Calling key people from all spheres of the industry to partner with the government to bridge the gap of skilled workforce in the country, Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, said that realizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make 500 million people industry-ready in India requires a broader partnership as independent effort by the government is not going to bear fruit.
“There is eagerness in the society and industry about skill development. People want this to happen but this is not happening. To let this happen, there is a need for industry people to come together and work alongside the government to achieve the vision of our Prime Minister which is to train the 500-million workforce of the country as it is a challenge to put people into right work.
There is so much for us to learn from China which has effectively moved 400 million people from farms to cities and to factories,” Shri Rudy said while inaugurating the three-day Global Symposium, organized by the Project Management Associates (PMA), the apex body of project managers in India, here.
Leading project managers, executives and project directors who have helmed successful projects in the leading national and international institutions like NASA, DRDO, GAIL and ONGC, among others, have come together for the Global Symposium to discuss the need to instill project mindset in India and to boost the rate of success of execution in completing critical projects.
The Global Symposium is organized by the Project Management Associates (PMA), an apex body representing project managers in India that has been working incessantly over the past two decades to highlight the gap between planning and execution of projects in India. PMA is the Indian Member Association of the International Project Management Association (IPMA).
Among the experts and leaders who addressed the conference on the first day were Dr A. S. Pillai, former MD & CEO, BrahMos Aerospace, who spoke on "Project Mindset: Powering the Nation's Development"; Dr G. S. Krishnan, GWU Researcher and Program Manager, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, spoke about "Project Mindset – The Key to Competitiveness", while Dr Manas K. Mandal, Distinguished Scientist & Director General, Life Sciences, DRDO, spoke about "Managing Human Capital In Projects"
