IT-ITeS Sector Skill Council (IT-ITeS SSC) was set-up as an education and skill development initiative in 2012 by Nasscom, the premier industry association and Chamber of Commerce for the IT-BPM sector in India. IT-ITeS SSC Nasscom works under the aegis of the National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC), Ministry of Skills and Entrepreneurship Government of India (MSDE GOI). As an integral part of Nasscom, IT-ITeS SSC works with industry members, academia, MeitY, MSDE, MOE, AICTE, UGC, School and State Missions and the skill development ecosystem to help improve the quality and quantity of the employable workforce available to this industry. .
Vision
We are building a digitally empowered and skilled India.
Accelerate the transformation of the Education and Skills ecosystem to position India as the global hub for talent in the new, emerging technologies.
With its effects, SSC Nasscom aims to achieve the following
Mission
IT-ITeS SSC Nasscom's overarching goal is to bridge the talent demand - supply gap for the IT-ITeS industry by improving the employability through certification based upskilling and reskilling programs, supporting academia to create more industry relevant programs by providing industry connects, designing industry validated curricula based on current and future job roles as well as supporting vocational training for IT-ITeS skills in schools, colleges, training institutes and companies.
Role of IT-ITeS SSC Nasscom:
- • To create a sustainable industry-ready talent pipeline by scaling quality capacity and being future-ready.
- • To enhance employability at all levels, leveraging technology and our experience in large-scale skill development, in a sustainable manner across skill sectors.
- • To nurture diversity and inclusive growth to stimulate economic activity relevant to the local ecosystem.
- • Create the platform and infrastructure for continuous learning and skilling and upskilling, to actively create and participate in the new Digital World.
- • Develop and deploy occupational standards for the industry.
- • Enable cross-functional, multidisciplinary, and inter-sectorial job standards.
- • Enable University transformation toward a future-ready digital talent.
- • Conduct faculty development and subsequent student training.
- • Promote employability assessments; standardize Qualifications and Occupational Standard assessments and certification.
- • Develop foundation and specialization courses across industry verticals.
- • Develop QA, accreditation norms, and processes for occupational standards and related certifications, relevant programs/courses, training institutions.
- • Recommendations on standardization of affiliation and accreditation processes in collaboration with relevant stakeholder(s).
Training Efficacy
Build the training infrastructure across the country through:
Faculty Development Programs
To enhance the coverage of training programs as well as the efficacy of the teaching pedagogy
Trainer Licensing & TVET Assessments
To make sure that aspiring trainers are well prepared to train young talent for the jobs of 21st century
Enabling Implementation of Govt. Schemes
Implementing schemes like PMKVY, NULM incentivizes training enterprises to contribute to skill development
Future Skills
An industry-driven online ecosystem where a learner can access content on all the skills of the future
Capacity Building
Create the platform and infrastructure for continuous learning and skilling via:
Courseware Development
Building the youth to be future ready with the help of carefully assessed courseware
Future Skills
Offers reskilling/upskilling of 4 million professionals and students in the emerging new technologies over the next 5 years.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Providing recognition to the informal learners to get equal acceptance as the formal levels of education.
Apprenticeship
Providing on-the-job training and some accompanying study to ensure a skilled workforce.
The SSC, as part of Nasscom, is specifically tasked with reskilling and upskilling India’s workforce to ensure that the talent is future-ready in terms of new-age skills and jobs. SSC Nasscom sits squarely at the center of all talent development initiatives along with Future Skills.
Outreach & Awareness
Promote employability assessments & standards-based certification via:
Industry Events
All the events organized by SSC Nasscom and participated in by SSC Nasscom discussing skilling, employment and more.
University / College Awareness
Colleges working with SSC Nasscom to ensure a future-ready talent.
Skill Competitions
Events to ensure proper upskilling/reskilling of the youth and making them future-ready.
Research
SSC Nasscom shares its latest research in the form of:
Knowledge Resources
You can access latest reports, whitepapers and discussions in the community around skilling.
Job Standards (QPs)
Reflect the most relevant information on different job roles and skills needed to do the jobs well.
Assessments
Offer an objective way to assess a person’s fit for a given job role based on proficiencies in relevant skills.
Workforce Management Information System (WFMIS)
A unified platform to collect, process, analyze, and disseminate labour market information.
Values
We Keep Our Ears Close To The Ground
SSC Nasscom thrives on closely following the developments on the ground. Engaging with the various stakeholders we work with gives us the necessary insights to shape programs and plan initiatives.
We Build Synergies As An Ecosystem Enabler
We work as a conduit to draw upon synergies across Industry, Academia, Students, and Policy makers. The skill and job standards serve as a key nodal point to build these relationships.
We Back Our Approach With Credible, Data-Driven Insights
Skill Development on a national scale is a complex pursuit that has us working with various moving variables across dimensions. We rely on objectivity as an important value to align stakeholders.
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