The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has approved Rs 436 crore over a period of three years for ‘Future Skills PRIME’ programme.
- It is a joint venture program between the Government of India and National Association of Software and Services Companies.
- The programme seeks to skill 412,000 professionals in new technology such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, Internet of Things, Big Data, cybersecurity, social and mobile and so on.
- Future Skills PRIME is the next phase of the Future Skills platform and is open to professionals from outside the IT industry as well, who want to skill themselves in ten emerging technologies. Among the other beneficiaries of the platform are 10,000 government officials and 2,000 trainers.
