GNC HR conclave emphasises importance of industry-aligned skills, continuous learning

GNC HR Conclave Digitalization – Shaping Futures, 2026 and Beyond (Upscaling done Upskilling astatine GNC – An Inspiring Meet-up of Leaders, Learners & Future Shapers), supported by NASSCOM SSC & FutureSkills Prime, was held successful Guru Nanak College (Autonomous) successful Chennai connected Wednesday. The Hindu was the media spouse for the event.

R. M. Ezhilarasi, Principal, Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Chennai, welcomed the gathering and presented a little illustration of the institution.

The main impermanent for the event, Udaya Sankar, Director – NASSCOM and Co-founder of Matram Foundation, emphasised the value of industry-aligned skills, continuous learning, and beardown collaboration betwixt world institutions and industry. He appreciated the initiatives of Guru Nanak College successful nurturing future-ready competencies among students and noted that this was the archetypal lawsuit of its benignant successful the State of Tamil Nadu astatine the assemblage level.

Marlene Morais, Advisor, Guru Nanak Educational Society and Former Principal of Guru Nanak College, delivered the keynote code and presented the Guru Nanak College exemplary that has successfully bridged the industry–academia spread done the Guru Nanak Centre for Skill Development, established connected the juncture of the 550th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

She emphasised the forward-looking strategies adopted by the assemblage to conscionable evolving concern demands and elaborated connected the pedagogies integrated to enactment these initiatives. Highlighting the value of skilling, upskilling, reskilling, and cross-skilling, she explained however merchandise improvement and a thriving start-up civilization person been efficaciously nurtured wrong the institution.

Swati Paliwal, Dean Academics and Head, GNCCOI, highlighted the assorted initiatives undertaken by the assemblage successful program improvement and brushed skills grooming to span the spread betwixt manufacture and academia. She emphasised that cultivating cognition and encouraging captious reasoning are cardinal drivers successful enhancing students’ employability.

Two sheet discussions were conducted connected the taxable “Becoming Industry-Ready: Way Beyond Curriculum” & “Extensive Influence of AI Across Domains”, moderated by Smitha Kumaran, Educational Consultant & erstwhile GM – Wipro. The programme concluded with R. Anand, Dean – Skill Development & Placements, stressing the 3C’s Model -- Curiosity, Creativity, and Collaboration -- arsenic cardinal the absorption areas for higher acquisition institutions.