Tech Mahindra Unveils Upskilling as a Service Platform

By siliconindia  |  Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 04:17:58 PM IST

Tech Mahindra Unveils Upskilling as a Service Platform

Tech Mahindra, leading IT services company, has developed an Artificial Intelligence enabled UaaS or upskilling-as-a-service platform that will help organizations impart new skills in 5G, internet of things (IoT), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) among other things to employees. The UaaS platform will leverage AI to provide personalized, interactive, on-demand and contextual training to employees. It also makes suggestions on relevant career paths and SKUs to employees based on their existing skillset, time to upskill and available opportunities.

The content and assessments for the platform is being developed in partnership with over 30 global partners. Developed in-house, the UaaS platform will be deployed to accelerate skill development to meet the people supply chain needs of the organizations coping with the recent business challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Upskilling as a service platform is empowering our associates to identify and pursue their career aspirations at a speed of their preference, while also giving the tools to work with renewed passion and confidence to create future-ready workforce today,” says Harshvendra Soin, Global Chief People Officer & Head of Marketing, Tech Mahindra. While upskilling allows organizations to build a future-ready workforce, it allows individuals to stay relevant in their respective industry. An upskilling platform can enable individuals to enroll and continuously upgrade their skills as per the organization and industry requirements without any friction.

“The platform is helping us deliver value to our customers by grooming employees in full stack/ end to end professionals for current projects as well as future assignments. We plan to extend the platform to academia, thereby helping college students become future ready by the time they graduate,” asserts Vaishali Phatak, Head - Technical Learning Services & Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I), Tech Mahindra.

Tech Mahindra represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences, enabling Enterprises, Associates and the Society to Rise. It is a $5.2 billion company with 123,400+ professionals across 90 countries, helping 981 global customers including Fortune 500 companies. Its convergent, digital, design experiences, innovation platforms and reusable assets connect across a number of technologies to deliver tangible business value and experiences to its stakeholders. Tech Mahindra has been recognized amongst India’s 50 best companies to work for in 2020 by the Great Place to Work Institute.

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