KASE to Come up with Directory of Skilled Workers in Kerala; Industry to Support

KOCHI:
Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE) will soon come up with a directory of skilled labourers in the state so that their expertise can be tapped in a more effective manner, said Dr Sriram Venkitaraman, Managing Director, Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence ( KASE ).
He was speaking at a panel discussion on ‘ entrepreneurship and employment in changing world’ , held here on Sunday as part of India Skills Kerala 2018 organized by Industrial Training Department and KASE. Prominent industrialists who joined the discussion extended their full support for the project, which will not only compile the data on skilled workers but also enable the government to utilize their expertise in various fields, Dr Venkitaraman said.
“Most of the skilled labourers who work outside the country have the opportunity to work with cutting– edge technology. Once they come back, how do we utilize their expertise and experience is the major question. The only sector which makes use of their expertise is training institutes. Their expertise should be extended to other fields too. For that, they need to be organized and an inventory of skilled labourers will be of immense help,” he pointed out.
Though highlighting the significance of skilling is the need of the hour, it is less spoken about, he observed, adding that KASE is planning to certify skilled labourers.
“Recognition of their knowledge is a must and the industrial players help us in this regard to identify them so that, our task to certify them could be made smoother. Besides, it would also help us to meet the demand of skilled labourers with right kind of supply,” he noted.
Leading industrialists Dr N M Sharafudeen, Vice Chairman, Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vivek Govind, President, Kerala Management Association, S R Nair, Charter Member and Past President, The Indus Entrepreneurs, Kerala (TiE), Navas Meeran, past chairman, CII, Deepak L Aswani, Co-chair, FICCI Kerala State Council also took part in the panel discussion. Aparna Viswanathan, Director, Zocio, Bengaluru moderated the discussion.