The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India, on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the GATI Foundation, a project under the SFI Impact Foundation, to strengthen institutional mechanisms supporting overseas employment and global mobility for skilled Indian workers. The agreement aims to establish a strategic framework for collaboration between the two organisations to position India as a global hub of skilled talent while enabling Indian youth to access international employment opportunities in a structured and sustainable manner. Under the MoU, MSDE and the GATI Foundation will jointly develop a comprehensive, data-driven roadmap for overseas skilling and workforce mobility. The initiative will focus on identifying high-demand international job roles, priority destination countries and sectoral opportunities for Indian workers.
Speaking on the occasion, MSDE Secretary Debashree Mukherjee said India’s demographic dividend could translate into global economic strength only when the workforce is equipped with skills that meet international standards. She said the partnership would help build a structured ecosystem for global skill mobility and prepare youth with the right skills, language abilities and cultural readiness. GATI Foundation CEO Arnab Bhattacharya said the collaboration would strengthen coordination between the Centre and states and help align skilling efforts across India’s workforce ecosystem to accelerate the country’s journey toward becoming the global skills capital by 2047.
As part of the partnership, a Project Management Unit will be set up at Kaushal Bhawan in New Delhi to support research, international partnerships and monitoring frameworks. The collaboration will also strengthen Skill India International Centres, enhance ties with ITIs and polytechnics and facilitate global employer engagement to improve overseas placement opportunities.
