Lok Sabha Question No. 3 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: 5G Technology in Telecom
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Maddila  Gurumoorthy, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## 5G TECHNOLOGY IN TELECOM

## 3.SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY: DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  India  would  require  as  much  as  2.2  Crore  5G-backed  skilled manpower by the year 2025 as per the Telecom Sector Skill Council; and is so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  steps  to  skill  or  upskill  people  in  5G  based technologies  such  as  Internet  of  Things  (IoT),  Artificial  Intelligence,  Cloud  Computing, automation, etc;
- (c) if so , the details thereof; and
- (d) if not , the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a):  No such study has been undertaken by MeitY on the requirement of 2.2 crore 5G-backed skilled  manpower by the  year  of  2025.  However,  as  figured  out  by  the  TSSC  under  the  Skill India Mission referred requirement of 2.2 crore of 5G- backed manpower in India 2025  directly and indirectly needed in the field of 5G, IoT, AI, M2M, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics and all other adjacent domains. The said information is however unverified and not been studied by the Ministry.

(b) to (d): Yes, Sir. Government is taking multiple steps to skill manpower and build the capacity to  skill  or  upskill  people  in  5G  based  technologies  such as  Internet  of  Things  (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, automation, etc. as under:

i)    Department  of  Telecommunications(DoT)  under  the  Ministry  of  Communications  has informed that the National  Telecommunication Institute for Policy Research Innovation & Training (NTIPRIT) has formulated expert committees and have formulated various courses around 5G and allied technologies considering holistic approach e.g.- one of them has been launched for training in 5G course for Officers of DoT and other stakeholders.

- ii)  5G TestBeds have been built in premier institutes like IIT Hyderabad, Madras,  Bombay, Delhi,  Indian  Institute  of  Science  (IISc),  Center  of  Excellence  in  Wireless  Technology (CEWiT), and Society for Applied Microwave  Electronics Engineering &  Research (SAMEER)  with  the  support  of  the  Department  of  Telecommunications  (DoT),  Govt.  of India.
- iii)  The  telecom  industry  is  also  actively  making  themselves  5G  and  allied  tech  ready  by continuously skilling/upskilling the candidates on their customized trainings.
- iv)  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IITs)  Delhi,  Kanpur,  Roorkee,  Madras  provide  online certification programs in 5G Wireless technology and its applications (AI, IoT, etc.).
- v) Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) & NASSCOM have jointly initiated a programme titled  FutureSkills  PRIME  (www.futureskillsprime.in),  a  framework  for  re-skilling/  upskilling of IT professionals in 10 emerging technologies, namely, Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Additive Manufacturing/ 3D Printing,  Cloud  Computing,  Social  &  Mobile,  Cyber  Security,  Augmented  Reality/Virtual Reality,  and  Blockchain.  The  programme aims to cover a target of 4.12  Lakh beneficiaries over 3 years, which includes 4 Lakh IT Professionals, 10,000 Government Officials and 2000 Trainers.  So  far,  around  5.63  Lakh  candidates  have  signed-up  on  the  FutureSkills  PRIME Portal,  out  of  which,  1,08,436  candidates  have  completed  their  course.  In  addition,  524 Trainers  and  4074  Government  Officials  have  been  trained  on  these  technologies  by NIELIT/C-DAC  Resource  Centres,  and  around  73206  unique  learners  have  collectively earned  4,64,951  'badges'  in  recognition  of  having  completed  bite-sized  digital  fluency content.
- vi) Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) is working in integrating 5G and allied courses by the  private  global  players  in  the  'National  Skill  Qualification  Framework'  (NSQF)  e.g. courses  by  Ericsson,  Huawei,  etc  around  5G  RAN,  RF,  etc  and  also  creating  capacity  by building  'Centres  of  Excellence'  on  IoT,  ML,  AI,  robotics,  etc  in-conjunctions  with  the academic institutes of repute e.g. NIT Patna, NIT Chhattisgarh, etc

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