On Thursday, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), the premier body overseeing the skilling initiatives disclosed focusing on international mobility by establishing language labs and assessment centres for Russian, Italian, Korean, and French. Incidentally, 10 new international academies will be established.
NSDC CEO opens up about the future of AI & human skills
Speaking on the sidelines of a press conference, CEO Ved Mani Tiwari discussed the NSDC’s achievements in the past year.
He remarked, “Artificial Intelligence or AI can never fully replace human intelligence. The reason is it trains on available data and all that data was created by humans. Humans are good at tackling things that have never been done before!”
Tiwari further added: “AI is the dawn of an intelligence era, just like the steam engine was the dawn of the industrial era. We should not fear AI, but learn to utilise its capabilities.” Humans should continue a journey of discovery, while AI and robots can take care of the routine tasks. He added: “AI won’t take away jobs, instead it will change the nature of the job.”
According to the Economic Survey, about 51% of Indian graduates are not employable because they lack the skills needed by current job demands.
At present, NSDC has over 40,000 skilling centres with a target of 50,000 by the end of 2025.
“Automation will happen, no job can be done by humans alone in the future,” the NSDC CEO remarked.
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