NSDC, HCLTech partner to develop assessment platform for professionals

IT services company HCL Technologies (HCLTech) has joined hands with nodal skill development agency – the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) – to work in the assessment and digital learning landscape. Under this partnership, the two entities will introduce digital assessment in tech and non-tech courses, collaborate on creating new products and programs, and offer industry-relevant tools and resources for quality training. 

“Both organizations will jointly develop an assessment platform where students and working professionals can get themselves assessed and certified for skills in demand. This is a significant step towards moving from qualification-based hiring to skill-based hiring. Both parties will also collaborate to offer reskilling, upskilling online courses to prepare for opportunities in a dynamic job market,” said Ved Mani Tiwari, chief executive officer, NSDC. NSDC and HCLTech will jointly leverage each other’s technical and domain expertise for also developing Smart labs for coding and data science, learning programs, faculty development, and advisory services for government and institutions. 

Additionally, both firms will create joint intellectual property (IP) for digitalising and digitalising assessments to cover skilling as well as the educational ecosystem and engage in advisory services, while also positioning tech solutions. 

“We are delighted to join forces with NSDC to leverage digital technologies to build a future-ready talent ecosystem for India and the rest of the world. I am confident that HCLTech’s proven Career Shaper learning and assessments platforms and NSDC experience in talent and nation building can make a significant impact in how technology can be smartly used for skilling,” said Srimathi Shivashankar, corporate vice president and global head, EdTech Business, HCLTech.

NSDC offers digital learning initiatives in collaboration with Indian and global partners, providing access to over 1.4 lakh minutes of multi-lingual digital content in various sectors. For instance, NSDC partnered with edtech startup Scaler in March this year to offer upskilling programs for software development engineers. data science, and machine learning professionals.