While China succeeded in transferring nearly 150 million people from agriculture to manufacturing, we could not do so, due to lack of skilled manpower.

Recognising that the future growth of India will depend on greater skill development, the National Policy for Skill Development aims to create a skilled workforce of 500 million by 2022.

Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential.

Foreign universities have two aspects - content and brand. If we focus on the brand, we could lose out on the content. The idea is to focus on the content.

There should be more interaction and more confidence building between our various academic institutions just like how there needs to be a confidence building between industry and academics.

Industry and institutes need to build smarter linkages.