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Walk into any classroom or training centre today, and you can feel the tension between yesterday’s curriculum and tomorrow’s aspirations. Young people are no longer content with just securing jobs; they dream of careers that are green, tech-enabled, and future-proof.

A young graduate in India today can be fluent in coding, have a certificate in digital marketing, and still find themselves unprepared for the demands of their first job. Employers increasingly want something more. They need a combination of technical mastery, adaptability, and awareness of industry transitions. The gap between education and employment is no… Continue reading From Education to Employment: How the Future Right Skills Network is Transforming Skilling Strategies Across Sectors

Walk into most classrooms today and ask students if they’ve ever met someone who works in renewable energy, waste management, or electric mobility. Chances are, very few hands will go up. That’s the challenge, green careers are expanding fast, but the professionals building this future are still far removed from the young people preparing to… Continue reading Building a Future Skills Network: Strategies for Connecting with Professionals in Green Industries

For a young person in India today, “what do you want to be?” is no longer a simple question. Future aspirations are shaped not just by personal ambition but by industries being transformed by AI, climate change, and automation. The careers they dream of may look completely different by the time they graduate. Entire industries… Continue reading Building Your Future: Essential Skills for Tomorrow’s Workforce

There’s a moment many professionals recognise. There is this quiet pause between jobs, industries, or roles when the future feels both exciting and uncertain.

By 2030, India’s green economy could create over 50 million jobs but will our skilling systems be ready to meet that moment…..or will they miss it?   There’s a shift underway in how we think about work. We don’t just think about the existence of a job, but also what do they stand for. For… Continue reading Future-Ready Skills: How Green Skills Are Shaping Career Aspirations

A generation is growing up knowing the planet is on fire, and still dreaming of building futures on it. Climate change isn’t just an environmental crisis. It’s an aspiration crisis, and in the middle of it, green skills stand like an overlooked lever. As green sectors surge and traditional industries transition, a new kind of… Continue reading Cultivating Future Aspirations: Essential Green Skills for Tomorrow’s Workforce

— Nikita Bengani, Director, Youth Program Quest Alliance Every year on World Youth Skills Day, we reaffirm a global commitment to equipping young people with the skills they need for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship. For a country like India — home to one of the largest and youngest populations in the world — this… Continue reading Skills, Not Just Degrees: Why India’s Youth Need More Than Education