The skill gap is a given; how critical is this gap and what can the industry do to bridge it is what subject matter experts explained in this eye-opening session Furniture & Fittings Skill Council CEO Gurpal Singh shared the council’s blueprint for the next five years. FFSC aims to establish an eco-system that will
The FFSC roadmap aims to firmly establish an ecosystem that will nurture skill development and accelerate the process of vocational education within the Indian furniture and fittings industry Gurpal Singh I am happy to provide details of the initiatives being taken by Furniture & Fittings Skill Council, for ensuring that a sustainable pipeline of skilled
How IPSC is evolving an ecosystem to compete in the plumbing & heating category at WorldSkills Competition The WorldSkills Competition (WSC) is a milestone event and a prestigious platform in the skilling ecosystem across the world. This event, held every two years, is the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event, showcasing the best of
New Delhi: Japan-headquartered global building materials major Lixil Group Corporation on Thursday launched Project Nadee, its flagship skilling programme for the country’s plumbing community, in a bid to “strengthening its alignment” with the government’s ‘Skill India’ initiative. “Strengthening its alignment with Indian Government’s ‘Skill India’ initiative, we have launched Project Nadee…While the business performance and
The uPVC window and door industry has contributed immensely in helping the construction sector become organised, states uPVC Window & Door Manufacturers Association (UWDMA) president Mario Schmidt. “There are 750-850 uPVC window fabricators across India.” Here he tells SH how the new age fenestration system is facing up to emerging and chronic challenges. By Mrinmoy
IBMA president Ajit Garg, who is also its founding member, wants to make small bath fitting manufacturers organised enough so that they can face up to Indian corporates and multinationals of the industry. De-reservation of the bath fittings industry has opened up floodgates of competition for us, since now large Indian corporates as well as
India has only 3.52 lakh skilled, but uncertified, plumbers, for its 135 crore population. This means that only one plumber services 3,833 citizens. Indian Plumbing Skills Council (IPSC), the Sector Skill Council execution partner of the government and industry-led initiative of National Skill Development Corporation of India (NSDC), is aiming to change the equation to
Bengaluru-based online home services marketplace HouseJoy is transforming the service landscape of many building categories such as plumbing, paint, hardware, furniture & fittings, and electrical appliances. The startup is emerging as a service arm of an increasing number of homegrown and global brands in India, by bringing ‘skilled professionals’ to the doorsteps of customers with
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” By Mrinmoy Bhattacharjee “About 97% of the workers involved in furniture sector are school dropouts. Of these, 88% have an education qualification of secondary education or less,” reads the ‘Human Resource
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