Aspire Skills World 2010

Aspire organized Aspire Skills World 2010 on 1st July 2010 in Gurgaon. PeopleStrong along with Naukri.com were the knowledge partners for the event.

The main discussion of the event was 'What employers want, What Educators want, the industry-academia divide and leadership required to deliver what India want'. The speakers for the event (academia) were Dr. Siddiq Wahid, VC, Islamic University, Mark Parkinson, Director, The Shri Ram Schools and Dr. Raj Singh, VC, Amity University. From the industry side the speakers were Pankaj Bansal, Co-founder and CEO, PeopleStrong, Arjun Balakrishnan, Director, Panasonic, Sandeep Dhar, CEO, TESCO India and Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO, Naukri.com. The discussion was moderated by Amit Bhatia, Founder and CEO, Aspire. Some very interesting and thought provoking ideas came out from the session. There was a near - consensus on the structural problem in our education system i.e. old curriculum, lack of skilled trainers, huge gap between industry and academia. Present Education does not have the capacity by itself and their has to be a combination of domain knowledge teaching and skills development training to groom talent.

Two other sessions on 'Eco-system & Entrepreneurship for Skills Development' and 'Mentorship for Excellence' were also organized.

From left to right, Pankaj Bansal, Co-founder and CEO, PeopleStrong, Arjun Balakrishnan, Director, Panasonic & Sandeep Dhar, CEO, TESCO India

To download the brochure of the event, click here.