP) route should offer attractive opportunities

for British investors and financiers. Collaboration in the areas of industrial

innovation, R&D, Vocational Training, design and quality are areas

of mutual interest.

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India and UK share common values of democracy, pluralism and tolerance; therefore collaboration is wide

ranging and covers a number of areas and subjects. Both countries are working together on various issues

ranging from development, regional stability, climate change, reform of the global international systems and

promotion of trade and investment.

In 2004, under the leadership of the then Prime Ministers, both countries adopted the joint declaration on

India-UK: towards a new and dynamic partnership, which reinforced the partnership between the two

countries for cooperation towards civil nuclear energy, space, defence, combating terrorism, economic ties,

science & technology, education and culture. The visit of UK Prime Minister, David Cameron to India in July

2010 saw the relations elevated to 'Enhanced Partnership for the Future'.

The total bilateral trade in 2010-11 (up to December 2010) was USD 8,508.45mn, out of which export from 1India was USD 4,880.28mn and import was USD 3,628.17 . The UK is now the 4th largest inward investor

into India with an FDI inflow during FY 2010-11 of USD 755 million.

Joint Economic and Trade Comittee (JETCO)

1 Report on UK – India Partnership, paper by Ministry of External Affairs



In 2010, UK India

bilateral trade grew

by 20% bringing the

total to £13 bn. UK

attracted 97 new projects

from India generating

6,096 jobs

- Dr. Manmohan SinghHonorable Prime Minister of India

The Public Private Partnership (PPP) route should offer attractive opportunities

for British investors and financiers. Collaboration in the areas of industrial

innovation, R&D, Vocational Training, design and quality are areas

of mutual interest.

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Top sectors attracting FDI from UK are petroleum, ports, services, roads and highways, computer software.

India became the third largest inward investor in UK in 2010 after USA and China. There are around 700

Indian companies in the UK. The Tatas are the biggest private sector employer in the UK. With India being

the second largest source of students studying in UK with approx 34,000 Indian students, education

continues to be a very important area of collaboration. Therefore, a number of initiatives between the two

countries in the past have focused around strengthening this relationship and taking it to newer areas of

collaboration.

To further the Trade and Investment relationship between India and UK and to provide an upward thrust to

the India UK economic relation; the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) was formed. The main

purpose of JETCO is to tackle trade and investment barriers on both sides and promote business links. JETCO

was announced in the Joint Declaration signed on 20th September, 2004 by the Prime Minister, Dr.

Manmohan Singh and the then UK Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, to strengthen and deepen the bilateral

relationship between the two countries. It was also conceived as a mechanism to develop and open new

frontiers in business in order to enhance bilateral trade and investment through business to business (B2B)

relationships. The objectives and discussions of the India UK JETCO mainly revolve around a) market access


UK plans to maintain

the development

cooperation approx

280 million a year

until 2014/15 and

focus its work more

tightly on India's

poorest and excluded

people in the states of

Bihar, Odisha and

Madhya Pradesh.

JETCO objectives and

discussions are based on

two pillars: Exploring

market access issues and

Enhancing business to

business relationships

Britain's partnership with India on Education, research and innovation, should

be a partnership of equals in recognition of India's growing economic

importance

-Mr. David CameronPrime Minister of UK Honorable

issues and b) enhancing business to business relationships. JETCO aims to help the UK and India identify

obstacles and opportunities for increased bilateral trade and investment. The creation of JETCO symbolises

the strength and depth of the UK-India relationship.

To ensure that the vision and objectives are met, JETCO works with various partners to identify and address

bureaucratic and regulatory barriers to market entry and to identify opportunities for enhanced cooperation

between the two countries in key sectors. Though it is Government to Government (G2G) process, it has a

strong private sector input managed through its Joint Working Group (JWG). This uniqueness converts it into

one of its kind G2G platform where private sector discusses, deliberates and raises issues that may restrict

or hinder trade and investment partnerships between the two countries.

Currently JWG with both private and public representation are active in SIX sectors having their own

secretariats. Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MOCI) oversees the functioning of JWG in India. It is

supported by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) for UK side cooperation.

At the 5th JETCO meeting that was held in New Delhi in the year 2009, a need to align with the changing

economic scenario was highlighted. Both sides agreed to reenergize the existing JETCO mechanism and

hence modifications in structure, membership and terms of reference were made providing a mechanism for

"There is huge potential for trade and investment flows between India and the UK in the

areas of manufacturing, financial services, skill development and infrastructure." Businesses

have a very important role in the JETCO process"

- Mr. Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce and Industry

during India & UK JETCO meetingHonorable




Top sectors attracting FDI from UK are petroleum, ports, services, roads and highways, computer software.

India became the third largest inward investor in UK in 2010 after USA and China. There are around 700

Indian companies in the UK. The Tatas are the biggest private sector employer in the UK. With India being

the second largest source of students studying in UK with approx 34,000 Indian students, education

continues to be a very important area of collaboration. Therefore, a number of initiatives between the two

countries in the past have focused around strengthening this relationship and taking it to newer areas of

collaboration.

To further the Trade and Investment relationship between India and UK and to provide an upward thrust to

the India UK economic relation; the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) was formed. The main

purpose of JETCO is to tackle trade and investment barriers on both sides and promote business links. JETCO

was announced in the Joint Declaration signed on 20th September, 2004 by the Prime Minister, Dr.

Manmohan Singh and the then UK Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, to strengthen and deepen the bilateral

relationship between the two countries. It was also conceived as a mechanism to develop and open new

frontiers in business in order to enhance bilateral trade and investment through business to business (B2B)

relationships. The objectives and discussions of the India UK JETCO mainly revolve around a) market access


UK plans to maintain

the development

cooperation approx

280 million a year

until 2014/15 and

focus its work more

tightly on India's

poorest and excluded

people in the states of

Bihar, Odisha and

Madhya Pradesh.

JETCO objectives and

discussions are based on

two pillars: Exploring

market access issues and

Enhancing business to

business relationships

Britain's partnership with India on Education, research and innovation, should

be a partnership of equals in recognition of India's growing economic

importance

-Mr. David CameronPrime Minister of UK Honorable

issues and b) enhancing business to business relationships. JETCO aims to help the UK and India identify

obstacles and opportunities for increased bilateral trade and investment. The creation of JETCO symbolises

the strength and depth of the UK-India relationship.

To ensure that the vision and objectives are met, JETCO works with various partners to identify and address

bureaucratic and regulatory barriers to market entry and to identify opportunities for enhanced cooperation

between the two countries in key sectors. Though it is Government to Government (G2G) process, it has a

strong private sector input managed through its Joint Working Group (JWG). This uniqueness converts it into

one of its kind G2G platform where private sector discusses, deliberates and raises issues that may restrict

or hinder trade and investment partnerships between the two countries.

Currently JWG with both private and public representation are active in SIX sectors having their own

secretariats. Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MOCI) oversees the functioning of JWG in India. It is

supported by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) for UK side cooperation.

At the 5th JETCO meeting that was held in New Delhi in the year 2009, a need to align with the changing

economic scenario was highlighted. Both sides agreed to reenergize the existing JETCO mechanism and

hence modifications in structure, membership and terms of reference were made providing a mechanism for

"There is huge potential for trade and investment flows between India and the UK in the

areas of manufacturing, financial services, skill development and infrastructure." Businesses

have a very important role in the JETCO process"

- Mr. Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce and Industry

during India & UK JETCO meetingHonorable




Currently, the JWG's

are working in the

following areas :

Agribusiness

Healthcare

High technology

Infrastructure

Accountancy and

legal services

Financial services

and intellectual

property rights

Education and Skills

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The British government's commitment to building an enhanced partnership with India is

clear and unwavering. A vibrant and growing economic and commercial relationship lies at

the heart of this

- Dr. Vince CableSecretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Joint Working Group on Education and Skills

UK and India already enjoy a strong relationship and partnership for higher education. India is the second largest source of students

studying in UK and the number of Indian students in UK is approximately 34,000. UK has always had an outstanding reputation for

excellence in education and vocational skills development.

The Joint Working Group (JWG) on Education and Skills was formed to address India's skilled manpower challenge. Training India's workforce

presents unparallel challenges and opportunities. Organizations in UK have pioneered in skill and training through innovative delivery

models. There is scope for both to work together to offer vocational and skills-training qualifications and provide internationally transferable

solutions. The JWG also opens up a scope around dialogue on opportunities for India Inc in UK or other developing countries.

The Joint Working Group (JWG) on Education and Skills is led by the Directorate General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour

Employment, India. A special secretariat, referred to as the UK India Skills Forum (UKISF) supports the work of the JWG in Education and

Skills which is managed by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in india and UK India Business Council (UKIBC)

in UK.


business and government to act in a coordinated manner. The meeting set the momentum by engaging

business leaders on inward investment, technology partnerships and company issues. Also, it was during

this meeting that buy in from both sides was secured for working in infrastructure, skills, manufacturing and

financial services.

Of this, Skills Development emerged as an important area of collaboration given the huge manpower

requirement in India and UK's position as the world leader in skills, training and benchmarking. The vision

to initiate the bilateral dialogue around establishing the skills systems in India resulted in the formation of

the Joint Working Group on Education and Skills.




Currently, the JWG's

are working in the

following areas :

Agribusiness

Healthcare

High technology

Infrastructure

Accountancy and

legal services

Financial services

and intellectual

property rights

Education and Skills

Development

v

v

v

v

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The British government's commitment to building an enhanced partnership with India is

clear and unwavering. A vibrant and growing economic and commercial relationship lies at

the heart of this

- Dr. Vince CableSecretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Joint Working Group on Education and Skills

UK and India already enjoy a strong relationship and partnership for higher education. India is the second largest source of students

studying in UK and the number of Indian students in UK is approximately 34,000. UK has always had an outstanding reputation for

excellence in education and vocational skills development.

The Joint Working Group (JWG) on Education and Skills was formed to address India's skilled manpower challenge. Training India's workforce

presents unparallel challenges and opportunities. Organizations in UK have pioneered in skill and training through innovative delivery

models. There is scope for both to work together to offer vocational and skills-training qualifications and provide internationally transferable

solutions. The JWG also opens up a scope around dialogue on opportunities for India Inc in UK or other developing countries.

The Joint Working Group (JWG) on Education and Skills is led by the Directorate General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour

Employment, India. A special secretariat, referred to as the UK India Skills Forum (UKISF) supports the work of the JWG in Education and

Skills which is managed by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in india and UK India Business Council (UKIBC)

in UK.


business and government to act in a coordinated manner. The meeting set the momentum by engaging

business leaders on inward investment, technology partnerships and company issues. Also, it was during

this meeting that buy in from both sides was secured for working in infrastructure, skills, manufacturing and

financial services.

Of this, Skills Development emerged as an important area of collaboration given the huge manpower

requirement in India and UK's position as the world leader in skills, training and benchmarking. The vision

to initiate the bilateral dialogue around establishing the skills systems in India resulted in the formation of

the Joint Working Group on Education and Skills.




UK India Skills Forum (UKISF)

The UK India Skills Forum (UKISF) works as a platform which promotes bilateral interaction between

the technical and vocational training organizations - both private and public - to facilitate the

knowledge transfer and B2B. It raises awareness and exchange ideas for collaboration between the two

countries on the delivery of skills, and specific business opportunities in the sector. The UKISF is a unique

amalgamation of government intent and private implementation. Whereas the government through the

Ministry of Labour & Employment draws the vision, the UKISF through its secretariat managed by FICCI in

India and UKIBC in UK provides a delivery and implementation challenge to it.

Started as an intent and experiment, the UKISF has proved to be a catalyst to the UK India collaboration on

skills and training. It has brought together skills institutions, private companies and government providers

on both sides for discussions around opportunities of collaboration furthering JETCO's larger vision of

promoting bilateral discussions for deeper B2B and knowledge transfer. One of the key strengths of UKISF is

its ability to mobilize expertise from UK institutions which comprise of colleges, businesses, awarding

bodies, think tanks and also research organizations, across the entirety of the technical and vocational

The UKISF is a unique

amalgamation of

government intent and

private implementation.

The Ministry of Labour

& Employment draws

the vision and UKISF

through its secretariat,

managed by FICCI and

UKIBC, provides a

delivery and

implementation channel

to it.

The UK India Skills Forum works as a unique platform which provides an opportunity to

organisations on both sides to interact, engage and deliver ideas and projects. In just three years

it has facilitated a number of delegations, workshops, projects, MoUs on both sides. In the

coming years, UKISF shall strive to pilot projects that would benefit institutions and people in

real.

- Mr. RCM ReddyCo-chair, Joint Working Group on Skills, JETCO and MD & CEO of IL&FS Education


education and training sector. In this way, UKISF acts as a "one stop shop" for organizations on both sides

wanting to do business together. The forum is a first contact point for industry partners on both sides which

while supports the Indian members to acquire best of knowledge and reach; it supports the UK

organizations to overcome the initial stress of identifying the best organizations to partner and work with in

India by utilizing the trusted business networks of the members.

UKISF acts as the implementation arm of the Joint Working Group on Education & Skills under JETCO. Being

an industry led initiative it works under the active guidance of two Co-Chairs, each representing the

managing partners, FICCI and UKIBC. The forum is currently co-chaired by Mr. RCM Reddy, Chairman FICCI

Skills Development Forum and Mr. Roy Newey, Director UKIBC.

What started as an informal dialogue between institutions in UK and India has gradually evolved into a well

recognized platform working towards achieving the goals of the JWG on Education and Skills. The focus of

UKISF: Structure

UKISF: Thrust Areas

UKISF Vision: Create a

process for constant

sharing of knowledge

and expertise in skills

development between

UK and India for

improving the

competitiveness,

productivity and quality

of human resources in

both countries.

“As Co-Chair of the UK India Skills Forum, I have witnessed first hand the surge in momentum

and interest amongst UK skills providers to work with India to meet her skills objectives. Our

sector is leading the way in collaborations between India and the UK and the UK India Skills

Forum is ideally placed to provide a vehicle for future partnership between the skills

communities of our two countries.”

- Mr Roy NeweyDirector, UK India Business Council




UK India Skills Forum (UKISF)

The UK India Skills Forum (UKISF) works as a platform which promotes bilateral interaction between

the technical and vocational training organizations - both private and public - to facilitate the

knowledge transfer and B2B. It raises awareness and exchange ideas for collaboration between the two

countries on the delivery of skills, and specific business opportunities in the sector. The UKISF is a unique

amalgamation of government intent and private implementation. Whereas the government through the

Ministry of Labour & Employment draws the vision, the UKISF through its secretariat managed by FICCI in

India and UKIBC in UK provides a delivery and implementation challenge to it.

Started as an intent and experiment, the UKISF has proved to be a catalyst to the UK India collaboration on

skills and training. It has brought together skills institutions, private companies and government providers

on both sides for discussions around opportunities of collaboration furthering JETCO's larger vision of

promoting bilateral discussions for deeper B2B and knowledge transfer. One of the key strengths of UKISF is

its ability to mobilize expertise from UK institutions which comprise of colleges, businesses, awarding

bodies, think tanks and also research organizations, across the entirety of the technical and vocational

The UKISF is a unique

amalgamation of

government intent and

private implementation.

The Ministry of Labour

& Employment draws

the vision and UKISF

through its secretariat,

managed by FICCI and

UKIBC, provides a

delivery and

implementation channel

to it.

The UK India Skills Forum works as a unique platform which provides an opportunity to

organisations on both sides to interact, engage and deliver ideas and projects. In just three years

it has facilitated a number of delegations, workshops, projects, MoUs on both sides. In the

coming years, UKISF shall strive to pilot projects that would benefit institutions and people in

real.

- Mr. RCM ReddyCo-chair, Joint Working Group on Skills, JETCO and MD & CEO of IL&FS Education


education and training sector. In this way, UKISF acts as a "one stop shop" for organizations on both sides

wanting to do business together. The forum is a first contact point for industry partners on both sides which

while supports the Indian members to acquire best of knowledge and reach; it supports the UK

organizations to overcome the initial stress of identifying the best organizations to partner and work with in

India by utilizing the trusted business networks of the members.

UKISF acts as the implementation arm of the Joint Working Group on Education & Skills under JETCO. Being

an industry led initiative it works under the active guidance of two Co-Chairs, each representing the

managing partners, FICCI and UKIBC. The forum is currently co-chaired by Mr. RCM Reddy, Chairman FICCI

Skills Development Forum and Mr. Roy Newey, Director UKIBC.

What started as an informal dialogue between institutions in UK and India has gradually evolved into a well

recognized platform working towards achieving the goals of the JWG on Education and Skills. The focus of

UKISF: Structure

UKISF: Thrust Areas

UKISF Vision: Create a

process for constant

sharing of knowledge

and expertise in skills

development between

UK and India for

improving the

competitiveness,

productivity and quality

of human resources in

both countries.

“As Co-Chair of the UK India Skills Forum, I have witnessed first hand the surge in momentum

and interest amongst UK skills providers to work with India to meet her skills objectives. Our

sector is leading the way in collaborations between India and the UK and the UK India Skills

Forum is ideally placed to provide a vehicle for future partnership between the skills

communities of our two countries.”

- Mr Roy NeweyDirector, UK India Business Council





The key purpose of the

Joint Working Group

on Education and Skills

achieved through the

activities of UKISF is:

facilitating

partnerships that

translate into long

term business linkages

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RG

ING

PA

RT

NER

SH

IPS

this JWG has been more on skills and training in the past few years, given the natural match for skills

development and training exchange.

A number institutions have responded to UKISF in the past making it a 150 member plus strong forum. The

role of UKISF can be summarized as "forum for forging partnerships", however certain thrust areas have

evolved for the UKISF through the market interaction.

Facilitate dialogue exchange between India and UK industry on skills development

Encourage knowledge transfer on subjects of common interest, Curriculum and Content Development,

Accreditation and Certification, Competency based Assessment, Training and Accreditation of Trainers,

Vocational education in schools, Capacity Building, Financing of skills development in UK,

Work to improve communication and coordination between UK and India on skills

Encouraging B2B partnerships and match making of opportunities and businesses

Provide initial guidance on doing business in skills space in India

Create opportunities for joint bidding and delivery projects

v

v

v

v

v

v



The key purpose of the

Joint Working Group

on Education and Skills

achieved through the

activities of UKISF is:

facilitating

partnerships that

translate into long

term business linkages

FO

RG

ING

PA

RT

NER

SH

IPS

this JWG has been more on skills and training in the past few years, given the natural match for skills

development and training exchange.

A number institutions have responded to UKISF in the past making it a 150 member plus strong forum. The

role of UKISF can be summarized as "forum for forging partnerships", however certain thrust areas have

evolved for the UKISF through the market interaction.

Facilitate dialogue exchange between India and UK industry on skills development

Encourage knowledge transfer on subjects of common interest, Curriculum and Content Development,

Accreditation and Certification, Competency based Assessment, Training and Accreditation of Trainers,

Vocational education in schools, Capacity Building, Financing of skills development in UK,

Work to improve communication and coordination between UK and India on skills

Encouraging B2B partnerships and match making of opportunities and businesses

Provide initial guidance on doing business in skills space in India

Create opportunities for joint bidding and delivery projects

v

v

v

v

v

v

14 Forging UK India Partnerships in Skills Development

Journey so far

The UK has world class vocational skills provision, with excellent colleges, awarding bodies, professional

bodies and private sector skills providers. Its innovative delivery models such as those for Train the

Trainer can be adapted to train huge numbers and create scalable implementation models. There is enough

evidence and learning also around the integration and participation of the industry in the skills training.

Finally, the shared language, history and culture between the two countries mean that the UK should be

India's partner of choice in furthering skills development.

The setting up of the JWG on Education and Skills has led to the consolidation of dialogue by

a) Generating increased awareness around the skills models and practices in both countries

b) Identifying areas of future collaboration and partnerships

c) Increasing the interaction amongst the various stakeholders, some resulting into multi-million dollar

Joint ventures and partnerships.

d) Opening up of dialogue for technical cooperation and also converting some of those into service

partnerships.

e) Launching joint projects in areas including curriculum, infrastructure, benchmarks, certification etc.

The Joint Working

Group on Education and

Skills has led to the

consolidation of the

India - UK partnership

on skills. Today there is

more opportunity for

companies on both

sides to discuss areas of

cooperation. The

general understanding

of the Indian vocational

training system and its

complexity has also

increased amongst the

UK companies and

colleges.


Forging Partnerships:

T

Contours of India UK Skills partnerships

his report not only captures the spirit of the partnerships but also the areas that have evolved and need further nurturing for promoting

trade and bilateral investments. The next few sections are a brief update on the kind of partnerships existing between the two countries.

It is an excellent mirror of the kind of opportunities which can be created for both sides with slight effort. The current regulatory framework

also supports the interests.

Exploring Opportunities Partnerships in Action Building Momentum

Trade Delegations

Business Visits

Ministerial Visits

MoUs

Joint Ventures

Joint Projects

Service Partnerships

UKIERI – Skills Strand

Knowledge Reports

UKISF Awards

Stakeholder meetings

www.ukisf.com




Journey so far

The UK has world class vocational skills provision, with excellent colleges, awarding bodies, professional

bodies and private sector skills providers. Its innovative delivery models such as those for Train the

Trainer can be adapted to train huge numbers and create scalable implementation models. There is enough

evidence and learning also around the integration and participation of the industry in the skills training.

Finally, the shared language, history and culture between the two countries mean that the UK should be

India's partner of choice in furthering skills development.

The setting up of the JWG on Education and Skills has led to the consolidation of dialogue by

a) Generating increased awareness around the skills models and practices in both countries

b) Identifying areas of future collaboration and partnerships

c) Increasing the interaction amongst the various stakeholders, some resulting into multi-million dollar

Joint ventures and partnerships.

d) Opening up of dialogue for technical cooperation and also converting some of those into service

partnerships.

e) Launching joint projects in areas including curriculum, infrastructure, benchmarks, certification etc.

The Joint Working

Group on Education and

Skills has led to the

consolidation of the

India - UK partnership

on skills. Today there is

more opportunity for

companies on both

sides to discuss areas of

cooperation. The

general understanding

of the Indian vocational

training system and its

complexity has also

increased amongst the

UK companies and

colleges.


Forging Partnerships:

T

Contours of India UK Skills partnerships

his report not only captures the spirit of the partnerships but also the areas that have evolved and need further nurturing for promoting

trade and bilateral investments. The next few sections are a brief update on the kind of partnerships existing between the two countries.

It is an excellent mirror of the kind of opportunities which can be created for both sides with slight effort. The current regulatory framework

also supports the interests.

Exploring Opportunities Partnerships in Action Building Momentum

Trade Delegations

Business Visits

Ministerial Visits

MoUs

Joint Ventures

Joint Projects

Service Partnerships

UKIERI – Skills Strand

Knowledge Reports

UKISF Awards

Stakeholder meetings

www.ukisf.com




Delegations

The increasing bandwidth of engagement between India and UK on skills development was propelled by

the inclusion of education and skills in JETCO. This resulted in an increased number of delegations

between UK and India facilitated by the UKTI, UKIBC and FICCI.

These delegations promoted active exchange of knowledge between the experts and opened new frontiers of

partnerships. They have played a vital role in evolving an understanding around the education, skills and

training ecosystems on both sides. Though the focus of this has largely been on the import of knowledge and

services in India, the constant exchange has resulted in creation of a facilitative environment and making the

client groups understand various dimensions of the Indian education system.

In the last few years, the frequency of government and business delegation on skills has increased manifold.

In addition to this, a large number of companies are shuttling between India and UK to explore markets and

partnership opportunities. There has also been a surge in the ministerial visits around skills and education,

where ministers from both sides have met and discussed the plans for evolving long term and sustainable

models.

Besides the enhanced partnership between skills organizations, the subject is also

discussed in the other sectoral delegations as well. Senior leaders and captains of

industry have reiterated that vocational training and capacity building should be the

focus of sectoral partnerships as well.

Joint workshops and sessions organised by Ministry of Labour

1. Roundtable on Sector Skills Councils, organised by Ministry of Labour &

Employment and British Council

2. Workshop on Scottish Qualification Framework, organised by Ministry of Labour &

Employment and World Bank, New Delhi

3. UK India Sector Skills Council dialogue between Ministry of Labour & Employment

and UKIERI

60 plus skills

companies visited

India in 2011. This is

the largest skills

delegation in last

3 years



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Mr. Roy Newey, Co-Chair UKISF addressing the interactive seminar organised by FICCI and UKIBC to facilitates B2B Networking for the visiting UK Delegation at Kolkata


Delegations

The increasing bandwidth of engagement between India and UK on skills development was propelled by

the inclusion of education and skills in JETCO. This resulted in an increased number of delegations

between UK and India facilitated by the UKTI, UKIBC and FICCI.

These delegations promoted active exchange of knowledge between the experts and opened new frontiers of

partnerships. They have played a vital role in evolving an understanding around the education, skills and

training ecosystems on both sides. Though the focus of this has largely been on the import of knowledge and

services in India, the constant exchange has resulted in creation of a facilitative environment and making the

client groups understand various dimensions of the Indian education system.

In the last few years, the frequency of government and business delegation on skills has increased manifold.

In addition to this, a large number of companies are shuttling between India and UK to explore markets and

partnership opportunities. There has also been a surge in the ministerial visits around skills and education,

where ministers from both sides have met and discussed the plans for evolving long term and sustainable

models.

Besides the enhanced partnership between skills organizations, the subject is also

discussed in the other sectoral delegations as well. Senior leaders and captains of

industry have reiterated that vocational training and capacity building should be the

focus of sectoral partnerships as well.

Joint workshops and sessions organised by Ministry of Labour

1. Roundtable on Sector Skills Councils, organised by Ministry of Labour &

Employment and British Council

2. Workshop on Scottish Qualification Framework, organised by Ministry of Labour &

Employment and World Bank, New Delhi

3. UK India Sector Skills Council dialogue between Ministry of Labour & Employment

and UKIERI

60 plus skills

companies visited

India in 2011. This is

the largest skills

delegation in last

3 years



Under the JWG on Education & SkillsMEM

OR

AN

DA

OF U

ND

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STA

ND

ING

Mr. Roy Newey, Co-Chair UKISF addressing the interactive seminar organised by FICCI and UKIBC to facilitates B2B Networking for the visiting UK Delegation at Kolkata

The pace of B2B dialogue around skills and training has increased since 2009 with many new companies being introduced into the Indian

market since the formation of JWG. This combination of opportunity creation, exploration and facilitation resulted in different types of

organizations on both sides joining hands through Memoranda of Understanding (MoU). A variety of MoUs signed are being actively pursued

by for-profit as well as not-for-profit companies. The ecosystem of the skills and training between India and UK is so large that it is nearly

impossible to map all existing partnerships. However, the following table provides a representative view of the partnerships that have evolved

in this space:

Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)

18 Forging UK India Partnerships in Skills Development 19Forging UK India Partnerships in Skills Development

UK Partner Indian Partner Highlight of Scope of the MoU

SQA IL&FS a) Certification for Vocational trades in the multiple sectors viz., non-engineering trades

b) Master Training Programmes i.e., Train the Trainer programme Conducted a Master Training Programme in Delhifrom 9th April to 12 April 2011

Reid & Kerr College IL&FS Develop an Excellence Model for the Engineering Colleges in identified states in India by focussing on the delivery ofand Dudley College the Capacity Building Programmes for students, faculty and institutional model

Improve Ltd. IL&FS Design and develop one pilot programme in a Multi Skill school in the food sector to showcase the capabilities inthe financial year 2011-12.

Commonwealth Kerala Chamber Skills training for infrastructure sector in Kerala in both public and private sectors, including Business School (CBS) of Commerce projects and sectors specified by the government of Kerala under their skills training budget

and Industry (KCCI)

Commonwealth Manipal Education Skills training at levels 3, 4 and 5 in selected infrastructure areas, jointly chosen by CBS and Manipal Education Business School (CBS)

Commonwealth City & Guilds India Collaboration with City & Guilds, identifying priority areas for skills training, and introducing City & Guilds qualificationsBusiness School (CBS) in public and private sectors.

UKIBC Centum Learning a) Transfer of technical inputs for specific sectors i.e. skill standards of UK

b) Assessors and trainers institute (ATI) - To feed into the huge requirement of 'skill instructors'

UKCES NSDC To collaborate and share information to support the development of effective skills and workforce development arrangements ineach Country.

Alliance of SSC NSDC Setting up LMIS to assist planning and delivery of training

Develop a sector skill development plan and maintain skill inventory

Developing skill competency standards and qualifications

Standardisation of affiliation and accreditation process

Promotion of academies of excellence

Hull College Drishtee Foundation To explore joint bidding opportunities in the skills space

v

v

v

v

v



IL&FS Education and SQAProject

Partners

Scope

Progress

Development of Confirmation of Ability, Standards and Quality (CASQ) for Train the

Trainers (ToT) Programme & Vocational Skills Programme

IL&FS Education and Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) signed MoU on 12th

Oct, 2010

Under this partnership, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) will work with

IL&FS Education to:

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

Contribute to the development of CASQ framework for various skill development programmes.

These include ToT Programmes and Vocational Skills Training Programme

Approve and customise training programmes that are conducted by IL&FS Education

Provide certification to the participants who successfully complete the ToT programmes

Implement a quality assurance process and periodically undertake audit activities as per the

scope of work for each programme

The following has been the progress:

Train the Trainers Programme held in Delhi from 7 -9 September 2011 by SQA

20 IL&FS Trainers trained and certified as Master Trainers by SQA

One of the IL&FS skills training centre has been approved by SQA

One of the Trainers' Training programmes, has been customised as per the CASQ Standards

IL&FS Master Trainers – Trained and Certified by SQA

Standing from L to R: Mr. David Pirnie, Ms. Frances Nolan (Senior Trainers from SQA), Dr. Raj Dravid, COO –

Skills Group, addressing IL&FS Trainers

The pace of B2B dialogue around skills and training has increased since 2009 with many new companies being introduced into the Indian

market since the formation of JWG. This combination of opportunity creation, exploration and facilitation resulted in different types of

organizations on both sides joining hands through Memoranda of Understanding (MoU). A variety of MoUs signed are being actively pursued

by for-profit as well as not-for-profit companies. The ecosystem of the skills and training between India and UK is so large that it is nearly

impossible to map all existing partnerships. However, the following table provides a representative view of the partnerships that have evolved

in this space:

Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)


UK Partner Indian Partner Highlight of Scope of the MoU

SQA IL&FS a) Certification for Vocational trades in the multiple sectors viz., non-engineering trades

b) Master Training Programmes i.e., Train the Trainer programme Conducted a Master Training Programme in Delhifrom 9th April to 12 April 2011

Reid & Kerr College IL&FS Develop an Excellence Model for the Engineering Colleges in identified states in India by focussing on the delivery ofand Dudley College the Capacity Building Programmes for students, faculty and institutional model

Improve Ltd. IL&FS Design and develop one pilot programme in a Multi Skill school in the food sector to showcase the capabilities inthe financial year 2011-12.

Commonwealth Kerala Chamber Skills training for infrastructure sector in Kerala in both public and private sectors, including Business School (CBS) of Commerce projects and sectors specified by the government of Kerala under their skills training budget

and Industry (KCCI)

Commonwealth Manipal Education Skills training at levels 3, 4 and 5 in selected infrastructure areas, jointly chosen by CBS and Manipal Education Business School (CBS)

Commonwealth City & Guilds India Collaboration with City & Guilds, identifying priority areas for skills training, and introducing City & Guilds qualificationsBusiness School (CBS) in public and private sectors.

UKIBC Centum Learning a) Transfer of technical inputs for specific sectors i.e. skill standards of UK

b) Assessors and trainers institute (ATI) - To feed into the huge requirement of 'skill instructors'

UKCES NSDC To collaborate and share information to support the development of effective skills and workforce development arrangements ineach Country.

Alliance of SSC NSDC Setting up LMIS to assist planning and delivery of training

Develop a sector skill development plan and maintain skill inventory

Developing skill competency standards and qualifications

Standardisation of affiliation and accreditation process

Promotion of academies of excellence

Hull College Drishtee Foundation To explore joint bidding opportunities in the skills space

v

v

v

v

v



IL&FS Education and SQAProject

Partners

Scope

Progress

Development of Confirmation of Ability, Standards and Quality (CASQ) for Train the

Trainers (ToT) Programme & Vocational Skills Programme

IL&FS Education and Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) signed MoU on 12th

Oct, 2010

Under this partnership, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) will work with

IL&FS Education to:

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

Contribute to the development of CASQ framework for various skill development programmes.

These include ToT Programmes and Vocational Skills Training Programme

Approve and customise training programmes that are conducted by IL&FS Education

Provide certification to the participants who successfully complete the ToT programmes

Implement a quality assurance process and periodically undertake audit activities as per the

scope of work for each programme


Train the Trainers Programme held in Delhi from 7 -9 September 2011 by SQA

20 IL&FS Trainers trained and certified as Master Trainers by SQA

One of the IL&FS skills training centre has been approved by SQA

One of the Trainers' Training programmes, has been customised as per the CASQ Standards

IL&FS Master Trainers – Trained and Certified by SQA

Standing from L to R: Mr. David Pirnie, Ms. Frances Nolan (Senior Trainers from SQA), Dr. Raj Dravid, COO –

Skills Group, addressing IL&FS Trainers

Other Key MoUs of IL&FS Education


ScopeUK PartnersUniversity of Cambridge, MoU signed on 1st December 2010 Conduct English Language Assessment Test and Cambridge English

for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Exams.

Provide documentation support, guides and user manuals. Conduct Cambridge Placement Test for the IL&FS Skills candidates

Improve Limited (UK Sector Skill Council in Food Processing), MoU signed on 16th September 2011.

Design & implement a pilot Training Programme deriving the best experience of UK Sector Skill Council in Food Processing Sector.

Offer advisory and support in food and drink sector through training and academy centres.

Joint delivery of training and skill development programmes across various sectors including hospitality, food processing, media & entertainment and construction industry. Create a working group on learning disabilities.

Scotland's Colleges International, Stirling, Scotland, UK (SKI), MoU signed on 11th May, 2010

Facilitate partnerships between India and UK National agencies and other professional institutions to further enhance the employment skills of the Indian workforce

Technical Vocational Education and Training UK Limited (TVET UK), MoU signed on 18th August 2010


College students appearing for the Cambridge Placement Test

An IL&FS trainer conducting English Language Assessment Programme

IL&FS SCORE (Skills for Construction and Road Engineering) Programme trainees skilfully learning the bar bending technique

An IL&FS trainer explaining table laying procedure to candidates enrolled under the IL&FS Education'sSESS (Skills for Employement in Services Sector) Programme

Mr. RCM Reddy, MD IL&FS Education, Prof. Girish Reddy, Vice Principal - Brindavan Institute of Technology and Science, Shiv Prasad Reddy, Principal - Brindavan Institute of Technology and Science Mr. Alan McArthur, Executive Director TVET UK at the MoU signing ceremony on 18th Aug 2010

Mr. Alan, Speaking on the Challenges of Technical Education. Sitting on the dais L to R: Dr. Ram Mohan Reddy, Dean, ISB, Hyderabad and Dr. Chandrasekar, IL&FS Education



Other Key MoUs of IL&FS Education


ScopeUK PartnersUniversity of Cambridge, MoU signed on 1st December 2010 Conduct English Language Assessment Test and Cambridge English

for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Exams.

Provide documentation support, guides and user manuals. Conduct Cambridge Placement Test for the IL&FS Skills candidates

Improve Limited (UK Sector Skill Council in Food Processing), MoU signed on 16th September 2011.

Design & implement a pilot Training Programme deriving the best experience of UK Sector Skill Council in Food Processing Sector.

Offer advisory and support in food and drink sector through training and academy centres.

Joint delivery of training and skill development programmes across various sectors including hospitality, food processing, media & entertainment and construction industry. Create a working group on learning disabilities.

Scotland's Colleges International, Stirling, Scotland, UK (SKI), MoU signed on 11th May, 2010

Facilitate partnerships between India and UK National agencies and other professional institutions to further enhance the employment skills of the Indian workforce

Technical Vocational Education and Training UK Limited (TVET UK), MoU signed on 18th August 2010


College students appearing for the Cambridge Placement Test

An IL&FS trainer conducting English Language Assessment Programme

IL&FS SCORE (Skills for Construction and Road Engineering) Programme trainees skilfully learning the bar bending technique

An IL&FS trainer explaining table laying procedure to candidates enrolled under the IL&FS Education'sSESS (Skills for Employement in Services Sector) Programme

Mr. RCM Reddy, MD IL&FS Education, Prof. Girish Reddy, Vice Principal - Brindavan Institute of Technology and Science, Shiv Prasad Reddy, Principal - Brindavan Institute of Technology and Science Mr. Alan McArthur, Executive Director TVET UK at the MoU signing ceremony on 18th Aug 2010

Mr. Alan, Speaking on the Challenges of Technical Education. Sitting on the dais L to R: Dr. Ram Mohan Reddy, Dean, ISB, Hyderabad and Dr. Chandrasekar, IL&FS Education




UKCES and NSDC Project

Partners

Scope

Progress

Support innovative approaches to Sector/industry led skills investment, development of

Further Education institutions based on UK centres of Excellence/Skills Academies, and

strengthening & establishing new SSCs Performance measures

Under this Partnership the Key outcomes expected are:

The following has been delivered:

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills and National Skill Development Council,

India

Sector/industry led skills investment.

The UKCES will seek to learn from India Public/Private Investment as UK public expenditure is replaced

by Employer ownership models.

The NSDC is seeking to develop Further Education institutions based on UK centers of Excellence/Skills

Academies.

The NSDC will seek continued support from UK in strengthening and establishing new SSCs and

developing performance measures

Workshops to support the infrastructural development of Sector skills councils in India (New

Delhi/Mumbai)

Development of National Occupational standards Guidance and India Industry consultation

Supporting the development of Vocational Qualification frameworks International comparison of Skills

systems

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The UKCES and NSDC have developed a joint proposal to further support innovative approaches to - Dilip Chenoy Chief Executive Officer,

National Skill Development Corporation

Mr.Dilip Chenoy, CEO National Skill Development Corporation addressing international audience at the Global Skills Summit

UK India partnership in skills is multi-

faceted and on-going through various

projects and institution level affiliations.

The NSDC - UKCES engagement to build

capacity of sector skill councils is one

such notable partnership. NSDC is

committed to work for developing

affiliations between its training partners

and UK further education colleges




UK Partner SCOPE / PROJECT IMPACT / PROGRESS

Association of Colleges UK (AoC) AoC is a non-profit body comprising of

almost all Further Education colleges in England. Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics

NSDC - AoC member engagements have been conference hosted by the Association of

on-going eg.networking meetings between UK FE Colleges at Birmingham

colleges and Indian skill providers AoC is in the process of setting up an

India office to facilitate partnerships

Cambridge Education and Scottish EU Skills Project -TA to support skills The bid for EU Skills Project in India has

Qualifications Authority (SQA) development in India through 3 been won by a consortium led by

key result areas till 2014 a UK entity Cambridge Education and

Capacity development NSDC & DGET with SQA as a stakeholder

Help with building VQF NSDC has been appointed lead for all three

Setting up LMIS in India strands and consultations have started.

Alliance of Sector Skill Councils The Alliance is the combined voice of Sector MOU signed between NSDC - The

( The Alliance ) & Improve Councils in UK Alliance of Sector Skill Councils and

Improve is the UK SSC for Food & Drink Improve in October 2011 to provide a

manufacturing and processing and has a National framework to govern the sharing and

Skill Academy for Food & Drink as a subsidiary exchange of knowledge, information

The partnership seeks to establish reciprocal and experience.

relationships between SSC's in UK and India

International Network of Sector INSSO exists to support the work of member MD & CEO of NSDC has been co-opted

Skill Organizations UK (INSSO) sector skills organizations through the sharing of as a member of the International

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UKCES and NSDC Project

Partners

Scope

Progress

Support innovative approaches to Sector/industry led skills investment, development of

Further Education institutions based on UK centres of Excellence/Skills Academies, and

strengthening & establishing new SSCs Performance measures


The following has been delivered:

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills and National Skill Development Council,

India

Sector/industry led skills investment.

The UKCES will seek to learn from India Public/Private Investment as UK public expenditure is replaced

by Employer ownership models.

The NSDC is seeking to develop Further Education institutions based on UK centers of Excellence/Skills

Academies.

The NSDC will seek continued support from UK in strengthening and establishing new SSCs and

developing performance measures

Workshops to support the infrastructural development of Sector skills councils in India (New

Delhi/Mumbai)

Development of National Occupational standards Guidance and India Industry consultation

Supporting the development of Vocational Qualification frameworks International comparison of Skills

systems

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The UKCES and NSDC have developed a joint proposal to further support innovative approaches to - Dilip Chenoy Chief Executive Officer,

National Skill Development Corporation

Mr.Dilip Chenoy, CEO National Skill Development Corporation addressing international audience at the Global Skills Summit

UK India partnership in skills is multi-

faceted and on-going through various

projects and institution level affiliations.

The NSDC - UKCES engagement to build

capacity of sector skill councils is one

such notable partnership. NSDC is

committed to work for developing

affiliations between its training partners

and UK further education colleges




UK Partner SCOPE / PROJECT IMPACT / PROGRESS

Association of Colleges UK (AoC) AoC is a non-profit body comprising of

almost all Further Education colleges in England. Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics

NSDC - AoC member engagements have been conference hosted by the Association of

on-going eg.networking meetings between UK FE Colleges at Birmingham

colleges and Indian skill providers AoC is in the process of setting up an

India office to facilitate partnerships

Cambridge Education and Scottish EU Skills Project -TA to support skills The bid for EU Skills Project in India has

Qualifications Authority (SQA) development in India through 3 been won by a consortium led by

key result areas till 2014 a UK entity Cambridge Education and

Capacity development NSDC & DGET with SQA as a stakeholder

Help with building VQF NSDC has been appointed lead for all three

Setting up LMIS in India strands and consultations have started.

Alliance of Sector Skill Councils The Alliance is the combined voice of Sector MOU signed between NSDC - The

( The Alliance ) & Improve Councils in UK Alliance of Sector Skill Councils and

Improve is the UK SSC for Food & Drink Improve in October 2011 to provide a

manufacturing and processing and has a National framework to govern the sharing and

Skill Academy for Food & Drink as a subsidiary exchange of knowledge, information

The partnership seeks to establish reciprocal and experience.

relationships between SSC's in UK and India

International Network of Sector INSSO exists to support the work of member MD & CEO of NSDC has been co-opted

Skill Organizations UK (INSSO) sector skills organizations through the sharing of as a member of the International

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Project

Areas of Collaboration

FICCI UKIBC MoU to meet the training requirements of the Government of West

Bengal

Co-operation regarding skills development, including but not limited to training,

assessment, certification and accreditation, market research, benchmarking,

quality assurance and implementation programs

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There shall be a focus on the following priority sectors identified by the

Government of West Bengal as essential for economic development in the State:

construction, food processing, retail, ICT, healthcare, English language training

and soft skills

Sharing the UK experience in ensuring qualified trainees meet the needs of

employers

To review and potentially undertake government supported programmes to

demonstrate best practices and models.

To utilise the collective expertise of UKISF for government funded programme for

the vulnerable groups.

To explore capacity and knowledge transfer to facilitate UK - West Bengal

cooperation

FICCI and UKIBC




Indian contingent for World Skills 2011 at UK High Commission in Delhi prior to departure

World skills India team at Heathrow October 2011

,WorldSkills Competitions 2011 London

WorldSkills London 2011 saw over 1,000 Competitors from over 50 countries/regions competing for gold in skill

competitions including everything from landscape gardening to mobile robotics, hairdressing and fashion technology. The

Indian contigent participated in 15 trades and also had members from top companies participating.

Project

Areas of Collaboration

FICCI UKIBC MoU to meet the training requirements of the Government of West

Bengal

Co-operation regarding skills development, including but not limited to training,

assessment, certification and accreditation, market research, benchmarking,

quality assurance and implementation programs

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There shall be a focus on the following priority sectors identified by the

Government of West Bengal as essential for economic development in the State:

construction, food processing, retail, ICT, healthcare, English language training

and soft skills

Sharing the UK experience in ensuring qualified trainees meet the needs of

employers

To review and potentially undertake government supported programmes to

demonstrate best practices and models.

To utilise the collective expertise of UKISF for government funded programme for

the vulnerable groups.

To explore capacity and knowledge transfer to facilitate UK - West Bengal

cooperation

FICCI and UKIBC




Indian contingent for World Skills 2011 at UK High Commission in Delhi prior to departure

World skills India team at Heathrow October 2011

,WorldSkills Competitions 2011 London

WorldSkills London 2011 saw over 1,000 Competitors from over 50 countries/regions competing for gold in skill

competitions including everything from landscape gardening to mobile robotics, hairdressing and fashion technology. The

Indian contigent participated in 15 trades and also had members from top companies participating.

- Mr Sharad Talwar, CEO IndiaCan


Partners

Scope

Highlights

IndiaCan offers well-integrated vocational programs under its brands ETEN, IndiaCan and PurpleLeap, supported by a hybrid delivery model.The vision is to transform lives of people by providing them certified job skills through innovative learning systems and best in class customer experience at all touch points.

Under this partnership (Pearson & Educomp Solutions), IndiaCan:

IndiaCan is a 50:50 joint venture between Pearson, World's and UK's largest education service provider educating more than 100 million people worldwide, and Educomp Solutions, India's largest education company.

Provide talent for India's economic growth engine

Train over 500,000 persons 'ready to deploy' to the industry annually by 2012

Be the Top Vocational and Skill Development Company

Impacted lives of over 14,300 trainees through various government vocational projects and plans to cover 34,500+ trainees in the near term.

95 centres all over the country.

Some innovative courses range from Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics & Nutrition, Spoken English through a live teacher via a mobile phone

Adopted 18 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh under the PPP scheme (Public Private Partnership).

IndiaCan has successfully managed to upgrade these ITIs with significant investments. Two of these ITIs (ITI Kurukshetra and ITI Kaithal) have been addressed the best run ITIs in a recent study

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WINNER FOR "BEST UK-INDIA SKILLS PROVIDER" UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

In less than 3 years of setting up the JV, we have

been able to encourage 80,000 enrollments in 2011

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sides, actually instilled

confidence in the potential

of participating in the

Indian market through

existing large scale

partners.



- Mr Sharad Talwar, CEO IndiaCan


Partners

Scope

Highlights

IndiaCan offers well-integrated vocational programs under its brands ETEN, IndiaCan and PurpleLeap, supported by a hybrid delivery model.The vision is to transform lives of people by providing them certified job skills through innovative learning systems and best in class customer experience at all touch points.

Under this partnership (Pearson & Educomp Solutions), IndiaCan:

IndiaCan is a 50:50 joint venture between Pearson, World's and UK's largest education service provider educating more than 100 million people worldwide, and Educomp Solutions, India's largest education company.

Provide talent for India's economic growth engine

Train over 500,000 persons 'ready to deploy' to the industry annually by 2012

Be the Top Vocational and Skill Development Company

Impacted lives of over 14,300 trainees through various government vocational projects and plans to cover 34,500+ trainees in the near term.

95 centres all over the country.

Some innovative courses range from Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics & Nutrition, Spoken English through a live teacher via a mobile phone

Adopted 18 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh under the PPP scheme (Public Private Partnership).

IndiaCan has successfully managed to upgrade these ITIs with significant investments. Two of these ITIs (ITI Kurukshetra and ITI Kaithal) have been addressed the best run ITIs in a recent study

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WINNER FOR "BEST UK-INDIA SKILLS PROVIDER" UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

In less than 3 years of setting up the JV, we have

been able to encourage 80,000 enrollments in 2011

and have 350 enrolment points

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partnership in skills was

tasted with the conversion

of intent into action. The

early joint ventures that

were signed between the

top companies on both

sides, actually instilled

confidence in the potential

of participating in the

Indian market through

existing large scale

partners.



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differentiator of the Abilateral

partnership between

India and UK has been

the active interest of both

sides to pursue joint

projects and bids. In the

past, there have been

many consortia as well as

teaming of companies on

both sides to respond to

government tenders,

projects and other

opportunities available.


Partners

Scope

Progress

Drawing upon City & Guilds' expertise in developing qualifications that are reflective of

global industry needs, its 130 years of leadership across 30 industry sectors and 600

qualifications that have certified over 18 lakh learners every year, IndiaSkills is poised

to change the dynamics of the Indian market.

IndiaSkills is a joint venture between Manipal Education Group, India and City & Guild,

UK.


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Knowledge transfer for systemic reform, eg designing the qualification framework

for the Ministry of Labour & Employment

exchange for capacity building of the training providers through quality assurance

framework, training of trainers, content development and certification

direct delivery of pilot projects to benefit the learners and market testing of

services emerging as a result of localization

IndiaSkills has set up 85 centers across 16 states to deliver high-quality training to

independent students as well as employees of corporate partners and beneficiaries

of government programs.

Around 10,000 students have been trained till date, with a placement rate of 98%

Developed 48 industry-specific qualifications of international standards across 12

sectors

RUNNERS UP FOR "BEST UK-INDIA SKILLS PROVIDER" UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

I I IIA MANIPAL EDUCATION- CITY & GUOLDS INITIATIVE

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differentiator of the Abilateral

partnership between

India and UK has been

the active interest of both

sides to pursue joint

projects and bids. In the

past, there have been

many consortia as well as

teaming of companies on

both sides to respond to

government tenders,

projects and other

opportunities available.


Partners

Scope

Progress

Drawing upon City & Guilds' expertise in developing qualifications that are reflective of

global industry needs, its 130 years of leadership across 30 industry sectors and 600

qualifications that have certified over 18 lakh learners every year, IndiaSkills is poised

to change the dynamics of the Indian market.

IndiaSkills is a joint venture between Manipal Education Group, India and City & Guild,

UK.


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Knowledge transfer for systemic reform, eg designing the qualification framework

for the Ministry of Labour & Employment

exchange for capacity building of the training providers through quality assurance

framework, training of trainers, content development and certification

direct delivery of pilot projects to benefit the learners and market testing of

services emerging as a result of localization

IndiaSkills has set up 85 centers across 16 states to deliver high-quality training to

independent students as well as employees of corporate partners and beneficiaries

of government programs.

Around 10,000 students have been trained till date, with a placement rate of 98%

Developed 48 industry-specific qualifications of international standards across 12

sectors

RUNNERS UP FOR "BEST UK-INDIA SKILLS PROVIDER" UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

I I IIA MANIPAL EDUCATION- CITY & GUOLDS INITIATIVE



Project: Setting up Assessor Trainer Institute (ATI)

Partners

Scope

Progress

To draw expertise from reputed further education providers, private training organizations

and awarding bodies in the UK to ensure that candidates qualifying from Assessor training

Institutes(ATIs) receive highly skilled vocational training which is of international standard.

This shall also look into the huge requirement of 'skill instructors', which will get created

given the huge national focus on 'Skill Building for Employability', the partnership proposed

to create an institutional framework for developing Assessors and Trainers in specific

domains.

Centum - UKIBC partnership for setting up Assessor Trainer Institute (ATI)

The Assessor Training Institute project looks forward to evolve a consortium for

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Transfer standards in the industry verticals including competency frameworks and assessment for certification.

Share Curriculum for various levels of Certification.

Modification of Curriculum to suit the Indian market.

Training of Trainers of ATI Faculty (ATI Master Trainers).

A4e has been selected as the Lead Consortium partner and will now engage with the shortlisted respondents to form a consortium that will

work with Centum Learning Limited, MoU to this effect has been signed in Aug'11.

The Govt. of India in its 12th 5 Year plan is likely to set up 15 Assessor & Trainer Institutes in PPP across the country. The consortia will bid

for running these ATIs, an EOI for which may be released shortly. Centum Learning will bid to establish these with the UK consortia as their

technical partners.

Centum Learning and UKIBC Signed a MoU to further knowledge transfer during the 7th JETCO Meeting in New Delhi.





Project: Setting up Assessor Trainer Institute (ATI)

Partners

Scope

Progress

To draw expertise from reputed further education providers, private training organizations

and awarding bodies in the UK to ensure that candidates qualifying from Assessor training

Institutes(ATIs) receive highly skilled vocational training which is of international standard.

This shall also look into the huge requirement of 'skill instructors', which will get created

given the huge national focus on 'Skill Building for Employability', the partnership proposed

to create an institutional framework for developing Assessors and Trainers in specific

domains.

Centum - UKIBC partnership for setting up Assessor Trainer Institute (ATI)

The Assessor Training Institute project looks forward to evolve a consortium for

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v

Transfer standards in the industry verticals including competency frameworks and assessment for certification.

Share Curriculum for various levels of Certification.

Modification of Curriculum to suit the Indian market.

Training of Trainers of ATI Faculty (ATI Master Trainers).

A4e has been selected as the Lead Consortium partner and will now engage with the shortlisted respondents to form a consortium that will

work with Centum Learning Limited, MoU to this effect has been signed in Aug'11.

The Govt. of India in its 12th 5 Year plan is likely to set up 15 Assessor & Trainer Institutes in PPP across the country. The consortia will bid

for running these ATIs, an EOI for which may be released shortly. Centum Learning will bid to establish these with the UK consortia as their

technical partners.

Centum Learning and UKIBC Signed a MoU to further knowledge transfer during the 7th JETCO Meeting in New Delhi.




Overview

Skills Development

The UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) started in April 2006 with the aim of enhancing educational links between India and the UK. In the

last five years, UKIERI has played a pivotal role in establishing a steep change in the educational relations between the two countries. In recognition of the

substantial achievements and building on the success of this initiative, the programme has been extended for 5 years from 2011 to 2016. The extension was

announced by the UK Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in July 2010 and is being jointly funded by the

Indian and UK government.

The UK and India have much to gain from a partnership in Skills Development area since both face significant economic and social challenges and can draw

on the considerable expertise and experience that exists within the UK's existing skills sector. India has set extremely ambitious vocational skills targets and

will require the development of massive additional delivery capacity. This, in turn, will require an infrastructure that ensures that the training delivered

provides skills that are economically valuable and meet the needs of modern industry. UKIERI through this strand aims to facilitate the creation of strong

partnerships and joint ventures that can take on various parts of these "pipelines" for key sectors, locations or themes.

The programme aims to deliver systemic change by reaching out to larger numbers. It provides opportunities for professional and leadership development

of schools, higher education institutions and vocational institutions, support partnerships and develop student mobility

and skills development programmes

The main activities identified are based on the experience of UKIERI in the last five years, deliberations during various

policy dialogue events, outcomes from consultations, roundtable discussions and scoping for next phase of activity, that

have clearly demonstrated a need for more focus on both leadership and harmonization/mobility as enablers of

increased levels of collaboration, while innovation partnerships remain a strategic priority for both countries in their

plans for economic development. The focus on skills development, especially in India also has implications for labor

market development worldwide.

The Skills Strand will focus on capacity building for vocational education, enabling an increase in the level of engagement between our countries' respective

skills sectors, backed up by research to inform the development of innovative, viable and sustainable partnership models. The Strand will then identify and

support a small number of consortia to convert strong concepts into business propositions that can secure the necessary start-up funding.

The aim of the Capacity Building for Vocational Education Providers sub-strand is to support the development of the training capacity of Indian vocational

education schools/institutions by providing opportunities for UK institutions to form partnerships. It will do this by providing grants to UK FE colleges or

support organisations to enable them to work in partnership with vocational education schools/institutions.

Focus Areas1. Leadership Development

2. Innovation Partnerships

3. Skill Development

4. Enhancing Mobility


Objective

Partners

Scope

Progress

To empower street children with knowledge and skills necessary to protect their rights and help them, develop as respected, productive and

valued citizens.

HSBC and Butterflies signed MoU in 2011

Under this partnership, the Butterflies will work with HSBC towards Mobile Education and Resource Centre to:

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Organize a long term campaign to take education to those deprived children who are still outside the education net, like children who are living on streets, railway stations,

traffic signals in Delhi, bus stands and construction sites and enroll them in education and vocational training.

The project area includes 6 regular contact points of Butterflies and 3 newly identified traffic signal points.

Educate these children on life skills, computer literacy and encourage the habit of reading through the library provided in the mobile school.

All round development by providing health education on issues such as hygiene, STD, HIV/AIDS, teaching them yoga and physical training and offering them counseling

and guidance.


250 homeless, runaways, children of migrants, working children, children of slum and pavement dwellers

and orphans are getting benefit.

The mobile school brings the school to the doorstep of children who for various reasons are unable to get

admission to regular primary schools.

Access to quality formal education, One of the IL&FS skills training centres has been approved by SQA

Sensitization and support of the traffic police, restoration of families to their native places, and rehabilitation

of children back into their families.




Overview

Skills Development

The UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) started in April 2006 with the aim of enhancing educational links between India and the UK. In the

last five years, UKIERI has played a pivotal role in establishing a steep change in the educational relations between the two countries. In recognition of the

substantial achievements and building on the success of this initiative, the programme has been extended for 5 years from 2011 to 2016. The extension was

announced by the UK Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in July 2010 and is being jointly funded by the

Indian and UK government.

The UK and India have much to gain from a partnership in Skills Development area since both face significant economic and social challenges and can draw

on the considerable expertise and experience that exists within the UK's existing skills sector. India has set extremely ambitious vocational skills targets and

will require the development of massive additional delivery capacity. This, in turn, will require an infrastructure that ensures that the training delivered

provides skills that are economically valuable and meet the needs of modern industry. UKIERI through this strand aims to facilitate the creation of strong

partnerships and joint ventures that can take on various parts of these "pipelines" for key sectors, locations or themes.

The programme aims to deliver systemic change by reaching out to larger numbers. It provides opportunities for professional and leadership development

of schools, higher education institutions and vocational institutions, support partnerships and develop student mobility

and skills development programmes

The main activities identified are based on the experience of UKIERI in the last five years, deliberations during various

policy dialogue events, outcomes from consultations, roundtable discussions and scoping for next phase of activity, that

have clearly demonstrated a need for more focus on both leadership and harmonization/mobility as enablers of

increased levels of collaboration, while innovation partnerships remain a strategic priority for both countries in their

plans for economic development. The focus on skills development, especially in India also has implications for labor

market development worldwide.

The Skills Strand will focus on capacity building for vocational education, enabling an increase in the level of engagement between our countries' respective

skills sectors, backed up by research to inform the development of innovative, viable and sustainable partnership models. The Strand will then identify and

support a small number of consortia to convert strong concepts into business propositions that can secure the necessary start-up funding.

The aim of the Capacity Building for Vocational Education Providers sub-strand is to support the development of the training capacity of Indian vocational

education schools/institutions by providing opportunities for UK institutions to form partnerships. It will do this by providing grants to UK FE colleges or

support organisations to enable them to work in partnership with vocational education schools/institutions.

Focus Areas1. Leadership Development

2. Innovation Partnerships

3. Skill Development

4. Enhancing Mobility


Objective

Partners

Scope

Progress

To empower street children with knowledge and skills necessary to protect their rights and help them, develop as respected, productive and

valued citizens.

HSBC and Butterflies signed MoU in 2011

Under this partnership, the Butterflies will work with HSBC towards Mobile Education and Resource Centre to:

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Organize a long term campaign to take education to those deprived children who are still outside the education net, like children who are living on streets, railway stations,

traffic signals in Delhi, bus stands and construction sites and enroll them in education and vocational training.

The project area includes 6 regular contact points of Butterflies and 3 newly identified traffic signal points.

Educate these children on life skills, computer literacy and encourage the habit of reading through the library provided in the mobile school.

All round development by providing health education on issues such as hygiene, STD, HIV/AIDS, teaching them yoga and physical training and offering them counseling

and guidance.


250 homeless, runaways, children of migrants, working children, children of slum and pavement dwellers

and orphans are getting benefit.

The mobile school brings the school to the doorstep of children who for various reasons are unable to get

admission to regular primary schools.

Access to quality formal education, One of the IL&FS skills training centres has been approved by SQA

Sensitization and support of the traffic police, restoration of families to their native places, and rehabilitation

of children back into their families.



Organizations awarded projects under the UKIERI Skills Strand in 2011

UK Lead Partner India Lead Partner Project Title

Improve Ltd Federation of Indian Chambers of Developing an SSC's Systems for Food Processing

Commerce and Industry Industry

London College of Fashion/ Pearl Academy of Fashion Global Fashion Skills Collaborative Networks:

University of Arts London Reskilling/Upskilling for Future Business Growth

The Grimsby Institute of Further & Delhi Management Association Skill Building in Supply Chain Management

Higher Education (GIFHE)

Brunel University National Institute of Technology Developing Management Training Materials for SMEs

Tiruchirappalli

Association of Colleges CL Educate India Ltd Developing Managers in Vocational Education &

Training (DMVET)

A4e Ltd Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Innovative and Application Oriented Capacity Building

Services Limited (IL&FS) of Trainers in West Bengal

Brunel University National Institute of Technology Preparing Graduates for Business Life

TruchirappalliI

VTCT - Vocational Training Cordia Educational Institutes Developing Vocational Education and Training VET in

Charitable Trust Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy in India



Key Objectives

Impact, Outreach and Capacity Building

Projects awarded under the UKIERI Skills Development strand are varied and reaches out to the various quarters of the society. UKIERI has ensured to award

project proposals in different focus areas so that the impact and capacity building is across sectors, institutes and SMEs.

UKIERI aimed to reach out and impact various levels within the skills development space by awarding the project proposals for varied focus areas. On the one

hand a few awarded projects will substantiate and support policy level decisions through their work on developing systems, processes and structures for a

successful Sector Skills Council and on the other hand a few are being implemented at the ground level in an unorganized sector like Hairdressing and Beauty

Therapy.

The proposals seek to bring together the experience and knowledge of both the UK and India. Capacity building of training staff of vocational education

institutions by introducing innovative and application oriented methodology, to develop infrastructures to manage professional skills development and

enhance academia - employer engagement. The competences developed through these various initiatives will eventually facilitate institutions and employers

to meet the global challenge of skills development.

vTo provide opportunities to

organisations/consortia for

training need identification and

for delivery of training and setting

up of Centers of Excellence in

partnership with industry

bodies/SMEs to ensure skills'

providers and other bodies in the

UK and India are better equipped

to work with each other

vTo enable the development of a

strong Indian sector skills

infrastructure focusing on

employer engagement

approaches, developing

curriculum and qualifications,

certification and assessment etc

vTo develop an academic FE

leadership programme that

provides knowledge and skills

required for institutional

leadership in Further Education

institutions and colleges and

thereby creating sustainable

linkages between India and the

UK FEIs

vTo provide travel grants to

facilitate partner finding and

working on a full grant

proposal



Organizations awarded projects under the UKIERI Skills Strand in 2011

UK Lead Partner India Lead Partner Project Title

Improve Ltd Federation of Indian Chambers of Developing an SSC's Systems for Food Processing

Commerce and Industry Industry

London College of Fashion/ Pearl Academy of Fashion Global Fashion Skills Collaborative Networks:

University of Arts London Reskilling/Upskilling for Future Business Growth

The Grimsby Institute of Further & Delhi Management Association Skill Building in Supply Chain Management

Higher Education (GIFHE)

Brunel University National Institute of Technology Developing Management Training Materials for SMEs

Tiruchirappalli

Association of Colleges CL Educate India Ltd Developing Managers in Vocational Education &

Training (DMVET)

A4e Ltd Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Innovative and Application Oriented Capacity Building

Services Limited (IL&FS) of Trainers in West Bengal

Brunel University National Institute of Technology Preparing Graduates for Business Life

TruchirappalliI

VTCT - Vocational Training Cordia Educational Institutes Developing Vocational Education and Training VET in

Charitable Trust Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy in India



Key Objectives

Impact, Outreach and Capacity Building

Projects awarded under the UKIERI Skills Development strand are varied and reaches out to the various quarters of the society. UKIERI has ensured to award

project proposals in different focus areas so that the impact and capacity building is across sectors, institutes and SMEs.

UKIERI aimed to reach out and impact various levels within the skills development space by awarding the project proposals for varied focus areas. On the one

hand a few awarded projects will substantiate and support policy level decisions through their work on developing systems, processes and structures for a

successful Sector Skills Council and on the other hand a few are being implemented at the ground level in an unorganized sector like Hairdressing and Beauty

Therapy.

The proposals seek to bring together the experience and knowledge of both the UK and India. Capacity building of training staff of vocational education

institutions by introducing innovative and application oriented methodology, to develop infrastructures to manage professional skills development and

enhance academia - employer engagement. The competences developed through these various initiatives will eventually facilitate institutions and employers

to meet the global challenge of skills development.

vTo provide opportunities to

organisations/consortia for

training need identification and

for delivery of training and setting

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partnership with industry

bodies/SMEs to ensure skills'

providers and other bodies in the

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to work with each other

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strong Indian sector skills

infrastructure focusing on

employer engagement

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curriculum and qualifications,

certification and assessment etc

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institutions and colleges and

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UK FEIs

vTo provide travel grants to

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working on a full grant

proposal




Catering School Catering and Hospitality School Retail School


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Developing an SSC's Systems for Food Processing Industry

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Study, understand the present status, some brief of the gaps, demands, skill needs of

the sector,

provide a model for the effective planning, development and collating of Labour

Market Intelligence.

provide tools and templates and a process to support the development function of

an SSC. This may include occupational analysis, functional analysis and national

occupational standard templates and processes fit for purpose for the Indian Food

and Drink Processing Sector

develop and test a range of models for the delivery element of the SSC.


Proposal approved by UKERI in January 2012

Implementation kick off is likely to take place from May 2012



A dummy model of the IL&FS-A4e Vox centered to be created as a result of this partnership

Project

Partners

Scope

Progress

Innovative and Application Oriented Capacity Building of Trainers in West Bengal

IL&FS Education and A4e, UK signed MoU in March 2012

Under this partnership, A4e UK will work with IL&FS Education to:

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Conduct training needs assessment and gap analysis

Review the course curriculum and conduct Content

Development Programmes

Conduct Trainer Development Programmes

Organise seminars to encourage replication of A4e VOX (Vocational Training)

Centres


Both the firms are conducting desk research for customising and adapting the A4e VOX Centres as per the skill set requirements in India

across various sectors including, Retail, Catering, Hospitality and Construction.


Catering School Catering and Hospitality School Retail School


Project

Scope

Progress

Developing an SSC's Systems for Food Processing Industry

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Study, understand the present status, some brief of the gaps, demands, skill needs of

the sector,

provide a model for the effective planning, development and collating of Labour

Market Intelligence.

provide tools and templates and a process to support the development function of

an SSC. This may include occupational analysis, functional analysis and national

occupational standard templates and processes fit for purpose for the Indian Food

and Drink Processing Sector

develop and test a range of models for the delivery element of the SSC.


Proposal approved by UKERI in January 2012

Implementation kick off is likely to take place from May 2012



A dummy model of the IL&FS-A4e Vox centered to be created as a result of this partnership

Project

Partners

Scope

Progress

Innovative and Application Oriented Capacity Building of Trainers in West Bengal

IL&FS Education and A4e, UK signed MoU in March 2012

Under this partnership, A4e UK will work with IL&FS Education to:

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Conduct training needs assessment and gap analysis

Review the course curriculum and conduct Content

Development Programmes

Conduct Trainer Development Programmes

Organise seminars to encourage replication of A4e VOX (Vocational Training)

Centres


Both the firms are conducting desk research for customising and adapting the A4e VOX Centres as per the skill set requirements in India

across various sectors including, Retail, Catering, Hospitality and Construction.

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Partnership further to CL's 'Skill School' initiative which is developing strategies to

meet the skills gaps in India's growing economy.

Career Launcher ltd and Association of Colleges (AOC)

Develop a program for existing junior and middle managers in the learning and

skills sector in India;

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Train 2 cohorts of 4 senior Indian VET staff/experts so that they will in turn be

able to deliver the DMVET Program in India to pilot cohorts of participants;

Deliver 2 initial pilot phase training periods to 2 cohorts of 32 DMVET

participants;

Equip participants in the program with the practical skills and knowledge to

become highly effective managers;

It is intended that the DMVET Program will become a fee based quality Continued

Professional Development offer for junior and middle managers in Indian VET

schools and colleges. The DMVET framework will become more robust as the

number of schools and colleges training staff on the program increases, this will in

turn enable DMVET to develop into a national training tool. Partners will continue

to work together to share ideas and support each other throughout the entire

period in which the program is delivered.


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Project

Partners

Scope

Partnership further to CL's 'Skill School' initiative which is developing strategies to

meet the skills gaps in India's growing economy.

Career Launcher ltd and Association of Colleges (AOC)

Develop a program for existing junior and middle managers in the learning and

skills sector in India;

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Train 2 cohorts of 4 senior Indian VET staff/experts so that they will in turn be

able to deliver the DMVET Program in India to pilot cohorts of participants;

Deliver 2 initial pilot phase training periods to 2 cohorts of 32 DMVET

participants;

Equip participants in the program with the practical skills and knowledge to

become highly effective managers;

It is intended that the DMVET Program will become a fee based quality Continued

Professional Development offer for junior and middle managers in Indian VET

schools and colleges. The DMVET framework will become more robust as the

number of schools and colleges training staff on the program increases, this will in

turn enable DMVET to develop into a national training tool. Partners will continue

to work together to share ideas and support each other throughout the entire

period in which the program is delivered.


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Quality assurance and international accreditation for SELF (Skills for Employment in Leather

Fabrication), a skills training programme implemented by IL&FS Clusters

Mr. Mike Mirams, M/s Mirams Water House Ltd. UK representing the Scandinavian Business Academy

and IL&FS Education signed MoU on 15th December 2009

Under this partnership, M/s Mirams Water House Ltd will work with IL&FS Education to:

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Provide Course Approved Specification for Quality (CASQ) framework for design, delivery, & accreditation of training in leather sector

Develop SOP (Standard Operating Procedures), manuals and guidelines for the SELF Programme.

Conduct Training of Trainer (ToT) Programmes

Evaluate the performance standards of the skill candidates, assess and certify them.


15000 youth have been trained and certified by the Scandinavian Business Academy. 12300 candidates have been successfully placed in the leather industry

Course manuals, hand book and other learning resources in various trades in the Leather Sector have been developed.

Various skill courses are conducted successfully the under technical assistance of the Academy. These courses are:

Leather Stitching Leather Fitting and Folding

Leather Skiving Leather Splitting

Mr. Mike Mirams, assessing the Training Programme in one the Skill Centres

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Quality assurance and international accreditation for SELF (Skills for Employment in Leather

Fabrication), a skills training programme implemented by IL&FS Clusters

Mr. Mike Mirams, M/s Mirams Water House Ltd. UK representing the Scandinavian Business Academy

and IL&FS Education signed MoU on 15th December 2009

Under this partnership, M/s Mirams Water House Ltd will work with IL&FS Education to:

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Develop SOP (Standard Operating Procedures), manuals and guidelines for the SELF Programme.

Conduct Training of Trainer (ToT) Programmes

Evaluate the performance standards of the skill candidates, assess and certify them.


15000 youth have been trained and certified by the Scandinavian Business Academy. 12300 candidates have been successfully placed in the leather industry

Course manuals, hand book and other learning resources in various trades in the Leather Sector have been developed.

Various skill courses are conducted successfully the under technical assistance of the Academy. These courses are:

Leather Stitching Leather Fitting and Folding

Leather Skiving Leather Splitting

Mr. Mike Mirams, assessing the Training Programme in one the Skill Centres

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Meeting of the UKISF Core Comittee


Workshops and Meetings

India’s diversity calls for gaining perspective of leaders &

skills champions from across the world. Over the last few

years’ international collaboration have created a unique blend

of enhancing employability and linking skills to job

opportunities.

Dr Michael Milanovic, Chief Executive of University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations in discussion with Mr. Sharda Prasad, Director General Employment & Training and Chairman, Joint Working Group on Education and Skills.



Special Workshop on ‘Training of Trainers:

Models & Case Studies from UK’ held in September

to demonstrate to an Indian audience the models used in the UK

for training trainers and to highlight the particular expertise of

the UK college sector in delivering this training.

Rt. Hon David Blunkett, Member of Parliament,UK, delivering the Inaugural address at the 4th Global Skills Summit, UK was also the partner country.

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Introduction to Indian opportunity meet, February, London, UK

Session on Skills and Training in India, March 2011, UKIBC Annual Summit, UK

UKISF Roundtable, 21 April 2011, New Delhi, India

Introduction to Indian opportunity & UKISF, April, Manchester, UK

UKISF Core Group meeting, 14 September 2011, New Delhi

Meeting of UK companies on Skills, September, London, UK

Meeting of the UKISF Core Group, 17th November 2011, New Delhi

Meeting of UK Core Group on Skills, November, London, UK

Joint Meetings in 2011

Focused Group Discussion(FGD) on English Language as an employability skills was organised under the aegis of UK India Skills Forum (UKISF) by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations and FICCI. It identified the industry requirements for english proficiency and current levels of achievement in language learning in Indian vocational education. Models for benchmarking and measuring standards to bridge the language skills gap between industry and education were also discussed.


Meeting of the UKISF Core Comittee


Workshops and Meetings

India’s diversity calls for gaining perspective of leaders &

skills champions from across the world. Over the last few

years’ international collaboration have created a unique blend

of enhancing employability and linking skills to job

opportunities.

Dr Michael Milanovic, Chief Executive of University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations in discussion with Mr. Sharda Prasad, Director General Employment & Training and Chairman, Joint Working Group on Education and Skills.



Special Workshop on ‘Training of Trainers:

Models & Case Studies from UK’ held in September

to demonstrate to an Indian audience the models used in the UK

for training trainers and to highlight the particular expertise of

the UK college sector in delivering this training.

Rt. Hon David Blunkett, Member of Parliament,UK, delivering the Inaugural address at the 4th Global Skills Summit, UK was also the partner country.

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Joint Working Group Meeting of UKISF, 19 January 2011, New Delhi, India

Introduction to Indian opportunity meet, February, London, UK

Session on Skills and Training in India, March 2011, UKIBC Annual Summit, UK

UKISF Roundtable, 21 April 2011, New Delhi, India

Introduction to Indian opportunity & UKISF, April, Manchester, UK

UKISF Core Group meeting, 14 September 2011, New Delhi

Meeting of UK companies on Skills, September, London, UK

Meeting of the UKISF Core Group, 17th November 2011, New Delhi

Meeting of UK Core Group on Skills, November, London, UK

Joint Meetings in 2011

Focused Group Discussion(FGD) on English Language as an employability skills was organised under the aegis of UK India Skills Forum (UKISF) by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations and FICCI. It identified the industry requirements for english proficiency and current levels of achievement in language learning in Indian vocational education. Models for benchmarking and measuring standards to bridge the language skills gap between industry and education were also discussed.


Knowledge ReportsThe UK skills and training sector has a number of interesting characteristics. Schools

and colleges are assessed and verified to ensure that the teaching and facilities are of a

sufficient standard to deliver particular qualifications. These qualifications are

nationally and internationally recognized, and flexible enough to account for prior

learning and lead to future development and higher level qualifications, through work,

training or further study. Sector Skills Councils ensure that training is responsive to

industry needs and the involvement of private employers in the sector is a notable

recent trend. This report is a compendium of best practices and case studies of select UK

organisations and Further education colleges.

The Indian economy has been witnessing phenomenal growth over

the last decade, and the country is now poised to be a preferred

destination for companies looking to expand their international

operations. Grant Thornton UK, Grant Thornton India and the UK India

Business Council have collaborated through this report, to present

both the opportunities and challenges for UK educational institutions

and investors considering expanding into India, and to provide

insights into the regulatory aspects that they will need to consider

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Knowledge ReportsThe UK skills and training sector has a number of interesting characteristics. Schools

and colleges are assessed and verified to ensure that the teaching and facilities are of a

sufficient standard to deliver particular qualifications. These qualifications are

nationally and internationally recognized, and flexible enough to account for prior

learning and lead to future development and higher level qualifications, through work,

training or further study. Sector Skills Councils ensure that training is responsive to

industry needs and the involvement of private employers in the sector is a notable

recent trend. This report is a compendium of best practices and case studies of select UK

organisations and Further education colleges.

The Indian economy has been witnessing phenomenal growth over

the last decade, and the country is now poised to be a preferred

destination for companies looking to expand their international

operations. Grant Thornton UK, Grant Thornton India and the UK India

Business Council have collaborated through this report, to present

both the opportunities and challenges for UK educational institutions

and investors considering expanding into India, and to provide

insights into the regulatory aspects that they will need to consider

KN

OW

LED

GE R

EP

OR

TS

ICCI and UKIBC Freleased a number of

partnership reports during

the last few years.




UK India Skills Forum AwardsThe UKISF awrads were constituted as an annual award with a view to facilitate the Indian companies/training providers who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the skills agenda in India. It recognises the organisation that have supported the development of vocational and soft skills, both in cities and rural areas, in basic and advanced levels, continuously ensuring the best possible quality delivery.

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CATEGORY Certificate of Significant Certificate of SignificantCommitment Achievement

Best Vocational Trainer Provider - Rustomjee Academy for Global Careers

Best Train the Trainer India Can -

Best Skills Project in • Centum Learningn Ltd Career Launcher Rural Community • Crux Management Services Pvt Ltd

• Gram Tarang Employability and Training Services

Best UK Skills Dundee college -Provider Project

Outstanding commitment Pipal tree -to quality



Table of Winners : 2nd UKISF Awards 2011

CATEGORY WINNER RUNNER’s UP

Best Skill Provider Apparel Training and Design Kushal (CREDAI-PUNE NSDC Government Funded Centre (ATDC) Initiative)

Best Skill Provider IL&FS Education Limited BASIX Academy for Building Bottom of the Pyramid' Lifelong Employability Limited

Best Skill Provider Private NIIT Foundation Mannat Foundation Trust

Best UK India Partnership IndiaCan Education Private Limited India Skills


UK India Skills Forum AwardsThe UKISF awrads were constituted as an annual award with a view to facilitate the Indian companies/training providers who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the skills agenda in India. It recognises the organisation that have supported the development of vocational and soft skills, both in cities and rural areas, in basic and advanced levels, continuously ensuring the best possible quality delivery.

Table of Winners :st

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UK

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he UK India Skills TForum form a crucial

part of the skills dialogue

between India and the UK,

facilitating companies and

organisations for the work

done to promote skills

development.

CATEGORY Certificate of Significant Certificate of SignificantCommitment Achievement

Best Vocational Trainer Provider - Rustomjee Academy for Global Careers

Best Train the Trainer India Can -

Best Skills Project in • Centum Learningn Ltd Career Launcher Rural Community • Crux Management Services Pvt Ltd

• Gram Tarang Employability and Training Services

Best UK Skills Dundee college -Provider Project

Outstanding commitment Pipal tree -to quality



Table of Winners : 2nd UKISF Awards 2011

CATEGORY WINNER RUNNER’s UP

Best Skill Provider Apparel Training and Design Kushal (CREDAI-PUNE NSDC Government Funded Centre (ATDC) Initiative)

Best Skill Provider IL&FS Education Limited BASIX Academy for Building Bottom of the Pyramid' Lifelong Employability Limited

Best Skill Provider Private NIIT Foundation Mannat Foundation Trust

Best UK India Partnership IndiaCan Education Private Limited India Skills

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Winner of the st1 UK India Skills Forum Awards

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Winner of the nd2 UK India Skills Forum Awards


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Winner of the nd2 UK India Skills Forum Awards



Project SMART

Project

Scope

Winning Streak

Skills for Manufacturing of Apparels through Research & Training (SMART)

programme under the Integrated Skill Development (ISDS) scheme of Ministry of

Textiles, GOI

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the development of vocational and soft skills among the Indian citizens, both in

cities and rural areas, both basic and advanced levels of train the trainer,

continuously ensuring the best possible quality of services provided

train youth, women and also disadvantaged sections of society in employable

skills for the apparel industry

Appointed as the nodal agency under ISDS on pan India basis for imparting

vocational training to 1, 72,000 trainees over 5 years.

Already commenced 80 centres (25 ATDC-IGNOU Community Colleges with

SMART Courses, 31 ATDC-SMART Centres & over 24 SMART Skill Camps)

Since inception ATDC has trained nearly 80,000 trainees, about 40,000 between

1996-2008 and with a big leap of adding 40,000 between 2009-2011.

Trained about 200 trainers and enrolled over 9000 candidates for training since

January 2011

Nearly 78% of the trainees have been facilitated with the gainful employment

opportunities in the domestic and export apparel industries.

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ATDC's award winning infrastructure at the SMART centre, EGMORE

Receiving the UK-India Skills Forum Award-2011 in the 4th Global Skill

WINNER FOR BEST SKILL PROVIDER (GOVERNMENT FUNDED) UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

Project

Scope

Winning Streak

Skills Programme for Inclusive Growth (SPRING), an initiative of IL&FS Education, with the support

of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Govt of India for placement linked skill development

programme of rural youth below poverty line (BPL)

Identification of job opportunities in employment intensive sectors in manufacturing as well as

services, and mobilizing, training, certification & placement of rural BPL youth in the identified

jobs

The major sectors in which skills are imparted include, textiles & apparels, leather, engineering &

fabrication, construction, retail, hospitality and IT Enabled Services

Scale: Over 150,000 rural BPL youth have been trained through more than 300 decentralised

skill development centres

Placement linked: Over 90% of the trainees are placed in organized industries in

manufacturing and service sector

Cost effective: With the investment per trainee being equal to approximately 2 months of salary,

the programme is highly cost effective

Inclusive: The programme is aimed at rural BPL youth who are largely school dropouts

belonging to socially disadvantaged groups living in economically backward districts of India

Multi stakeholder partnerships: While the government of India provides 75% of the cost of

training, the remaining funds including the infrastructure are mobilized through industry,

institutions and community

Innovative training methodology: The content is developed in partnership with the industry

and delivered through an innovative method of technology enabled multimedia content, with

focus being practical training, and with third party assessment & certification

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New Team Building Exercise

WINNER OF BEST SKILL PROVIDER 'BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID' UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011




Project SMART

Project

Scope

Winning Streak

Skills for Manufacturing of Apparels through Research & Training (SMART)

programme under the Integrated Skill Development (ISDS) scheme of Ministry of

Textiles, GOI

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the development of vocational and soft skills among the Indian citizens, both in

cities and rural areas, both basic and advanced levels of train the trainer,

continuously ensuring the best possible quality of services provided

train youth, women and also disadvantaged sections of society in employable

skills for the apparel industry

Appointed as the nodal agency under ISDS on pan India basis for imparting

vocational training to 1, 72,000 trainees over 5 years.

Already commenced 80 centres (25 ATDC-IGNOU Community Colleges with

SMART Courses, 31 ATDC-SMART Centres & over 24 SMART Skill Camps)

Since inception ATDC has trained nearly 80,000 trainees, about 40,000 between

1996-2008 and with a big leap of adding 40,000 between 2009-2011.

Trained about 200 trainers and enrolled over 9000 candidates for training since

January 2011

Nearly 78% of the trainees have been facilitated with the gainful employment

opportunities in the domestic and export apparel industries.

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ATDC's award winning infrastructure at the SMART centre, EGMORE

Receiving the UK-India Skills Forum Award-2011 in the 4th Global Skill

WINNER FOR BEST SKILL PROVIDER (GOVERNMENT FUNDED) UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

Project

Scope

Winning Streak

Skills Programme for Inclusive Growth (SPRING), an initiative of IL&FS Education, with the support

of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Govt of India for placement linked skill development

programme of rural youth below poverty line (BPL)

Identification of job opportunities in employment intensive sectors in manufacturing as well as

services, and mobilizing, training, certification & placement of rural BPL youth in the identified

jobs

The major sectors in which skills are imparted include, textiles & apparels, leather, engineering &

fabrication, construction, retail, hospitality and IT Enabled Services

Scale: Over 150,000 rural BPL youth have been trained through more than 300 decentralised

skill development centres

Placement linked: Over 90% of the trainees are placed in organized industries in

manufacturing and service sector

Cost effective: With the investment per trainee being equal to approximately 2 months of salary,

the programme is highly cost effective

Inclusive: The programme is aimed at rural BPL youth who are largely school dropouts

belonging to socially disadvantaged groups living in economically backward districts of India

Multi stakeholder partnerships: While the government of India provides 75% of the cost of

training, the remaining funds including the infrastructure are mobilized through industry,

institutions and community

Innovative training methodology: The content is developed in partnership with the industry

and delivered through an innovative method of technology enabled multimedia content, with

focus being practical training, and with third party assessment & certification

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Training session in progress

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WINNER OF BEST SKILL PROVIDER 'BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID' UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011





Project

Scope

Expected Outcome & impact so far

Training of Below Poverty Line Youth in India

The first parameter is how many youth we can attract and train under this model.

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Mobilise poor school drop outs in the age group of 18-35 years from villages for

4-6 weeks of training on the specific skills useful for the construction Industry

at a training center closer to their village.

After two years of on the job training, Pipal Tree plans to offer an option to the

tradesman to opt for a government recognised diploma. Once the youth gets

this government recognised diploma, he can command industry salaries offered

to civil diploma holders which is around INR 25,000 to 30,000 per month to

start with.

This way a youth who is a school dropout, can progress to make higher wages of

INR 10,000 – 15,000 per month in two years and INR 25,000-30,000 per month

in three to four years. S/he also gets the prestige of having main stream

qualification after three to four years and gets the much sought after status in

the society.

Trained 3000 youth in one year in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh

Running 12 training centres across 5 states i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan,

Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Working with 10 large infrastructure construction companies from India.

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WINNER OF CERTIFICATE OF COMMITMENT FOR QUALITY UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2010

Project

Scope

Winning Streak

Building Lifelong Employability (B-ABLE) nation-wide model for building a high

quality skilled workforce - both in the unorganized and the organized sectors.

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B-ABLE launched its initiative in 2009.

Currently more than 2700 students have completed their training and more than

3900 students are undergoing training in 48 courses

Outreach: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi,

Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, Punjab, Gujarat, Orissa, Jammu

and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura.

Sectors: building skills, farm & rural non-farm sector, Automobile, Hospitality &

Tourism, Construction, Food Processing, Healthcare, and Banking Insurance &

Finance.

Technology:

o An ERP solution for streamlining systems and processes.

o State-of-the-art Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System.

o Using VSATs, Web Conferencing for training delivery and to reach remote locations

59 Training centers, + 80 village based Common Service Centers.

Completion of training of 2700 students and more than 3900 students

undergoing training at various centers of B-ABLE.

48 courses in various domains like Farm & Rural non-farm sector, Automobile,

Hospitality & Tourism, Construction, Food Processing, Healthcare, and Banking

Insurance & Finance.

RUNNERS UP FOR BEST SKILL PROVIDER 'BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID' UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011



Project

Scope

Expected Outcome & impact so far

Training of Below Poverty Line Youth in India

The first parameter is how many youth we can attract and train under this model.

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Mobilise poor school drop outs in the age group of 18-35 years from villages for

4-6 weeks of training on the specific skills useful for the construction Industry

at a training center closer to their village.

After two years of on the job training, Pipal Tree plans to offer an option to the

tradesman to opt for a government recognised diploma. Once the youth gets

this government recognised diploma, he can command industry salaries offered

to civil diploma holders which is around INR 25,000 to 30,000 per month to

start with.

This way a youth who is a school dropout, can progress to make higher wages of

INR 10,000 – 15,000 per month in two years and INR 25,000-30,000 per month

in three to four years. S/he also gets the prestige of having main stream

qualification after three to four years and gets the much sought after status in

the society.

Trained 3000 youth in one year in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh

Running 12 training centres across 5 states i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan,

Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Working with 10 large infrastructure construction companies from India.

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WINNER OF CERTIFICATE OF COMMITMENT FOR QUALITY UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2010

Project

Scope

Winning Streak

Building Lifelong Employability (B-ABLE) nation-wide model for building a high

quality skilled workforce - both in the unorganized and the organized sectors.

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B-ABLE launched its initiative in 2009.

Currently more than 2700 students have completed their training and more than

3900 students are undergoing training in 48 courses

Outreach: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi,

Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, Punjab, Gujarat, Orissa, Jammu

and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura.

Sectors: building skills, farm & rural non-farm sector, Automobile, Hospitality &

Tourism, Construction, Food Processing, Healthcare, and Banking Insurance &

Finance.

Technology:

o An ERP solution for streamlining systems and processes.

o State-of-the-art Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System.

o Using VSATs, Web Conferencing for training delivery and to reach remote locations

59 Training centers, + 80 village based Common Service Centers.

Completion of training of 2700 students and more than 3900 students

undergoing training at various centers of B-ABLE.

48 courses in various domains like Farm & Rural non-farm sector, Automobile,

Hospitality & Tourism, Construction, Food Processing, Healthcare, and Banking

Insurance & Finance.

RUNNERS UP FOR BEST SKILL PROVIDER 'BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID' UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

ew Success Stories of FUKISF Award Winners


Project

Winning Streak

Mannat Foundation (to set up Rural BPOs) is established by Tata Power in

September 2009 to set up a Rural BPO in the rural area of Maharashtra

State (India). The project was jointly supported by Tata Power and TBSS

(Tata Business Support Services). The foundation has built with the

purpose of providing employment and making an impact on people's lives

by training and empowering them to lay a strong economic foundation.

The project was started with one centre and a small batch of 47 students

and has grown up to almost 430 'call agents' and two centres which

receives upto 50,000 calls per month. As of now, there are in all three

trainers and 13 Team Leaders. It has teamed up with TATA Docomo and has

a service of DHD (Dealer Help Desk)

RUNNERS UP FOR "BEST SKILLS PROVIDER (PRIVATE)UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

"All respect me and it feels great, I don't

feel of my age." "BPO brought me out of

depression. My personality has changed a

lot my fear has gone. I was short tempered

and now I am a different personality a

calm and composed person."

- Bharti Kadam

Sagar YewaleMale, Age 22

Sagar Yewale (Male, Age 22) is half

paralytic his right side is paralyzed. He has

studied till 12th std and is working in BPO

as part-time employee. He earns

Rs.4000/- per month. As he is working, his

family is very happy with him and respects

him more. His quality at work is good and

he receives 120 calls in a day in just four

hours. Sometimes he does overtime too.

Bharati Kadam (Female, Age 38)

Bharati Kadam (Female, Age 38) is over age and is still single.

She is severing her family by working in BPO since last one

and half years. When her father expired the family situation

was worst. She has got two brothers one of which is mentally

unstable and another is studying in 12th. She says “I was at

home for two years and was in depression due to the

conditions at home. I never knew what BPO was till I came

here”. With a smile on her face she says “it's nice to work at

this place as there is no distinguish between employees. The

seniors are also very supportive”. She is earning Rs.6000/-

per month

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ew Success Stories of FUKISF Award Winners


Project

Winning Streak

Mannat Foundation (to set up Rural BPOs) is established by Tata Power in

September 2009 to set up a Rural BPO in the rural area of Maharashtra

State (India). The project was jointly supported by Tata Power and TBSS

(Tata Business Support Services). The foundation has built with the

purpose of providing employment and making an impact on people's lives

by training and empowering them to lay a strong economic foundation.

The project was started with one centre and a small batch of 47 students

and has grown up to almost 430 'call agents' and two centres which

receives upto 50,000 calls per month. As of now, there are in all three

trainers and 13 Team Leaders. It has teamed up with TATA Docomo and has

a service of DHD (Dealer Help Desk)

RUNNERS UP FOR "BEST SKILLS PROVIDER (PRIVATE)UK INDIA SKILLS FORUM AWARDS 2011

"All respect me and it feels great, I don't

feel of my age." "BPO brought me out of

depression. My personality has changed a

lot my fear has gone. I was short tempered

and now I am a different personality a

calm and composed person."

- Bharti Kadam

Sagar YewaleMale, Age 22

Sagar Yewale (Male, Age 22) is half

paralytic his right side is paralyzed. He has

studied till 12th std and is working in BPO

as part-time employee. He earns

Rs.4000/- per month. As he is working, his

family is very happy with him and respects

him more. His quality at work is good and

he receives 120 calls in a day in just four

hours. Sometimes he does overtime too.

Bharati Kadam (Female, Age 38)

Bharati Kadam (Female, Age 38) is over age and is still single.

She is severing her family by working in BPO since last one

and half years. When her father expired the family situation

was worst. She has got two brothers one of which is mentally

unstable and another is studying in 12th. She says “I was at

home for two years and was in depression due to the

conditions at home. I never knew what BPO was till I came

here”. With a smile on her face she says “it's nice to work at

this place as there is no distinguish between employees. The

seniors are also very supportive”. She is earning Rs.6000/-

per month

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Challenges and Way Forward

The ecosystem of India UK skills partnership has thrived due to the active participation of various stakeholders and partners supported by

both the governments. The interest and desire to work together has been from both sides, which resulted in partnerships evolving in such

a short span of time. The action in India UK skills space, in many ways has been like a fusion where ideas have converted into partnerships and

that in turn into opportunities and projects. Sustaining this momentum and energy will, however, require mammoth efforts and resources on

both sides.

One of the most important challenges in scaling up this work and breeding more partnerships is funding. Currently there is no formal funding

mechanism to support the activities that are undertaken under the scope of the joint working group. This strains the resources of the

stakeholders involved and also limits the opportunities for active implementation of the models and best practices. Lot of exploratory and

research work is required for forging partnerships for which some public funding is required.

The market situation in India is very different from elsewhere in the world. Lower prices are the norm and consumers are very value conscious

and therefore the price pointing is a barrier to expanding the scope of UK services in India. Large number of companies in the skills and training

space are medium scale and therefore, the services need to be designed to meet their expectations. These act as a barrier to finding common

ground and maintaining continuity in the business and skills dialogue.

As a way forward, both sides through the available bilateral platforms need to work together to create an overarching framework for

partnerships. There is a lot of work happening in the area of education and skills leading to projects and business generation which is being

handled by multiple organizations on both sides. It is important, hence, to create a larger framework which maps the existing practices and

identifies core strengths of each organization. This will help channelize the available resources and also compliment the efforts thus creating a

deeper impact. The initiative also requires a dedicated fund which can support the existing efforts to convert them into long term partnerships

which have a large scale impact.

Intensification of the skills partnership under JETCO is necessary. The dialogue now needs to look at creating models for businesses to interact

as well as deliver. The synergy that has been generated in the last few years needs to be harnessed to create programmes that will fast track

discussions in important systemic areas such as creation and framework of Sector Skills Councils, National Occupational Standards,

Development of Competency, Assessment and Certification, Training of Trainers, etc.

Given the optimism around the partnership between the two countries, it is not long away that companies on both sides shall partner and use

the efficiencies for venturing into other parts of the developing and developed world for creating a larger talent pool for better and more

prosperous humanity.


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KISF Thanks all the Upartners for

supporting and showing

way ahead

Challenges and Way Forward

The ecosystem of India UK skills partnership has thrived due to the active participation of various stakeholders and partners supported by

both the governments. The interest and desire to work together has been from both sides, which resulted in partnerships evolving in such

a short span of time. The action in India UK skills space, in many ways has been like a fusion where ideas have converted into partnerships and

that in turn into opportunities and projects. Sustaining this momentum and energy will, however, require mammoth efforts and resources on

both sides.

One of the most important challenges in scaling up this work and breeding more partnerships is funding. Currently there is no formal funding

mechanism to support the activities that are undertaken under the scope of the joint working group. This strains the resources of the

stakeholders involved and also limits the opportunities for active implementation of the models and best practices. Lot of exploratory and

research work is required for forging partnerships for which some public funding is required.

The market situation in India is very different from elsewhere in the world. Lower prices are the norm and consumers are very value conscious

and therefore the price pointing is a barrier to expanding the scope of UK services in India. Large number of companies in the skills and training

space are medium scale and therefore, the services need to be designed to meet their expectations. These act as a barrier to finding common

ground and maintaining continuity in the business and skills dialogue.

As a way forward, both sides through the available bilateral platforms need to work together to create an overarching framework for

partnerships. There is a lot of work happening in the area of education and skills leading to projects and business generation which is being

handled by multiple organizations on both sides. It is important, hence, to create a larger framework which maps the existing practices and

identifies core strengths of each organization. This will help channelize the available resources and also compliment the efforts thus creating a

deeper impact. The initiative also requires a dedicated fund which can support the existing efforts to convert them into long term partnerships

which have a large scale impact.

Intensification of the skills partnership under JETCO is necessary. The dialogue now needs to look at creating models for businesses to interact

as well as deliver. The synergy that has been generated in the last few years needs to be harnessed to create programmes that will fast track

discussions in important systemic areas such as creation and framework of Sector Skills Councils, National Occupational Standards,

Development of Competency, Assessment and Certification, Training of Trainers, etc.

Given the optimism around the partnership between the two countries, it is not long away that companies on both sides shall partner and use

the efficiencies for venturing into other parts of the developing and developed world for creating a larger talent pool for better and more

prosperous humanity.


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KISF Thanks all the Upartners for

supporting and showing

way ahead

The idea of this report originated from the need felt and queries generated to map the ecosystem of UK India Skills partnerships. Much has

happened in the last few years between the two countries; therefore this report is a small effort towards identifying the common points and

contours of the India UK partnership. The consolidation of data and facts was a mammoth exercise and it would not have been possible without

the active support of the partners on both sides. We thank everyone for their timely inputs and consolidated responses

We thank Ms. Vijaylakshmi Joshi, AS (Europe), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Sharda Prasad, DGET, Ministry of Labour & Employment

and their teams for the encouragement and support. The report would not have been possible without the constant guidance of Mr RCM Reddy,

Chairman FICCI Skills Development Forum and Co- Chair Joint Working Group on Education and Skills.

Thanks are also due to our UK partners the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and UK India Business Council (UKIBC) for connecting us to all the

UK companies who have actively participated in UKISF since its inception.

We sincerely hope that this report will play an important role in motivating existing partners to perform better and new partners to come

together to forge new partnerships.

Thank You.

Project Team:

FICCI Ms Pooja Gianchandani, Director & Head, Skills Development

Mr Deepak Boora, Assistant Director

Ms Meenu Jha, Research Associate

Mr Subhadip Biswas, Research Associate

UKTI - Ms Sunita Kapoor, Advisor Trade and Investment

UKIBC- Mr. Jesh Rajasingham, Education Advisor

Thank You


www.ilfsets.com/skilldevelopment/

The idea of this report originated from the need felt and queries generated to map the ecosystem of UK India Skills partnerships. Much has

happened in the last few years between the two countries; therefore this report is a small effort towards identifying the common points and

contours of the India UK partnership. The consolidation of data and facts was a mammoth exercise and it would not have been possible without

the active support of the partners on both sides. We thank everyone for their timely inputs and consolidated responses

We thank Ms. Vijaylakshmi Joshi, AS (Europe), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Sharda Prasad, DGET, Ministry of Labour & Employment

and their teams for the encouragement and support. The report would not have been possible without the constant guidance of Mr RCM Reddy,

Chairman FICCI Skills Development Forum and Co- Chair Joint Working Group on Education and Skills.

Thanks are also due to our UK partners the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and UK India Business Council (UKIBC) for connecting us to all the

UK companies who have actively participated in UKISF since its inception.

We sincerely hope that this report will play an important role in motivating existing partners to perform better and new partners to come

together to forge new partnerships.

Thank You.

Project Team:

FICCI Ms Pooja Gianchandani, Director & Head, Skills Development

Mr Deepak Boora, Assistant Director

Ms Meenu Jha, Research Associate

Mr Subhadip Biswas, Research Associate

UKTI - Ms Sunita Kapoor, Advisor Trade and Investment

UKIBC- Mr. Jesh Rajasingham, Education Advisor

Thank You


www.ilfsets.com/skilldevelopment/




The Manipal-City & Guilds Joint Policy Advisory Group is an initiative of the joint venture between the UK vocational qualifications provider

City & Guilds and Manipal Global Education Services. Our goal is to promote an evidence-based approach to skills policy in India and to

provide strategic intelligence to help shape an effective skills landscape in the country. This work complements that of the MCG delivery arm,

IndiaSkills, which is directly providing skills and qualifications to Indian learners.

Our first report, entitled A Global Study to get India World-Ready, was published in 2011 and focuses on what lessons India can draw from

international experience as it sets up its system of Sector Skills Councils. In the coming years, we plan to produce a range of materials to

support stakeholders in addressing policy-related issues, from large research reports to pocket-sized policy analyses of a specific issue.

The team, based in Delhi, is jointly headed up by Rajat Khawas and Chris Sims. Rajat is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management and

brings over 14 years' experience in education and training in both the Indian and global markets. Chris graduated from Cambridge University

and has worked on international policy analysis and development for over 12 years, including 8 years with the UK Foreign Office and 3 years

with the Centre for Skills Development, City & Guilds' research and development body.




The Manipal-City & Guilds Joint Policy Advisory Group is an initiative of the joint venture between the UK vocational qualifications provider

City & Guilds and Manipal Global Education Services. Our goal is to promote an evidence-based approach to skills policy in India and to

provide strategic intelligence to help shape an effective skills landscape in the country. This work complements that of the MCG delivery arm,

IndiaSkills, which is directly providing skills and qualifications to Indian learners.

Our first report, entitled A Global Study to get India World-Ready, was published in 2011 and focuses on what lessons India can draw from

international experience as it sets up its system of Sector Skills Councils. In the coming years, we plan to produce a range of materials to

support stakeholders in addressing policy-related issues, from large research reports to pocket-sized policy analyses of a specific issue.

The team, based in Delhi, is jointly headed up by Rajat Khawas and Chris Sims. Rajat is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management and

brings over 14 years' experience in education and training in both the Indian and global markets. Chris graduated from Cambridge University

and has worked on international policy analysis and development for over 12 years, including 8 years with the UK Foreign Office and 3 years

with the Centre for Skills Development, City & Guilds' research and development body.




A4e Ltd. (formerly Action for Employment) is a global organisation that manages and delivers public services in partnership with the

Government, public and private sector organisations and the not for profit sector. With presence in 11 countries, the overall goal is to improve

people's lives through social change. A4e provides specialised services to its stakeholders for long term and sustainable impact on their lives.

A4e India Pvt Ltd. is a 100% subsidy of A4e ltd headquartered at New Delhi. It's mission is to implement A4e's Prime Contractor model in

India and to create a Credible, Collaborative, Competency based and Transparent skills training system. A4e is working closely with the

Government of India for delivering globally benchmarked skills for the bottom of pyramid clients on a pan-India basis, especially with the

Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Labour & Employment. It has also played an active role in the re-design of the National Rural

Livelihood Mission by offering knowledge inputs on the prime contracting model. It is also working with private sector organisations,

corporate foundations, non-governmental, inter-governmental and local community organisations through the A4e India Skills Consortium

for catalysing & converging efforts around skills development in the country. A4e is also facilitating knowledge exchange between Vocational

Training Providers (VTPs) of India and UK .




A4e Ltd. (formerly Action for Employment) is a global organisation that manages and delivers public services in partnership with the

Government, public and private sector organisations and the not for profit sector. With presence in 11 countries, the overall goal is to improve

people's lives through social change. A4e provides specialised services to its stakeholders for long term and sustainable impact on their lives.

A4e India Pvt Ltd. is a 100% subsidy of A4e ltd headquartered at New Delhi. It's mission is to implement A4e's Prime Contractor model in

India and to create a Credible, Collaborative, Competency based and Transparent skills training system. A4e is working closely with the

Government of India for delivering globally benchmarked skills for the bottom of pyramid clients on a pan-India basis, especially with the

Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Labour & Employment. It has also played an active role in the re-design of the National Rural

Livelihood Mission by offering knowledge inputs on the prime contracting model. It is also working with private sector organisations,

corporate foundations, non-governmental, inter-governmental and local community organisations through the A4e India Skills Consortium

for catalysing & converging efforts around skills development in the country. A4e is also facilitating knowledge exchange between Vocational

Training Providers (VTPs) of India and UK .

India’s farmers are facing huge changes. Technology developments and a rising population in need of food call for new skills within the agriculture sector, but migration to the booming cities offers rural people new, alternative opportunities. Whether they stay on the land or not, farmers need skill development to be able to thrive in modern India. But what they should train in, and how training can reach them, are complex issues.

This is just one of the big questions facing India’s decision makers in the area of skills development. At Manipal-City & Guilds we want to contribute to these strategic challenges, in addition to the work we do delivering skills on the ground. Our Joint Policy Advisory Group, based in Delhi, is working to develop evidence-based approaches to policy that can help support decision makers. To learn about our work, find out how you can partner with us, or to join the debate, go to www.manipalcityandguilds.com.

256, Ground Floor, Okhla Ind Estate, Phase-3, New Delhi-110020. INDIA Phone: 91 11 4055 5000, Fax: 91 11 4055 5032

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Our Legacy: Established in 1927, FICCI is the

largest and oldest apex business organization in

India

Industry Voice for Policy Change: FICCI has direct

membership from the private as well as public

sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect

membership of over 83,000 companies from

regional chambers of commerce

Governments Trusted Partner: works closely with

the government on policy issues, enhancing

efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business

opportunities for industry

Global Partnerships with 77 countries across the

world carry forward our initiatives in inclusive

development, which encompass health, education,

livelihood, governance, skill development, etc

India’s farmers are facing huge changes. Technology developments and a rising population in need of food call for new skills within the agriculture sector, but migration to the booming cities offers rural people new, alternative opportunities. Whether they stay on the land or not, farmers need skill development to be able to thrive in modern India. But what they should train in, and how training can reach them, are complex issues.

This is just one of the big questions facing India’s decision makers in the area of skills development. At Manipal-City & Guilds we want to contribute to these strategic challenges, in addition to the work we do delivering skills on the ground. Our Joint Policy Advisory Group, based in Delhi, is working to develop evidence-based approaches to policy that can help support decision makers. To learn about our work, find out how you can partner with us, or to join the debate, go to www.manipalcityandguilds.com.

256, Ground Floor, Okhla Ind Estate, Phase-3, New Delhi-110020. INDIA Phone: 91 11 4055 5000, Fax: 91 11 4055 5032

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Our Legacy: Established in 1927, FICCI is the

largest and oldest apex business organization in

India

Industry Voice for Policy Change: FICCI has direct

membership from the private as well as public

sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect

membership of over 83,000 companies from

regional chambers of commerce

Governments Trusted Partner: works closely with

the government on policy issues, enhancing

efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business

opportunities for industry

Global Partnerships with 77 countries across the

world carry forward our initiatives in inclusive

development, which encompass health, education,

livelihood, governance, skill development, etc

About FICCI

Established in 1927, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organisation in India. Its history is closely interwoven with India's struggle for independence, its industrialization, and its emergence as one of the most rapidly growing global economies. FICCI has contributed to this historical process by encouraging debate, articulating the private sector's views and influencing policy.

A non-government, not-for-profit organisation, FICCI is the voice of India's business and industry.

FICCI draws its membership from the corporate sector, both private and public, including SMEs and MNCs; FICCI enjoys an indirect membership of over 2,50,000 companies from various regional chambers of commerce.

FICCI provides a platform for sector specific consensus building and networking and as the first port of call for Indian industry and the international business community.

Our Vision

To be the thought leader for industry, its voice for policy change and its guardian for effective implementation.

Our Mission

To carry forward our initiatives in support of rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth that encompass health, education, livelihood, governance and skill development.

To enhance efficiency and global competitiveness of Indian industry and to expand business opportunities both in domestic and foreign markets through a range of specialised services and global linkages.

Contact Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Federation House, Tansen Marg,New Delhi -110001 New Delhi - 110001

Ph: 011 -23738760-70E-mail:[email protected]

[email protected]

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