Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation talks to ‘Business World TV’ about the Foundation & its Initiatives across the globe - the focus areas in the past, present and their impact. Dr. Kela stresses the Foundation’s endeavors to solve the significant problems of unemployment & underemployment. He talks about the gap between what academia is producing and what the industry needs, and how the Skills Initiative of the Foundation is working towards filling this gap.
He details the Foundation's significant efforts towards creating high-value jobs through creating and supporting entrepreneurs, and upskilling people to fulfill jobs. The Foundation’s entrepreneurship-led programs help the entrepreneurs & aspirants and inspire them towards entrepreneurship.
Dr. Kela also elaborates upon the vision of the Foundation for the next five years - to create between 2-3 million jobs and a run rate of a million jobs a year at the end of 5-years. He talks about the Foundation's Venture ScaleUp program which targets companies with 25-500 employees and is generating Rs 5 crore-Rs 700 crore revenue.
# Wadhwani Venture Fastrack [VFT]: Maximizes success rates of early-stage startups with enhanced business traction and #funding opportunities 👉🏾 vft.wfglobal.org/ # Wadhwani NEN: Empowers students with knowledge and skills through Courses and Startup Labs to create high-potential startups # Wadhwani Inspire: Establishes a nationwide culture of #entrepreneurship
About Wadhwani Advantage: Wadhwani Advantage aims to accelerate the growth of tens of thousands of SMEs by providing personalized, on-demand knowledge and consulting resources through a curated network of consultants, advisors, coaches, mentors, ‘Do-It-Yourself (DIY)’ tool kits, knowledge resources, and an AI-enabled mobile platform to create millions of new high-value jobs. 👉🏾 advantage.wfglobal.org/
About Wadhwani Opportunity: Wadhwani Opportunity empowers millions of students with 21st-century employability skills that drive family-supporting wages by mobile and video-centric content on cloud for 21st Century Skills and enabling learning through engagement analytics in an experiential and collaborative environment. Wadhwani Opportunity focuses on:
# Employability skills: Sector-agnostic core and professional skills # Sectorial employability skills: Sector-specific core and professional skills # Job role skills: Role-specific domain skills in various sectors
About Wadhwani Foundation: Wadhwani Foundation was founded in 2000 by Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, with the primary mission of accelerating #job creation in India and other emerging economies through large-scale initiatives in entrepreneurship, small business growth, #innovation, and #skilling. The Wadhwani Foundation operates in 20 countries, including India, South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines), East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda), Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia), West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana), Egypt, and Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chile). The Wadhwani Foundation works in partnership with governments, foundations, corporations, and educational institutes.
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Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation talks to ‘Business World TV’ about the Foundation & its Initiatives across the globe - the focus areas in the past, present and their impact. Dr. Kela stresses the Foundation’s endeavors to solve the significant problems of unemployment & underemployment. He talks about the gap between what academia is producing and what the industry needs, and how the Skills Initiative of the Foundation is working towards filling this gap.
He details the Foundation's significant efforts towards creating high-value jobs through creating and supporting entrepreneurs, and upskilling people to fulfill jobs. The Foundation’s entrepreneurship-led programs help the entrepreneurs & aspirants and inspire them towards entrepreneurship.
Dr. Kela also elaborates upon the vision of the Foundation for the next five years - to create between 2-3 million jobs and a run rate of a million jobs a year at the end of 5-years. He talks about the Foundation's Venture ScaleUp program which targets companies with 25-500 employees and is generating Rs 5 crore-Rs 700 crore revenue.
About Wadhwani Entrepreneur:
Wadhwani Entreprenuer inspires, educates, and enables #startup #entrepreneurs 👉🏾 www.wfglobal.org/entrepreneur/
# Wadhwani Venture Fastrack [VFT]: Maximizes success rates of early-stage startups with enhanced business traction and #funding opportunities 👉🏾 vft.wfglobal.org/
# Wadhwani NEN: Empowers students with knowledge and skills through Courses and Startup Labs to create high-potential startups
# Wadhwani Inspire: Establishes a nationwide culture of #entrepreneurship
About Wadhwani Advantage:
Wadhwani Advantage aims to accelerate the growth of tens of thousands of SMEs by providing personalized, on-demand knowledge and consulting resources through a curated network of consultants, advisors, coaches, mentors, ‘Do-It-Yourself (DIY)’ tool kits, knowledge resources, and an AI-enabled mobile platform to create millions of new high-value jobs. 👉🏾 advantage.wfglobal.org/
About Wadhwani Opportunity:
Wadhwani Opportunity empowers millions of students with 21st-century employability skills that drive family-supporting wages by mobile and video-centric content on cloud for 21st Century Skills and enabling learning through engagement analytics in an experiential and collaborative environment. Wadhwani Opportunity focuses on:
# Employability skills: Sector-agnostic core and professional skills
# Sectorial employability skills: Sector-specific core and professional skills
# Job role skills: Role-specific domain skills in various sectors
About Wadhwani Foundation:
Wadhwani Foundation was founded in 2000 by Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, with the primary mission of accelerating #job creation in India and other emerging economies through large-scale initiatives in entrepreneurship, small business growth, #innovation, and #skilling. The Wadhwani Foundation operates in 20 countries, including India, South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines), East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda), Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia), West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana), Egypt, and Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chile). The Wadhwani Foundation works in partnership with governments, foundations, corporations, and educational institutes.
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