Can you help fight climate change by contributing just 30 seconds of your day? Can artificial intelligence prepare meals reminiscent of your mother’s cooking? How are thousands of senior citizens harnessing the power of social media to fight misinformation? ‘Igniting Ideas for Impact’, an audiobook by Accenture India and The Better India, embarks into a journey of exploring these and more transformatory ideas over a course of six chapters. Traversing India’s landscape, we delve deep into some of the nation’s pioneering startups and the revolutionaries behind them. The people you will hear from in this book include Geetha Manjunath talking about her transformative battle for early breast cancer detection; Saket Modi on his global mission for cyber security; Aishwarya Karnataki on her endeavour to include thousands living with an invisible disability; and Manish Amin on his goal of printing human organs to save millions of lives – to name a few. We speak to Indians wheeling in sea change across sustainability, women in leadership, deep tech, innovation, artificial intelligence, and the future of the workforce.
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episode 6: Indians Building the Future of India’s Workforce
Indians Building the Future of India’s Workforce: This chapter explores concrete examples of how certain platforms pioneered by ordinary Indians are helping the country encash its demographic dividend, while also facilitating the entry of those often ignored, or left out of the formal workforce. It examines a range of exceptional ideas, policies, and trends that advocate for investing in talent and gives an acute sense of the work that goes behind providing people with the necessary skills to find quality jobs.
Author: Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk
Edited by: Divya Sethu & Tanaya Singh
Source material for figures and facts cited in ‘Key Takeaways’
'UNIFIED SKILL INDIA DIGITAL PLATFORM TO BE LAUNCHED TO EXPAND DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM FOR SKILLING'; Published on 1 February 2023 courtesy Press Information Bureau, Government of India
'Post-pandemic job recovery for Indian women slower than men: Report' by Nupur Dogra; Published on 22 February 2023 courtesy Business Standard
'Skilling India — Here's how the govt's new emphasis could turn our demographic dividend into reality' by Chhavi Banswal; Published on 15 February 2023 courtesy CNBC TV-18
'The enduring sexism of India’s tech industry' by Raksha Kumar; Published on 1 November 2022 courtesy Rest of World