Frequently, while proposing solutions for India’s vast skilling gap, we tend to miss the forest for the trees. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)- India’s largest skilling initiative is often chastised inter-alia for its deficient placements, compromised training lengths, and insufficient industry exposure.

In this blog, IDS student Ayush Punia (who studies MA Poverty & Development) writes about how an integrated “Edu-Skills” model represents a whole which is greater than the sum of its individual parts.
This is one of a series of blogs supported by the IDS Alumni Office and written by current IDS students and PhD researchers from the current academic year. Click below to read the full blog.