SKILL DEVELOPMENT in HIGHER EDUCATION Dr. P. N Mishra Professor and Director Institute of Management Studies Devi Ahilya University, Indore NAAC Accredited “A” Grade University

2 NEED FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT  India will require huge number of skilled manpower in the next decade.  India over the next five years will have more than one crore of un-trained and under-educated people.  India will fall short of real talent.  Our graduates do no possess skills required by the industry. Thus there is a gap between the requirement of the industry and the availability and need to fill it.

3 TYPES OF SKILL’S REQUIRED  Technical  Conceptual  Soft Skills

4 STRATEGY REQUIRED  Market research and need identification.  Setting up of new institutions in different areas.  Equipping existing institutions with resources.  Creating a pool of talented resourse persons  Enhancing industry-institute linkage.  Institutions to start vocational courses.

5 STRATEGY REQUIRED  Language, computer literacy and financial literacy skills to be made compulsory.  Use of technology.  Create a data base of job opportunities.  Integration and coordination amongst different departments.  Linking of training programmes with employment.  Focus on small and micro enterprises.

6 INITIATIVES AT D. A. UNIVERSITY  Departments like I.M.S, I.I.P.S, I.E.T., SoCS, E.M.R.C, DoLLL engaged in imparting technical, conceptual, soft skills and vocational training.  Language Laboratory.  Workshops / Seminars in required areas.  Vocational courses in interior designing, handicraft, etc.  Career counseling.  Training for group discussions and interviews.

7 FUTURE PLAN  Short term courses and workshops.  Regular up gradation of skills of working professionals.  Continuous need identification and need anticipation.  Personality development using innovative techniques such as dramatics.

8 THANKS