Karnataka chief secretary urges stronger academia-industry collaboration to align training with job market wants

BENGALURU: Chief Secretary of Karnataka, Shalini Rajneesh, on Saturday underscored the necessity for stronger collaboration between {industry} and academia, urging stakeholders to align training with rising job roles.Talking on the CII Southern Regional Council Assembly in Bengaluru, Rajneesh highlighted the state’s dedication to industry-friendly insurance policies, youth empowerment, and inclusive skilling.“There’s a larger want for alignment between training and rising job roles to co-create revolutionary skilling fashions and drive Karnataka’s imaginative and prescient for resilient and equitable development,” she mentioned.She additionally spoke concerning the state’s Yuva Nidhi scheme, which affords monetary help to unemployed youth, and referred to as on {industry} leaders to companion in constructing a future-ready expertise pipeline.The chief secretary added that the state is specializing in growing girls’s participation within the workforce via focused skilling and entrepreneurship initiatives to advertise inclusive financial development.A handbook titled ‘Karnataka Innovation & Startup Ecosystem’ was launched throughout the occasion. It goals to focus on the potential of rising sectors and the state’s broader industrial imaginative and prescient.