upGrad for Biz Collaborates with Welspun India to Upskill Employees in Data Analytics
upGrad B2B arm for business has announced its collaboration with Welspun India, the global leader of home textiles. This partnership intends to cultivate and reinforce the data culture at Welspun, by upskilling nearly 119 employees in Data Analytics to accelerate more efficient business decisions.
The manufacturing sector is currently undergoing a transition from traditional manufacturing processes to deploying Nextgen technology to aid automation and digitisation. Mordor Intelligence report states that the digital transformation in the manufacturing market was valued at $263.93 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $767.82 billion by 2026. Thus, to equip their employees with the right mindset, skillset, and toolset to be future-proof, Welspun is upskilling their employees with upGrad’s Data Analytics Certification program.
Rajendra Mehta, President & CHRO, Welspun India Limited says, “We at Welspun firmly believe in adapting to the changing times. As we power through dynamic times we must prepare towards being future-ready. The Certification Program on Data Analytics is Welspun’s initiative to prepare its teams for the future by launching programs that seek to build know-how and application of Predictive Analytics, AI/ML use cases, towards optimising our resources as we leap ahead.”
In the program, upGrad for Business would be offering contextualised and curated training with Welspun-focused sessions and case studies to ensure relevant understanding for the learners. The certification program would be offering an immersive learning experience to the Welspun workforce that includes online self-learning, instructor-led live sessions, coaching & mentoring, practice, feedback, and assessment, and many more. This would enable them to make more data-driven efficient business decisions supported by numbers and factual interpretation. That indeed helps in building a stronger data culture with a higher analytical workforce within the organisation. This is a part of organisational productivity excellence path at Welspun.
Minaxi Indra, President, and Head, upGrad for Business, states, “We are delighted to partner with Welspun and help empower their workforce with the right tools to build robust data culture. Our mission of bringing wholesome talent development to companies meets with the learning ideals at Welspun. We believe in equipping people with the right skills to create a talent-ready environment, especially for the Manufacturing sector. With Industry 4.0 adoption increasing across the world, the need for Data Analytics, Robotics and IIOT will be critical as India has already commenced digital manufacturing operations.”
Lately, upGrad for Business had launched a new business solution, upLevel to provide corporates with an organisation-wide on-demand learning capability. This has been designed keeping in mind the developing industry needs and elevated learning paths, the newly launched L&D solution would help the workforce stay updated of evolving skill sets and trends, thus making them future-ready to drive business outcomes.
