TCS and Infosys have joined a global drive for tech reskilling of 1 million workers in the first-ever such IT industry initiative. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/MintDavos: Indian IT companies TCS and Infosys have joined a global drive for tech reskilling of 1 million workers in the first ever such IT industry initiative. The initiative will be targeting 1 million people for training and resource opportunities on the World Economic Forum SkillSET portal by January 2021. The IT Industry Skills Initiative was launched here by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to meet the global skills gap challenge and address job displacement arising from automation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Under the chairmanship of Mike Gregoire, CEO, CA Technologies, the coalition will report on progress at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019.

Source: Mint January 24, 2018 06:45 UTC