The Making Of A Young Entrepreneur For A Dynamic India
Channel: Sankalp Forum
Date: 2020-11-05

India is facing an unprecedented employability challenge - a shrinking economy due to the COVID crisis, combined with pre-existing skill shortages has significantly compounded young people’s woes. Based on the Skills India report, more than half of India’s graduating youth are unemployable and India also has one of the highest rates of NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) Youth. 

In this context, it is critical to double down on investing in and supporting young entrepreneurs. In addition to traditional vocational and life-skill building curriculum and support in building market linkages, truly supporting these young entrepreneurs through this crisis will require a multi-faceted approach. This includes gender intentional programming, SRH and agency building interventions to ensure delayed age of marriage and pregnancy and community interventions to build a supportive environment. 

This panel will include a conversation between a young entrepreneur and a government representative from a senior government bureaucrat MoHFW/NITI Aayog, discussing the journey of a young entrepreneur and the facets that need to come together holistically to create a supportive environment for these entrepreneurs to thrive.

This session is supported by Dasra.