Engineering Research and Development (ER&D) industry

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Overview

Engineering Research and Development (ER&D) industry in India is a vital sector driving innovation, technological advancements, and economic growth. Currently, the number of ER&D talent in India stands at 965K, with a projected growth to 2.2x by 2025. The demand for digital engineering skills is also increasing significantly, with more than 15% growth in job postings in domains such as cybersecurity, big data analytics, AI/ML, edge computing, and IoT etc.

Recognizing the growing demand for specialized digital engineering skills, FutureSkills Prime has initiated an industry-recognized digital engineering skilling program to assist academia in keeping up with the industry's evolving digital priorities. The program focussed on incorporating course credits into college curricula in accordance with the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF).

Global ER&D Talent Pool

Overall : ~6.2 million

Emerging Skills

~600,000

Current Demand Gap

Overall : ~30,000 of which 90,000 for emerging skills

Demand Growth

Overall : ~3.9 million additional resources required by 2025

Demand in Emerging Skills

~1.2 million additional resources required by 2025

Problem Statement

The FutureSkills digital engineering program addressed three key challenges in fostering a digital engineering culture at an academic level and ensuring that India’s workforce is inclusive and future-ready.

Employee Productivity

Skill Development

Process Automation

Goal

Focus on Emerging Technologies

Train students in AI/Deep Learning, Big Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, and Edge Computing
Industry-Recognized Certification

Provide nasscom certified courses to validate and enhance the credibility of the acquired skills
Commitment to
Hiring

Facilitate the transition from theoretical knowledge to practical industry application, ensuring that trained professionals are employable

Why FutureSkills Prime?

FutureSkills Prime offered an exclusive nasscom-certified Digital Engineering program meticulously crafted by 55 subject matter experts (SMEs) from the aforementioned organizations ensuring relevance and quality.

On the Futureskills Prime portal, learners gained a seamless learning experience through self-paced courses and earned badges after completing knowledge checks at the end of each pathway. Under the initiative, successful candidates who scored 50% or higher in the SSC nasscom assessment received a nasscom certification, which validated their expertise in the ER&D domain.

Participants received course credits aligned with the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) after completing the Digital Engineering program offered by FutureSkills Prime.

Detailed Implementation of FutureSkills Prime’s Digital Skills Program

The program, curated by 55 SMEs across leading organizations, offered comprehensive training in five key emerging technologies:

Internet Of Things
Edge Computing
Cybersecurity
AI/ML
Big Data Analytics

The digital engineering program was specifically designed to bridge the gap between academia and industry, aligning with the hiring requirements of organizations like Cyient and Tata Technologies. These organizations committed to preferential hiring for candidates who are DE-certified.

Key Highlights

01
33 Hours of Intensive Foundational Training

02
Collaboration
with 55 SMEs

03
Specialized Industry Relevant Content

04
Self-Paced
Learning

05
Quizzes and
Assessments

06
NSQF Aligned
Credits

How We Bridged the Skill Gap

FutureSkills Prime prioritized several actions to bridge the skill gap in digital engineering:

Connect academic skills with practical experience

Supervised career-related experience (Internship)

Online internship through AICTE approved Industry -recognized nasscom pathways, assessments and off-campus project framework for 4th & 5th semester students
Supervised career-related experience (4-6 weeks) at Industry after 6th semester

Industry – Academia applied research collaboration

Mandatory academic partnerships for super cluster matching grants

Develop ready to work skills that keep pace with change

ER&D Bootcamp/Finishing Programs for Industry-ready talent

Bootcamp Programs for Digital (top 5 skills), Embedded, VLSI & Full-stack in 5 cities and 10 emerging locations
Govt. conditional training grants & placement grants nasscom approved institutions (Ref.)^*
Shared lab infrastructure for bootcamps in PPP model^*

Strengthen ER&D carrier pathways for target markets

Early exposure to target market language & cultures

5-Year Integrated double degree masters’ programs in collaboration with international universities in target markets (Japan, Germany & France)^*
Foreign language credit programs in engineering colleges^*

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

Increase women in ER&D

Common Industry framework to recruit, engage, grow and retain women in ER&D and implement

Develop wider and deeper pool of skilled talent (enhance Tier-2 employability)

ER&D bootcamps and shared infrastructure in 10 emerging locations

Facilitate access to global talent/Indian residents at abroad

Simplify immigration processes and offer tax benefits new immigrants or returned residents (Ref.-1 & Ref.-2)*

* Govt. funding/ interventions
Emerging Locations: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Thiruvananthapuram, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Indore and Kolkata.