~ Com o objetivo de implementar a educação empresarial em faculdades e a educação profissional em escolas e ITIs
~ To be achieved through an integrated approach to entrepreneurship, innovation and skill development in the State ~
~ WOF to build one-stop technology platform with a focus to educate high school and ITI students on skilling and college students on entrepreneurships, to train and connect mentors and investors to local entrepreneurs and to develop and disseminate best practices on incubators and accelerators ~
Jaipur, June 4, 2016: State of Rajasthan (SoR) and Wadhwani Operating Foundation have announced a strategic partnership which aims at making Rajasthan a Smart State through Job Creation and Talent Development. Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO, Wadhwani Operating Foundation exchanged the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shri Rajat Kumar Mishra, Secretray, Department of Skills, Employment and Entrepreneurship in presence of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan Smt. Vasundhara Raje. This initiative would also support the Make in India, Startup India, Skill India, Digital India and other Initiatives of Government of India.
Focus areas of this collaboration include making Entrepreneurship Education ubiquitous in Rajasthan colleges, developing city based Startup and SME ecosystems, establishing a Startup and Small Business Innovation (SSBI) initiative to fund innovation challenge grants, vocationlization of high schools, transformation of ITIs to Modern Manufacturing Training Hubs and Multi-Skill Institutes and employer engagement for education, internship and apprenticeship. These will be supported by Central Core Technology Platform to achieve the desired quality and scale.
Expressing optimism on signing of this MoU, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan Smt. Vasundhara Raje disse: "Development of entrepreneurship in the State with international standard models, is one of the Government’s priorities. I hope that Wadhwani Operating Foundation and like-minded organizations will spur entrepreneurship development in each and every district of the State and the Government will fully support this."
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ajay Kela, President & CEO, Wadhwani Operating Foundation said “Rajasthan’s Smart State initiative will focus on job creation and job fulfillment through building and supporting the full life-cycle of the entrepreneurship, Skills and innovation ecosystems. The strategy is to build city-based ecosystems that include upgraded skills training through transformation of ITIs, entrepreneurship education in colleges, local mentor and investor networks and policy framework to support growth Start-ups and growth SME’s. I hope that this collaboration between Rajasthan Government and Wadhwani Operating Foundation will spur high-quality job creation in the State."
Sobre a Fundação Wadhwani:
Wadhwani Foundation was founded in 2000 by Dr. Romesh Wadhwani with the primary mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies through large-scale job creation. The Foundation is present in India, Indonesia, and Malaysia operating in association with governments, corporates, and educational institutes, and has plans to expand soon to other countries in Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. Its five Initiatives are driving job creation through innovation, entrepreneurship and skill development:
Rede Nacional de Empreendedorismo (NEN) inspires, educates, and supports student entrepreneurs, startups, and SMEs for creating high-value jobs. Over the past ten years, NEN has trained over 3,000 faculty across 500 institutes, who now regularly offer entrepreneurship courses to more than 100,000 students, annually. NEN recently signed an agreement with Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to scale this to 3000 institutes. NEN has also ventured into creating city based entrepreneurial ecosystems that would consist of mentors, investor and incubators supporting startups and SMEs
Rede de Desenvolvimento de Habilidades (SDN) aims to equip non-college-bound high school graduates with sufficient work-skills to command family supporting wages (Rs 12,000+). Today, SDN works across 3000 high schools and with over 200,000 students and is embarking on scaling this to 15,000 schools over the next three-five years, in partnership with the Indian government. SDN is also working with the Central and State Governments to transform ITIs to modern manufacturing training hubs and multi-skill institutes, and with employers to engage in providing adjunct faculty, internships and apprenticeships.
Rede de Oportunidades para Pessoas com Deficiência (OND) O programa de educação para deficientes físicos integra os deficientes instruídos em empregos corporativos sustentáveis e de alta qualidade por meio de uma proposta de valor comercial. 8.000 pessoas foram colocadas por meio dessa iniciativa e a OND, em parceria com o governo e o setor, está desenvolvendo a capacidade de colocar 100.000 pessoas nos próximos cinco anos, com o objetivo final de que as empresas reconheçam o valor comercial da contratação e da integração de pessoas com deficiência.
Rede de Pesquisa e Inovação (RIN) visa criar um ecossistema de inovação de classe mundial na Índia, com o objetivo de impulsionar a Índia para as dez principais nações inovadoras do mundo. O Wadhwani Research Center for Biotechnology (WRCB) no IIT Bombay e o Shanta Wadhwani Center for Cardiac and Neural Research (SWCCNR) no NCBS, Bengaluru, são os dois centros pioneiros criados pela RIN. A iniciativa Startup and Small Business Innovation (SSBI) tem como objetivo criar ecossistemas nacionais em setores críticos de grande importância.
Centro de Pesquisa de Políticas (PRC) fornece insumos de pesquisa orientados por dados para ações políticas informadas com o objetivo de acelerar o crescimento econômico. A PRC avaliou o desempenho de dois dos maiores e mais abrangentes programas da Índia iniciados pelo Department of Biotechnology e administrados pelo Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) - SBIRI e BIPP. A avaliação levou a recomendações baseadas em evidências para que os formuladores de políticas melhorassem o impacto e a escala dos programas de inovação em setores de pequena e média escala. A Fundação prevê a criação de parcerias com várias organizações do governo central para iniciar concessões de inovação para 25.000 empresas ao longo de cinco anos como parte da Iniciativa SSBI.
