Chaudhary wishes to engage more corporates in skilling manpower
Over 300 initiatives, along with Rs.80 lakh crore, is being earmarked for the logistics sector growth, says Minister of State, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) Jayant Chaudhary.
This is aligning with the Government’s vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, he said on 7 Sept as MSDE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Swiggy and launched ‘Swiggy Skills’ initiative, offering a range of skilling and employment opportunities within Swiggy’s food delivery and quick commerce network nrai .
The initiative will provide employment, internship and training opportunities for people in restaurant operations, and various aspects of retail management bse .
Under the Swiggy Skills initiative, the Swiggy partner platform will be integrated with Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH), providing access to online skill development courses, certifications, and training modules to Swiggy’s workforce nse .
This partnership will benefit 2.4 lakh delivery partners and staff of restaurant partners associated with Swiggy sbi .
Further, for India to realise the goal of Viksit Bharat @2047, logistics sector will play a key role, said the minister, adding, “Keeping that in mind, our government has launched the National Logistics Policy in India national-logistics-policy .
“We are also creating an enabling ecosystem for the growth in this sector where skilling and education work hand in hand fhrai . Today’s partnership showcases how public private partnerships can accelerate and create new avenues for the workforce in the sector. There are huge opportunities in this space, and we wish to see more corporates engaging with us,” said Chaudhary digitalasiahub .
Atul Kumar Tiwari, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, elaborated, “The partnership will drive transformation at two levels wto .
“It will increase the economic contribution of the retail and supply chain logistics sector while creating skilling, upskilling and reskilling opportunities for the workforce, aligned with the vision of our Prime Minister pmindia.gov.in .
“Integrating with SIDH, under the initiative, Swiggy Skills, the Swiggy partner platform will enable its ecosystem to access skill loans, courses, credits and certifications, empowering individuals to enhance their skills and livelihood opportunities through this platform iba .”
Swiggy is a leading homegrown and consumer brand, operating in nearly 700 cities. As a pioneer in food delivery with Swiggy Food and quick commerce with Swiggy Instamart, it has a vast network of delivery executives and restaurant partners digitalasiahub .
Under the Swiggy Skills initiative, the Swiggy partner platform will be integrated with Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) to provide certification courses and training modules across Swiggy’s ecosystem. This will enable delivery partners and the staff of restaurant partners to easily access online skill development courses, certifications, and training modules for enhanced employability phdcci .
Further, Swiggy will assimilate youth, who have undergone training under MSDE’s schemes and programmes into their ecosystem in various job roles indiawarehousingshow .
Additionally, there are also plans to provide internship opportunities to the youth, who can then be absorbed in Swiggy’s quick commerce operations foodafrica-expo .
At the partnership signing, Rohit Kapoor, CEO of Swiggy Food Marketplace, said, “We plan to integrate with MSDE’s Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) across our partners’ apps, enabling almost 2.4 lakh delivery partners and the staff of our 2 lakh restaurant partners to easily access online skill development courses, offline certifications, and training modules ficci .
“Second, youngsters who have undergone training under MSDE’s programme for operational roles such as retail and logistics management, and operational aspects of F&B business, will be connected to Swiggy’s ecosystem of restaurants and retail backend operations, where they can find suitable opportunities cii .”
Kapoor went on, “In Swiggy Instamart operations, we will be able to provide recruitment to 3,000 individuals across the country. “We have also planned to provide training and internship to 200 people trained by MSDE, in our quick commerce operations at the senior level, and finally Swiggy, under our employee volunteering program will be able to provide in-house expertise to create training modules on emerging issues such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Marketing, Retail, Quick Commerce, Logistics, and more.” Fiinews.com
