• S. Glory Swarupa
• Ravi Kumar Goyal

Skilled workforce is a scare commodity in Indian labour market. There is a distinct mismatch between youth with higher education and required job skills, which is hampering the economic growth of our nation. Timely supply of skilled persons is undersized against the ample demand from the industry. Apart from curriculum education, knowledge on employable skills are required for various forms of employment in the labour market. Primarily, students from higher education sector constitute the potential target group for skill development besides the labour work force in the organized sector, unorganized sector including those entering the labour market for the first time. In a large country like India, recognising the ultimate role of education sector in nurturing and promoting an ecosystem of innovation is very vital. The challenges in higher education system has triggered the introduction of few innovative practices among several educational institutional across the country. It was urged to establish a new platform for enabling the skill universities in the country to supplement the efforts of the government in reforming the higher education system and to lead the skills education initiative in the country. The paper is an attempt to bring forth the innovations in education by Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU), Jaipur. The paper highlights the challenges in higher education, need for innovations in education, importance of skill education, Government of India initiatives and National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF). BSDU innovative approaches in designing skill courses related to employment & entrepreneurship, development of curriculum, course content, delivery mechanism, technical hands on training, business development, personality development, industry internship and employability skills are discussed.

Innovation, Higher Education, Skill University, B.Voc, M.Voc, Employment

"SKILL EDUCATION: AN INNOVATIVE WAY OF LEARNING FOR EMPLOYABLE SOCIETY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.42-47, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBW06007.pdf

"SKILL EDUCATION: AN INNOVATIVE WAY OF LEARNING FOR EMPLOYABLE SOCIETY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp42-47, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBW06007.pdf