IBM's Cloud Technologies to ensure smarter employability for Karnataka Government

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

IBM's Cloud Technologies to ensure smarter employability for Karnataka Government The Karnataka Vocational Training and Skill Development Corporation (KVTSDC), associated with the state's Department of Labour, has entered into partnership with IBM to develop a Smarter Employability Platform to increase effectiveness of employment and skill-enhancement programmes in the State. Through this first-of-a-kind (FOAK) project with IBM Research India, KVTSDC will address the challenges of reaching millions of potentially employable individuals and empowering them, especially in rural areas and in the unorganized sector.

As part of this project, IBM will create a platform to effectively connect job-seekers and job-providers along with training and certification agencies in employability marketplaces accessible through mobile phones in local and vernacular languages. Job-seekers will thus be able to find available jobs and apply for the same, while understanding job-trends, and also refer opportunities to their friends: all through mobile phones. Similarly, job providers can post jobs, increase their reach, find matching candidates, connect with trainers, and track latest trends through both mobile phones and web channels.

KVTSDC will be able to increase the penetration of its programmes, enable a vibrant ecosystem and track the latest employment trends.

"The Karnataka state government is a pioneer in skill development in the country. Our goal is to enhance employment opportunities in the State by creating a conducive environment for all the stakeholders. This Smarter Employability Platform will help us expand our horizon and reach people in the remotest parts of Karnataka enabling them to have an access to all the information through mobile phones, by using the local languages," said Dr. Vishnukanth Chatpalli, Executive Director, KVTSDC.

"IBM's vision is to be a key enabler of India's rural transformation, economic uplift, and business growth by establishing viable business models, creating a sustainable ecosystem, and bringing innovative technologies to bridge the digital divide. By working with KVTSDC we hope to benefit a large section of the society and help build a smarter nation," said Dr. Manish Gupta, Director, IBM Research -India, and Chief Technologist, IBM India/South Asia.

For More Details See
www.varindia.com

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

N Chandrasekaran appointed chairman of Tata Sons

Image
The board of directors of Tata Sons, at its meeting has unanimously appointed N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman, Tata Sons. N Chandrasekaran shall take charge from February 21, 2017. The board of Tata Sons said, “Chandrasekaran has demonstrated exemplary leadership as the chief executive officer and managing director, Tata Consultancy Services. We believe he will now inspire the entire Tata group to realise its potential acting as leaders in their respective businesses, always in keeping with our value system and ethics and adhering with the practices of the Tata group which have stood it in good stead.” Chandrasekaran was the chief executive officer and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services since 2009. A Tata lifer, he had joined the company in 1987 and was appointed as a director on the board of Tata Sons on October 25, 2016.
Read more

DoT Secretary hints at making Draft NTP 2018 available in public domain soon

Image
“A draft National Telecom Policy 2018 that is liberal and non-prescriptive in its licensing approach in Machine to Machine (M2M) communication is being given final touches. The policy should be in the public domain in the next two to three weeks for discussion and responses from stakeholders,” said Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communications. Aruna Sundararajan said, “M2M is the next big opportunity for India in terms of its impact and the quantum change that it will bring about in the quality of services and delivery. The favourable impact of M2M on job creation had already set in as seen by the arrival of the first set of start-ups in the areas such as agriculture, smart cities, healthcare and water management.” She stressed that NTP 2018 would be transformative in harnessing the full benefits of M2M communications. She further said that in the M2M framework the focus would be on low-cost manufacturing, where exciting innovatio
Read more

Visa buys NFT based CryptoPunk and paid $150,000 in Etherium

Image
Visa buys NFT based CryptoPunk and paid $150,000 in Etherium:  Leader in the digital payments   Visa   has purchased a digital CryptoPunk for $150,000, marking the company's first ever   NFT   purchase. The deal is clearly shows that, Visa is stepping into the world of NFTs with its purchase of   CryptoPunk 7610 .   Going forward, NFTs and Visa to align and integrate them in new brand strategy to gain a sizable market share. However, NFTs have often been compared to physical collectible items like rare trading cards and works of art.   The CryptoPunk 7610, which feBlatures a female punk with a mohawk and large green eyes. "We envision there could be a future where your crypto address becomes as important as your mailing address," Visa's Head of Crypto said.   An NFT - which stands for non-fungible token - is a unique digital asset designed to represent ownership of a virtual item. Unlike bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, NFTs can’t be exchanged like-for-like with an
Read more