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24 August 2026 AGREEMENTS

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has partnered with Cultus Education and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch a nationwide cloud and AI skilling initiative.

The program aims to provide foundational AI and cloud literacy to 1.5 lakh learners using the digital training content of AWS.

6 August 2026 AGREEMENTS

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has partnered with AVPL International to establish 350 Advanced Skill Centres (ASCs) for drone technology across India. The initiative will be implemented over the next 3 years.

In the first year, 75 ASCs will be set up in private universities and engineering colleges. These facilities will function as industry-operated Centres of Excellence (CoEs).

1 July 2026 AWARDS

Team India has won 5 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze) at the Global Skills Challenge (GSC) Australia 2026.

The Gold medalists include Pavan Bhadravati Suresha (Karnataka) for Additive Manufacturing (3D printing), Mausam Kumar Giri (Bihar) for Cloud Computing, and Vishnupriya Sunil (Delhi) for Health and Social Care. Harsh Ramesh Pawar (Maharashtra) won the Silver medal in 3D Digital Game Art, and Muskan (Haryana) secured the Bronze medal in Painting and Decorating.

15 April 2026 NATIONAL

Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary has launched a campaign to establish the Skills Outcomes Fund (SOF) with an outlay of ₹530 crore. The SOF is designed as a scalable model for outcomes-based financing (OBF) to link vocational training with sustainable job placement.

It utilizes a blended finance model, combining resources from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) with capital from private and philanthropic partners. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is the nodal implementing agency for the project.

The campaign builds on the success of the Skill Impact Bond launched in 2021, which trained over 34,000 youth (74% of whom were women) and achieved a 76% job placement rate with a 62% retention rate.

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