Demand for digitally skilled workforce to rise at 35% CAGR: NASSCOM

18 Jul 2019 Evaluate

Pointing ‘lack of talent availability’ as one of the key challenges faced by organizations, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has said that the demand for digitally skilled workforce would rise at 35% Compounded Annual Growth Rate till 2023 of the current talent base of four million.

NASSCOM further said that reskilling talent base is its top priority and has taken a number of initiatives for it which includes proposed tie-ups with educational institutions. The first such tie-up is with Chennai based SRM University.

NASSCOM President Debjani Ghosh said that out of the four million jobs in industry, 60-65% of job profiles were expected to change in the next five years. By 2022, 54% of all employees will require significant reskilling and upskilling. She further noted that some technical skills required by companies include big data analytics, Artificial Intelligence while professional skills include problem-solving ability, storytelling, negotiation intelligence among others.

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