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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Dec, 2018
Indian IT industry apex body's social arm Nasscom Foundation plans to
use corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds to skill techies on
latest technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
robotics, a top executive has said.
"We plan to use CSR funds to
skill people on new technologies like AI, machine learning (ML),
Blockchain, robotics etc., and bridge the skills gap," the Chief
Executive of Nasscom Foundation Ashok Pamidi said at an event here on
Monday.
Pamidi was speaking at the Foundation's 'CSR Leadership Conference' in this tech hub.
"Latest
technologies can help in addressing various day-to-day problems and the
needs of common people while helping improve the social fabric," Pamidi
said.
The two-day CSR conference, which began in the city on
Monday, aims to provide a platform for the IT and business process
management (BPM) industry to solve India's pressing problems, he added.
Collaboration
across the industry was necessary to solve larger national issues, said
Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh on the occasion.
With automation
expected to have an impact on the labour markets, there is a need for
re-skilling the workforce, according to the chairman of Accenture India
Rekha M. Menon.
"While the extent of the impact on labour markets
is still being determined, what remains clear is that automation may
disproportionately affect individuals who are already facing hardship,"
Menon said in her keynote address at the conference.
"Without a
large-scale re-skilling effort, these individuals are at greater risk of
technological displacement and unemployment," she added.
As per a
report from Accenture on creating a future workforce, 95 per cent
workforce believes that it needs new skills to remain relevant.
The
conference had about 400 delegates, including tech company heads,
policymakers, CSR heads from various firms, NGOs, and social influencers
taking part.
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