NSDC invests in SkillSonics to scale up the Swiss Vocational Model in India

NSDC invests in SkillSonics to scale up the Swiss Vocational Model in India

New Delhi, Delhi – SkillSonics offers vocational courses designed in partnership with Swiss Vocational and Educational Training (VET) institutions, based on industry demand. SkillSonics has secured Rs 22.5 crore funding (equity and loan) from the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) towards accelerating to its target of training and certifying up to a million engineering technicians by 2022. SkillSonics is built on a successful pilot project commenced in 2009 that trained over 600 apprentices till now, in collaboration with Swiss vocational training institutions. SkillSonics plans to step up its presence to eight states, covering all the major engineering clusters across the country. Towards meeting these targets, SkillSonics will augment its manpower, to over 3000.

Source: SkillSonics / India PRwire (Link to full release)

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Amitabh Arora

Amitabh Arora

Amitabh Arora has more than 18 years of experience promoting foreign direct investments (FDI), trade and economic relations between India and Switzerland, South Korea, United Kingdom and Canada. He is currently working as Director Key Accounts at the Greater Geneva Berne area (GGBa), the economic development agency of western Switzerland. GGBa offers a comprehensive range of services at no charge to foreign companies seeking to establish a presence in Switzerland. He is also the founder of FDITracker.com, tracking FDI developments worldwide. Amitabh has a Masters in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and a Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) from College of Business Studies, India.

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