In a strategic move to position India as a global supplier of skilled talent, the Godrej Foundation, alongside The Convergence Foundation and Manish Sabharwal, co-launched the Global Access to Talent from India (GATI) Foundation. The initiative was unveiled at a high-profile event attended by Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, and Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
GATI is a non-profit foundation committed to building ethical, structured, and circular migration pathways to meet an expected global labour shortfall of 45–50 million skilled and semi-skilled workers by 2030. The launch brought together diplomats, senior bureaucrats, business leaders, and think tanks to chart India’s role in global skills mobility.
Omar Momin, CEO of Godrej Foundation, highlighted GATI’s transformative potential: “Global labour mobility is not just smart economics—it’s transformative development.” Ashish Dhawan of The Convergence Foundation stressed the potential to grow India’s migrant workforce to 2–2.5 million annually, expanding remittances to $300 billion. For Guwahati, a hub of emerging skilled talent in Northeast India, GATI opens a promising frontier. Local training institutes can tailor skill development to global standards, creating international job pathways and boosting household incomes through remittance inflows. GATI aims to shift the global migration narrative—towards legal, safe, and mutually beneficial workforce mobility.
