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Star Scheme – An Update
This edition covers the Star assessments that has been rolled out successfully after the launch of STAR scheme on 16
August 2013. The assessments have started in full swing and at present 164 job roles across 17 Sector Skill Councils
have been proposed. NSDC is making an earnest effort to increase the number of Assessment agencies while
ensuring that there is no compromise on its quality. NSDC STAR team is working proficiently and visiting the
Assessment sites to overlook the rigour and process adherence.
At present, 149 training organizations (NSDC affiliated partners, Government affiliated partners and others), along with
11 Assessment agencies have been affiliated with various Sector Skill Councils.
7323 trainees have been enrolled already, out of which 464 candidates have been assessed. Assessment results of 390
candidates have been received till date, out of which 293 have cleared the assessment. The pass percentage varies from
63% to 94% across various courses.
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Status of Assessment Agencies
Assessment being one of the most crucial parts of the overall student life cycle in the S.T.A.R. scheme, NSDC has tried
to create a model of outcome based assessments which evaluates a student on the performance.
NSDC is also in touch with the CEOs of the SSCs to ramp up the number of Assessment agencies as the volume of
Assessments goes up.
Already affiliated
11 Assessment Agencies (3 are part of DGET list of 35 agencies)
No of Assessors
118
Pipeline of Assessors
18 (in next 30 days)
Assessment Findings
Generic Issues- Briefing of participating candidates and trainers about the benefits of the STAR Scheme could have been
more coherent. Benefits about the monetary rewards and training on National Occupational standards and its benefits
were not shared clearly with the candidates. This lead to ambiguity amongst students and trainers.
Assessor Related Issues - Most assessors were not trained and certified by the Sector Skill Councils. Assessors were not
briefed about the STAR scheme and its benefits. The process of assessment amongst most assessors was not clearly
communicated by the SSCs.
Technology Issues - In smaller regions and in hard sectors like Agriculture and Leather, the candidates were not digitally
literate. This posed as a challenge where the assessment were captured using a tablet/technology. In some cases where
the tablets/technology was linked to the internet, the speed of the internet slowed the process of assessments.
Language Issues- In some cases the assessment exams were only in English and not in the local language. This posed as a
challenge where the job role does not require fluency in English.
Participating SSC's and assessment agencies
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Agriculture Skill Council of India
Participation in Global Agri Connect-2013
Evolving Skill Dimensions: The Lever to Agriculture Growth
Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) participated in 3rd Global
Agri Connect 2013, organized by National Skill Foundation of India,
at IARI Campus, PUSA Road Delhi from 25 to 27 October, 2013. It
focuses on drivers of change, new ideas, innovations and success
stories in the field of skill development not only in India but across
the globe.
ASCI participated in the annual agriculture advocacy event with a
focus on generating awareness on potential opportunities in the
Skill Development space in Agriculture. This was done through
generation of awareness about the crucial role of the same in
sustaining lives and livelihood of farmers. It was widely appreciated
and acknowledged by many dignitaries from reputed organizations,
professors, students who visited the ASCI stall. Apart from
numerous other activities many farmers from different parts of the
country visited and expressed interest while welcoming this new
concept of Agri Skilling.
During the conference Dr. N K Dadlani and Mr. Kris Iyengar,
Members of Governing Council, Agriculture Skill Council of India,
made presentations on 'Agriculture Skill Council of India: On the
Road to Agriculture Growth with a Dynamic Agenda' and 'Industry
Participation in Skilling for Modern Agriculture' respectively and the
same was very well received and appreciated by the audience.
ASCI Stall at Agri Connect-2013
From left Ms. Priyanka Prakash (Manager, ASCI),
Dr. Satender Singh Arya,Chief Executive Officer
(ASCI), Mr. Manzood Alam, Sr. Manager (ASCI),
Mr. Rituraj Ranjan, Finance Manager(IOT),ASCI
A knowledge report on Agriculture skilling was also brought out
during the event providing information related to the latest
developments and activities in the field of Agri Skilling and
highlighting the critical need of
the same.
People appreciated the fact that
such kind of structured training
is taking place in the Agriculture
Sector, driven by Agriculture
Skill Council of India for the first
time in India.
Dr. N K Dadlani, Member of Governing Council, Agriculture Skill Council
of India delivering a presentation on 'Agriculture Skill Council of India:
On the Road to Agriculture Growth with a Dynamic Agenda'
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Mr. Kris Iyengar, Member of
Governing Council, ASCI, delivering
a presentation on'Industry
Participation in Skilling for Modern
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Successful completion of Pilot Training Programs
The trainings under the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward scheme, also branded as 'STAR' is in full
swing. The trainings under the scheme are happening in accordance to the National Occupational Standards, for
different job roles in the agriculture sector developed by Agriculture Skill Council of India(ASCI).
The pilot batches have been successfully completed by IL&FS Skills and Drishtee for 'Tea Plantation
Worker'and'Paddy Farmer' job roles. Tea Plantation Worker training started on 16 September 2013 with one batch of
35 farmers enrolled at West Tripura and Paddy Farmer training started on 23
September 2013 with 125 farmers both male and female enrolled at Munger
district, Bihar. Training for Paddy Farmer was done in 4 batches at four
different centers.
Assessment of Tea Plantation Worker has been conducted by 'Aspiring Minds',
the empanelled Assessment Agency of ASCI and assessment for Paddy Farmer
has been conducted by 'Anant Learning & Development'.
Trainees are being assessed on technical as well as overall
domain knowledge, to ensure their work readiness. The main
purpose of conducting the NOS aligned trainings and
assessments, is to ensure the hands on skills for the
resources.The successful trainees would be issued certificates
from ASCI.
Assessments
undergoing at
Training Centers
Various training organizations are joining hands with ASCI in
order to extend the benefit of the STAR scheme to maximum
candidates with plans to offer trainings to the farmers, across
various regions of the country, are also applying for affiliation with ASCI, to offer NOS aligned courses on Agriculture
and Allied Sector.
Aajeevika Skills and Sector Skill Councils
Chairman of Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI), Mr. Sanjeev Asthana,
delivered a presentation on 'Possible role of ASCI in Aajeevika Skills' in an
event organized byMinistry of Rural Development(MoRD) for Ajeevika Skills at
Vigyan Bhawan on 8 October2013. The purpose of the event was to align skill
initiative under Ajeevika with sector skill council and to improve the quality of
trainings at large. In this regard a meeting of SSC was held with the state
government officials and PIAs of the Aajeevika programme run by the
Mr. Basab Banerjee, NSDC Head Standards &
Ministry of Rural Development.
QA along with other dignitaries
Mr. Jairam Ramesh,Hon. Minister of Rural Development (GOI), Mr. S
Ramadorai, Chairman, NSDA & NSDC, Mr. L C Goyal, Secretary. Ministry of
Rural Development attended the meeting and interacted with SSC
Chairmen. It was agreed to align the Ajeevika programmes with National
Occupational Standards and also that the SSCs would work to certify the
trainees coming out of the system.
Mr. Sanjeev Asthana, Chairman, ASCI delivering a presentation
on 'Role of Agriculture Skill Council of India in Aajeevika Skill'.
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Automotive Skills development Council
Inaugration of Centres of ASDC Training Partners:
Auto Zeal Institute was inaugurated at Gurgaon on 9
October 2013. Gurgaon centre will be offering two courses:
Sales & Servicing
Auto Zeal Institutebeing inaugurated
Inauguration of University of Engineering & Management
(UEM), Jaipur
State Govt. officials, ITI's, Polytechnic Diploma Principals &
Directors attended the inauguration ceremony.
Mr. S. K. Chaturvedi graced the inauguration
ceremony as chief guest at Jaipur
NOS- QP's & Training Curriculum support
Clarifications were offered to resolve queries related to the extent of practical training on CNC, Projection /Spot
welding, Painting equipment etc.QP content is expected to be covered completely by Training Partners
Centre evaluation:
Centre evaluation done at
Kuttukaran Institute,
Cochin for 'Servicing'.
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BFSI Sector Skill Council of India
Star Assessments Update
The BFSI Sector Skill council is a fairly new Council participating in the STAR scheme. The pilot batch of the BFSI Sector
Skill Council was conducted at Gauthami College in Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh. The college was generous to give
BSE Institute the space to conduct the training under the scheme and some candidates were also mobilized from the
college.
Assessments of the BFSI Sector Skill Council being conducted at Gauthami College in Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh.
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Gems & Jewellery Skill Council of India
Star Assessments Update
The BFSI Sector Skill council is a fairly new Council participating in the STAR scheme. The pilot batch of the BFSI Sector
Skill Council was conducted at Gauthami College in Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh. The college was generous to give
BSE Institute the space to conduct the training under the scheme and some candidates were also mobilized from the
college.
Inauguration of the Jewellery Skilling Centre at the hands of Honourable FM, Mr. Dharmesh Sodah, CEO, GJSCI and Mr. Ruban
Hobday, Regional Director, South India, GJEPC look on. On right - GJSCI CEO, Mr. Dharmesh Sodah explaining the set up to
Honourable FM.
On 5October 2013, IL&FS Skill Development Corporation, a GJSCI affiliated training partner launched a new training
centre at Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. Alagappa University is also associated with IL&FS for this course. The Centre was
inaugurated by the Honourable Finance Minister of India
Mr. P. Chidambaram. This center imparts training in 8 trades across different sectors like Retail, Welding,
Garments,and Jewellery etc.
The jewellery centre within the premises was inaugurated by the FM as well. The center aims to train the existing
Karaikudi jewellery artisans in the skill of Metal Setting (Open Setting).
GJEPC is the knowledge partner for this initiative and has mobilised the
learners through the Karaikudi & Sivagangai Artisans Association.
Mr. Ruban Hobday, regional chairman GJEPC also facilitated IL&FS with
equipping the jewellery center with work benches and tools/equipment
through the Goldsmiths Academy, Madurai. The Goldsmiths Academy
Madurai will also be providing the trainers for this course. GJSCI officials
are expecting to train a minimum of 120 learners through this facility by
August 2014.
The first batch comprises of 12 learners who
will undergo the training for a period of 1 month.
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Healthcare Sector Skill Council
The Healthcare Sector Skill Council commenced the pilot
batch under the STAR Scheme at the Life Supporters
Institute of Health Sciences. The assessing body was
Manipal City and Guilds who had appointed an assessor
with 5+ years of experience in the domain. The assessor was
both trained and certified with the Sector Skill Council on
the qualification pack he was assessing the students on.
Both the assessor and the assessing body had complete
knowledge about the STAR scheme and the Qualification
Packs and National Occupational Standards set by the
Sector Skill Councils. The assessing body had the complete
knowhow on reporting the assessments and the
functionality of SDMS. The students underwent both
practical and written examinations individually. The
assessing body had a segment of role play where the
student was subjected to various real world scenarios in a
class room. Different candidates were given different sets of
questions.
Healthcare Sector Skill Council also got
theirnineQualification Packs approved in the Qualification
Registration Committee (QRC) meeting conducted on
17October 2013:
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Dental Assistant
Home Health Aide
Dietician Assistant
Pharmacy Assistant
Medical Records and Health Information Technician
Medical Equipment Technician
Speech Audio Therapy Assistant
Assistant Physiotherapist
Frontline Health Worker (equivalent to ASHA)
These Qualification Packs are uploaded on the NSDC
website under public view for the feedback from the
Industry.
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Indian Plumbing Skills Council
IPSC has initiateddiscussions with Govt.of Kerala to collaborate with them for skilling under their Additional Skill
Acquisition Programme (ASAP) and other schemes. A MoU to be signed with them is under discussion.Discussions
are also underway with Commissioner of Employment & Training, Govt. of Gujarat for a MoU to implement STAR
scheme and other training in the state.
National Occupational Standards (NOS) - Out of total 30 job roles identified, 9 job roles with QPs have been received
by NSDC. In the last QRC held on 13September 2013, total nine QP's were approved.
STAR Scheme (Monetary Award Scheme):
• Training Partners evaluated -23
• MoUs signed with 6 TP's. Assessment agencies being evaluated -2
• The first batch of 28 students has been registered.
IT/ITES Sector Skill Council
Launch of SSC NASSCOM's 4 IT-BPM Occupational Analysis Reports
In order to strive and develop the right talent to drive its growth, NASSCOM Sector Skills Council (NASSCOM-SSC)
introduced the Occupational Analysis (OS) Reports for the IT-BPM Industry on 30 October 2013.
Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India, Mr. Som Mittal,
President, NASSCOM, Mr. R. Chandrasekaran, Vice Chairman Nasscom and Group Chief Executive, Cognizant Technology
Solutions along with Mr. Basab Banerjee, NSDC, Head Standards & QA ) introducing the Occupational Analysis (OS)
Reports in New Delhi.
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Highlighting the importance of the reports, Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development,
Government of India said, “India is at the cusp of a great opportunity and is entering an era of becoming the workhorse
for the world. Reports like these are the first steps towards creating an understanding for the skills and behaviours
required for the IT-BPM industry. The Government of India has set a target of skilling 500 million people by 2022; to be
able to deliver this target, a structured approach involving all stakeholders is imperative. This is a starting point in the
direction of imparting skills for the relevant jobs. These reports give us a clear understanding of the opportunities of the
industry.”
As per the National Skills Mission, 150 million professionals would need to be skilled by various Sector Skills Councils by
2022 to make them employable. The Indian IT–BPM Industry currently employs about 3 million people directly and
about 9 million indirectly. While the Industry has the potential to provide 30 million employment opportunities by 2020,
training individuals on courses that are well aligned to OS can lead upto – 50-60% increase in employability. The objective
is to standardize and streamline the process, both for hiring as well as training and to facilitate the 'job readiness'
scenario.
Highlighting the facets of the Occupational Analysis Mr. Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM, said “The Occupational
Analysis reports will encompass aspects of talent acquisition and transformation that will be positively impacted by
standardization and globalization. These standards offer all stakeholders related to this industry, the clarity regarding the
knowledge, skills and competencies necessary. The reports provide easily accessible standards and helps individuals and
firms understand the requirements of a particular occupation.”
Mr. Tharoor addressing during the event on 30 October 2013 in New Delhi
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Retailers Association's Skill Council of India
Star Scheme update
James Raphael, Chief Operating
Officer, Retailers Association's Skill
Council of India (RASCI) said “It is a
very commendable feat as this is the
first RASCI batch in India to have a
100% passing result. Congratulations
to all members who have enabled
this – you have made history. We
hope there will be many more
batches with this kind of result,
however this batch will always
remain the first to have achieved it!”
Coming to core training we follow a
routine and we try to stick to it as far
as possible. We train students six
days a week, four hours per day in
order to achieve the results we
want. Imparting training is an art,
because as a trainer it is important
to understand the psychology of the
students, their strengths and their
weaknesses and it is his duty to work
on it. The Assessment conducted by
the Retail Sector Skill Council was
oriented practically and it tested the
knowledge of the students
thoroughly. In the long run the
trainees will not only get the
exposure required to work for a
particular industry but also to hang
on to it. Because sticking to a job is
as important as getting a job.
All in all, NSDC has created an
ecosystem where all the resources
can be used to the best of our
abilities.
Activity
Numbers
Number of Trainees undergoing training
3712
Number of Trainees completed training
43
Number of Trainees assessed
43
Number of Trainees certified
34
Affiliations
Numbers
Total number of Affiliations with Training Partners
61
Affiliations with NSDC affiliated Training Partners
31
Affiliations with Government affiliated Training
Partners
Affiliations with non-NSDC and non-Government
affiliated Training Partners
14
Affiliation with Assessment Agencies
1
Numbers added to SSC Pool of Registered Assessors
2
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When 100% of Students Pass
RASCI is the 1st Skill Council in India to generate STAR Scheme
Certificates encrypted with the QR code.Besides this, RASCI
signed off with 85 training partners with a reach of 2250 centres
for Retail Skilling
Total number of Affiliations with Training Partners
61
Affiliations with NSDC affiliated Training Partners
31
Affiliations with Government affiliated Training
Partners
Affiliations with non-NSDC and non-Government
affiliated Training Partners
Affiliation with Assessment Agencies
Numbers added to SSC Pool of Registered Assessors
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When 100% of Students Pass
RASCI is the 1st Skill Council in India to generate STAR Scheme Certificates
encrypted with the QR code.Besides this, RASCI signed off with 85 training
partners with a reach of 2250 centres for Retail Skilling across India.RASCI collates
supply side data from Retail Training Providers for PM's Monetary Award scheme.
RASCI's Training Partner - Britti Prosikshan Pvt Ltd., Kolkata was the first Skilling
batch in India to have a 100% passing in the Summative Assessments.
A VET Outbound Mobility Program to study the fastest growing retail markets in
the world was facilitated by the Retailers Association of India (RAI) & Retailers
Association's Skill Council of India (RASCI) for a group of
six Australian Retail Professionals from 22 - 31 October
2013. The study tour was a 10 day immersion program
and is supported by the Australian Government's
Outward Mobility grant, the participants' employers and
First Impressions Resources - Australian Retail College.
The agenda included meetings with HR Heads of Retail
Organisations, opportunities to work with their Indian
counterparts on the shop floor and discussions with
unemployed youth being trained to enter the sector.
Prisoomit Nayak, Head – Affiliations (Partners & Industry),
Retailers Association's Skill Council of India (RASCI); Kumar
Rajagopalan, CEO, Retailers Association of India (RAI); James
Raphael, COO & Sr.VP, Retailers Association's Skill Council of
India (RASCI); Australian Retail Professionals; Australian Retail
Professionals & VET Exchange Co-ordinator.
STAR Assessments
The Retail Sector Skill Council has affiliated 42 training
partners as of 9October2013. The pilot batch under the
S.T.A.R. scheme was executed by Future sharp with 30
students in Kolkata. The students were well versed with
the scheme and the
training and
assessments were
conducted as per the
process manual.
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Rubber Skill Development Council
National Occupational Standards (NR sub-sector)
NOS Subcommittee comprising of 14 members has been constituted for identification of various Job Roles and
preparation of occupational standards for NR Sector.The committee has completed the Functional mapping,
Occupational mapping and has identified the critical job roles. The draft
report was submitted by the subcommittee to RSDC in the first meeting
held on 28 October 2013 at Kerala.
Affiliation
Rural Education and Environment Protection Trust (REEP) has submitted
application for affiliation with RSDC for Tyre Building Operator-Passenger
Vehicles.
Trainings
LabourNet has started seven set of batches with around 170 trainees in
Ludhiana, for the Compression Moulding Operator, Mill Operator and
Extruder Operator job roles.
First Training Batch of Mill Operator course
of HASETRI under Rubber SSC
Assessments
Assessment were successfully conducted for 33 trainees at Labour Net and for 32 trainees at HASETRI
State Govt Projects
RSDC has collaborated with ASAP for introducing the training program
for job role of Junior Rubber Technician (JRT) for schools students in
Kerala.RSDC and ASAP had organized a Train the Trainer program on
October 22-25, 2013 at Kottayam to train the trainers on pedagogy and
technical aspects of the JRT course.
Train the trainer program held at Kerala
RSDC met KPMG to discuss the plan for NR SGA & NOS Phase II for the manufacturing sector on 8 October 2013.A
meeting was held withMr. Ankit Goyal, Manager- Business Development and Mr. Kunal Gupta, CEO, Mount Talent
Consulting on 10 October
2013 for affiliation. On 24
October 2013 Ms. Anupama
met Mr. M M Gupta,
Managing Director, Citizen
Tyres for getting affiliated
with RSDC.
The First Annual General
Meeting and 7th GC meet of
RSDC held on October
30, 2013
Mr. Yogen Lathia, Director, Lathia Rubber Mfg. Co. Pvt. Ltd., Mr. M L Gupta, Managing Director,
Vinko Auto Ind. Ltd., Ms. Anupama Giri, CEO RSDC, Mr. Vinod Simon, Chairman RSDC,
Dr. R Mukhopadhyay, Director & CE HASETRI, Mr. Rummy Chhabra, Managing Dircetor, Metro Tyre
Ltd., Mr. Vijay Pahwa, Director - Corporate Relations, University of petroleum & Energy studies,
Mr. Rajiv Budhraja, Director General, ATMA and Mr. Mohan Reddy, Associate - Standards & QA.
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Security Knowledge & Skill Development Council
National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme (STARS cheme) continued to be widely promoted during
the month of October 13 with the aim of training and certifying a maximum number of Unarmed Security Guards.
Besides this, effort was also directed towards conduct of Train the Trainer and Assessors Programmes. Assessment
and Certification of candidates under going training under the STAR Scheme and State Livelihood Missions was also
under taken.
Star Scheme
The Private Security Sector has realized the importance of the STAR Scheme in training/up-skilling the Unarmed
Security Guards. Their response in participating in the scheme has in deed been encouraging.
80 TPs have applied for affiliation with SKSDC. Out of these, 44 TP have been affiliated and cases of 36 others are
under processing. In the first bucket up to 31 December 13, NSDC has allotted a target of 22,500 to SKSDC which has
further been sub allotted amongst 47 TP. 16 other TP have applied for allotment of targets under the STAR Scheme.
The figures allotted will be reviewed based on the performance of the TP each quarter.
STAR Scheme launched on 18 August 2013, made a slow start due to the intricate processes that had to be followed
by TP in hooking on to the SDMS which itself took time to stabilize. After having overcome the teething troubles, the
pace has begun to steadily pick up over the last two months.
T3 Programme was conducted by SKSDC at SRIST, Sainik Farms New Delhi from 7 to 18 October 2013. A total of 27
trainees attended the programme.
A combined T3 Programme cum Assessor Capsule, CT 11A/A6 was conducted for retiring/retired Army personnel at
Olive Business School in Gurgaon from 8 to 18 October 2013. A total of 14 trainees attended the programme. The
12thT3 programme was conducted by SKSDC at Cavalier, Bangalore for nine trainers from 14 to 25 October 13. The
13th T3 programme was conducted by SKSDC at GI Security, Kolkata for nine trainers from 21 October to 1 November
2013.
Assessors Programme was run on 23 October 13 at Olive Business School, Gurgaon. A total of five participants
sponsored by Assessment Bodies underwent the programme.
Master Trainer Conducting Assessment
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Curriculum
Mr John Yates, CEO Manipal City & Guilds
(MCG) visited SKSDC on 23 October 2013 to
discuss the slippages that had occurred in the
production of curriculum and course content
for Train the Trainers, Security Supervisors,
Unarmed Security Guards assigned to MCG
on 30 November 12.
On 23 October 13, Maj Gen DK Jamwal, COO
met Shri Shibu Baby John Hon'ble Minister
(L& R) Government of Kerala atTrivandrum to
discuss issues relating to setting up of
Academy for Security Skills in Kerala. At
thismeeting, he was accompanied by Prof
Peter Darcy, Director & CEO National Skill
Institute, Abu Dhabiand Mr. Shivindra Pratap
Singh of Empowered Skills, Delhi.
Mr. John Yates interacting with the staff
Assessments
Saksham is one of NSDC's partners working in
the domain of Facility Management and
Security training. It imparts security training
under a residential program model at a
5000+ Sq. feet center in Bangalore. The first
batch under the Security Skill Council trained
by Saksham consisted of 11 students for the
Unarmed Security Guard Job Role. This was
an only instance in the pilot batch under the
STAR scheme that the assessor was trained
and certified by the Sector Skill council. The
assessor had 8+ years of experience in the
security domain and was well versed with the
scheme and the process of assessments. The
assessment results were recorded separately
for each student based on the Qualification
Pack and National occupational Standards set
by the Sector Skill Council. Issues relating to
uploading of data of SDMS were highlighted by the center head.
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Telecom Sector Skill Council
Star Scheme Update
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On-going training for October
• 3 Job Roles, 6 Training Providers, 399 Trainees across 11 states
Affiliation of Training Providers
• 16 Training Providers (13 NSDC, 2 Non-NSDC, 1 University)
Star Scheme Training Distribution For Q3
Target 80,000 Trainees
17 States, 35 Cities
14 Training Providers
3 Assessment Agencies
CII Skill Conclave Kolkata
Mr. B Ravinder represented TSSC as a speaker at the CII Skill
Conclave in Kolkata for the session titled 'Creating Skill
Development Ecosystem:Stakeholder's Perspective. Mr
Ravinder spoke about the work SSCs were doing and how it
would create value. "Sectoral Skill
Councils are here to bring quality to
the training and workplace. Our
candidates would be different in
three ways - they will stand out in the
crowd, they will be employable from
day one, and they will bring value to
the job", he said.
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Mobile Education Panel Discussion at the 4th Aegis Graham Bell Awards
Aegis Graham Bell Award has emerged as the largest and the most credible Innovation Award in the field of TIME
(Telecom, Internet, Media, Edutainment). The award is an initiative of Aegis School of Business & Telecom and
organized in association with Exhibition India with support of COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) and PwC
as knowledge partner. Mr B Ravinder participated in the discussion as a key speaker to highlight the relevance of
mEducation in skill development.
Baseline Assessments were conducted for Customer Care Executive (Call Center) from 24-25 September, 2013 at Aegis
Noida to establish thresholds for passing percentage. Additional baseline assessments were conducted in Chandigarh
and Chennai in October.ACC Core Committee Members meeting was held at Ericsson Head office on 4 October, 2013 to
ratify affiliation and certification documents. The meeting was led by Chris Houghton, CEO Ericsson India.
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Information on the Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) approved by the NSDC Board, is now additionally available in the 'Our Partners' section of the
NSDC Website. (Link follows)
http://www.nsdcindia.org/our-success-stories/index.aspx
Detailed information on the status of the SSCs, including those on which due diligence is underway, continues to be available within the
dedicated link for Sector Skill Councils on the NSDC Website.(Link follows)
http://www.nsdcindia.org/pdf/sector-skill-councils.pdf
For further Information contact: rajiv.mathur@nsdcindia.org
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