PIB | 24 Apr, 2023
Minister of State,
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday inaugurated the Day 2 of one of its kind Future of Work
exhibition under 3rd Education Working Group (EdWG)
meeting.
The inaugural ceremony was also graced by the august presence
of Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari, Secretary, MSDE; Mr R Dinesh, President
Designate, CII and Executive Vice-Chairman, TVS Supply Chain Solutions
and Mr NSN Murty, Partner, Deloitte.
While
addressing the gathering, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the
conference is focusing on intersection of logistics, coastal economies
and sustainability and is integral in the context of skilling in coastal
economies.
He further said that logistics will be an area full of
opportunities for young Indians in the coming years, as much as
Semiconductors, electronics, and Information technology. It will have
huge scope for investment, entrepreneurship and employment.
The
Minister highlighted that this is an interesting time for the world,
representing opportunities and challenges and in this context, India has
become the fastest growing nation of the world. And India is being
looked upon by the world with lot more respect, he added.
Rajeev
Chandrasekhar said the world is looking at resilient logistics and
trusted supply chains, moving away from risk and moving to trusted
resilient economy.
With this, the focus and discussion on logistics is
important in coastal states like Odisha. Citing the example of mobile
phones production the Minister said in 2014, 82% of mobile phones
consumed in India were imported, in 2022, almost 100% mobile phones
consumed in India are manufactured in India.
In 2014, India used to
export almost zero mobile phones and this year alone, India has exported
Apple phones, Samsung phones made in India to the tune of about 11
billion dollars.
One of the arguments for India for many decades has
been, that India did not have a viable market and capacity to become a
global manufacturing hub as logistics cost of doing business in India
was not competitive, today global majors are manufacturing
semiconductors, electronics, mobiles and many more products in India,
exporting and selling in India as well as the underline logistics
ecosystem has become more efficient, he said.
He further
said that the Narendra Modi government’s programmes like Gati Shakti,
National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity, will create modern
logistics ecosystem that will help India emerge as a global hub for blue
economy products, food, and agricultural products.
Emphasizing
that the future is about skilling, upskilling and reskilling, the
Minister urged the students present at the conference to focus on
acquiring skills, as that will increase the prospects of their
employability. “As our Hon. PM says, Skilling should always remain a
continuous process,” he added.
After the
inaugural ceremony, the Minister visited nearly 70 exhibitors and lifted
their morale by appreciating their efforts.
The exhibitors included
premier institutes and organizations from diverse sectors such as
MeitY, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), NIESBUD, UNICEF,
NCERT, NIT Rourkela, IIT Bhubaneshwar, IIM Sambalpur, CV Raman Global
Institute, Odisha based start-ups and many more, displaying technologies
that will drive the future of work with constant innovations in modern
workplace, future skills, and innovative delivery models.