Interview
Clément Chauvet
June 20, 2017
We need to work not only with the girls, but also with the community to break the social norms, thus providing these girls with better opportunities beyond the traditional roles, says Chauvet. T he United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has worked in India since 1951 in almo...
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Count Christopher de Breza
June 20, 2017
We want to learn from the expertise of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the domain of skilling and education; and to evolve with the important industries, both in India and Europe, says de Breza. As Embassy of India in France, OECD and Europe India...
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Peter Immanuel
June 20, 2017
Aerospace and aviation have always been an aspirational sector in India and I am sure it will continue to attract quality students and workers, highlights a hopeful Immanuel. Skilling and training in the aviation industry were identified as one of the prime projects of India’s ...
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Dr Pankaj Kumar Pandey
June 20, 2017
Uttarakhand is focussing on start-ups and entrepreneurship so that the youth can start activities in and around their hometown, which will also slow down migration, Pandey explains. The north Indian state of Uttarakhand might be young in number but certainly not far behind in a n...
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Rajiv Pratap Rudy
June 20, 2017
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is setting the groundwork for India’s future with new schemes and strategies to skill the nation’s youth, says Rudy. MSDE is revamping its strategies and launching new schemes to make India the ‘skill capital of ...
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Ashok Gajapathi Raju Union Civil Aviation Minister...
June 14, 2017
Moving from the ninth position to the third in air traffic domestically and fourth internationally, is a giant stride and if we can sustain it and take it forward, then I think we have a bright future, says Raju. The union civil aviation minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju, discusses ...
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Ashwini Lohani
June 14, 2017
The airline is aiming to open new routes internationally and especially regionally, so as to compete with new players and satisfy increasing demand in the sector, says Lohani. Although Air India still has on-time performance issues and a massive debt, the chairman and managing di...
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Dr S Christopher
June 14, 2017
We are currently working on projects that are comparable to international standards and welcome new initiatives like ‘Make in India’, that will only help improve our work, says Christopher. The secretary of Department of Defence R&D and chairman of Defence Research and De...
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Baba Kalyani
June 14, 2017
Bharat Forge is likely to see growth in 2017 as they continue expansion into various new sectors and also because of the opening up of new opportunities in Indian defence manufacturing, says Kalyani. Bharat Forge has been one of the earliest private sector companies to enter the ...
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T Suvarna Raju
June 14, 2017
With a slew of indigenous products and programmes, HAL has already been contributing to the governments’ ‘Make in India’ initiative, says Raju. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is the premier organisation amongst the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) in India. I...
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