Lok Sabha Question No. 4647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Skills Build Platform
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar, Midhun Reddy

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4647 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## SKILLS BUILD PLATFORM

## 4647.   SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI : SHRI P . V MIDHUN REDDY

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched the Skills  Build  Platform  in  collaboration  with  IBM  for  enriching  skills  in  Information  and Technology (IT);
- (b)       the details of the students registered, State-wise under this advanced diploma;
- (c) the details of the provisions made to monitor the implementation of this initiative in the State of Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) the manner in which the partners of IBM like CodeDoor, SkillSoft, and Coorpacademy can contribute to making skill build more successful and the roadmap being followed with these organizations?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  Directorate  General of  Training,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship in collaboration with IBM under CSR, offers two years Advanced Diploma in  'Information  Technology,  Networking  and  Cloud  computing  (NSQF  Level-6).  IBM's SkillsBuild Platform is an online learning platform, launched on Nov 4, 2019 to support the advanced diploma course in cloud computing to enrich the skills of the trainees.
- (b) The Advanced Diploma program on IT, Networking and Cloud computing is offered in  16 National  Skills  Training  Institutes (NSTIs)  under  DGT  across  the  country.  The details of the student enrolments state wise are given in the Annexure.
- (c) Currently, this course is not offered in the state of Andhra Pradesh. However, the students of Andhra Pradesh can avail the course being offered in NSTI of nearby States.
- (d) SkillsBuild is a digital online learning platform launched by IBM under CSR linked with  Bharatskillslearning  portal  of  DGT  (https://bharatskills.gov.in)  which  provides  Digital, live-virtual  and  face-to-face  training  which  includes  career  fit  assessments  to  enter  the workforce.

DGT engages  only  with  IBM  to  provide  an  experiential  learning  experience  to  students through  the  best  content  and  a  single-entry  point  for  users  be  made  available  on Bharatskills  through  SkillBuild.  However,  IBM  has  developed  SkillsBuild  in  collaboration with its partners, inter-alia CodeDoor, Coorpacademy, Credly, MyInnerGenius, SkillSoft.

Feedback mechanism from students between NSTIs and IBM has been developed to make the content more relevant and dynamic

## Annexure

Annexure to Unstarred Question No. 4647 to be answered on 23.03.2020 regarding skills build platform raised by Shri Sridhar Kotagiri and Shri P.V.Midhun Reddy

| Sl. No.                     | NSTI Institute   | State   |   # Students |
|-----------------------------|------------------|---------|--------------|
| NSTI Allahabad              | Uttar Pradesh    | 22      |            1 |
| NSTI Bangalore              | Karnataka        | 91      |            2 |
| NSTI Bhubaneswar            | Odisha           | 21      |            3 |
| NSTI Calicut                | Kerala           | 19      |            4 |
| NSTI Chennai                | Tamil Nadu       | 22      |            5 |
| NSTI Dehradun               | Uttarakhand      | 25      |            6 |
| NSTI Howrah                 | West Bengal      | 37      |            7 |
| NSTI Vidyanagar, Hyderabad  | Telangana        | 37      |            8 |
| NSTI Ramanthapur, Hyderabad | Telangana        | 28      |            9 |
| NSTI Indore                 | Madhya Pradesh   | 9       |           10 |
| NSTI Kolkata                | West Bengal      | 12      |           11 |
| NSTI Mumbai                 | Maharashtra      | 70      |           12 |
| NSTI Noida                  | Uttar Pradesh    | 27      |           13 |
| NSTI Panipat                | Haryana          | 39      |           14 |
| NSTI Trivandrum             | Kerala           | 17      |           15 |
| NSTI Vadodara               | Gujarat          | 10      |           16 |
| Total                       | Total            | Total   |          486 |

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