At the second edition of ET HR World’s signature conference on skills and learning, Future Skills 2021, held on July 28th, Mr. CS Krishnakumar, CHRO – Essar Power, had a fire side chat on the topic “’Interactive Guide to Closing the Skill Gaps’ amongst reputed fellow panelists Maya Sreekumar, VP-HR, Campus Recruitment & Training Head, Cognizant, Rahul Monie, CTO, AbsolutData and R.K Mohapatra, Director, Human Resources, IndianOil.
The session was moderated and lead by Mr. CS Krishnakumar who initiated the insightful discussion with fellow panelists touching upon the key strategies that can help organizations tackle one of their greatest challenges i.e. building and maintaining a skilled workforce.
The panel discussion amongst all industry leaders brought to the forefront brilliant insights into the use and importance of digital learning to close skill gaps as well as identifying learning opportunities geared towards that direction.
The event saw participation from an audience of 4000+ attendees including CXO’s, Thought leaders, HR leaders etc. and 50+ C-suite leaders, 50+ Speakers.
The pandemic has taught us that today’s workers need transferable skills that enable them to think critically and solve complex problems and also manage multiple projects at the same time. Given that the shelf life of skills is shrinking, adapting and being agile is essential. Along with that, a rock-solid, progressive and digital learning and development infrastructure is the backbone that every economy needs.
The Future Skills Conference is an initiative by The Economic Times – India’s no.1 business newspaper.