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Advisory Committee |
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Bagga RK, India
International Institute of IT
Bhanwar Lal, India
Dept. of Labor,Govt. of AP
Deodhar PS, India
APLAB Group
Ghose Aditya, Australia
University of Wollongong
Gyanam Sadananda, Australia
Qantas
Indiresan PV, India
State Planning Commission
Khan Abdullah ,U.A.E
Earthcad Environment
Kittowski-Klaus Fuchs, Germany
University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Kulshreshtha OP, India
Consultant in Curriculum Development
Kundu Sourav , Japan
Knowledge Solutions Group Inc.,
Manocha Satish Kumar, India
Amrita School of Engineering
Mukhi Suresh K, Australia
Sydney College of Business and IT
Narismulu H A , South Africa
Hire Intelligence
Oliver Richard W, USA
American Sentinel University
Prakash CB
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Environmental Consultant
Rao C Kasarabada, India
United Telecom Group
Rao Srinivasa S, India
APITCO
Reddy DN , India
J N Technological University
Reddy Nandana I, India
Concerned for Working Children
Sattar Abdul, Australia
Griffith University
Shantha Sinha, India
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
Sharada Prasad, India
DGET, Government of India
Steve Quirk, Australia
ACPET
Susan Loomes, Australia
Central Queensland University
Vikram Ravindra M, India
MV Foundation
Young Soo You, Korea
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Welcome to skills2010 |
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the societies getting service oriented there is an acute shortage of
skilled work force. Given the world is increasingly interconnected and
economies are increasingly interdependent the issue is a global
challenge and in the same breath – is a global opportunity. The
existence of millions of unskilled and semi-skilled population
requiring life skills and livelihood skills and employability, while
there is an acute shortage of skills of all kinds, offers an immense
challenge for all. Institutions need to re-orient the pedagogy, the
economists need to revisit their theories, and instructional technology
providers need to sharpen their tools, and policy makers may revisit
their focus keeping the changing landscape of the skill market place.
The human aspects of life and livelihood are of paramount importance.
Life skills, livelihood skills and sustainability interact nationally
and globally. Life skills at a point in time and space find themselves
as livelihood skills at another point in time and space. They are
subject to constraints of sustainability. Sustainability, given our
understanding of the global environment – is on focus locally and
beyond.
There are deeply humanistic and philosophical issues involved. They are
inseparably related to the business and practical aspects of skills,
and their deployment, including rural-urban demographic divide and the
likes. The technological advances and changes in life styles make some
skills obsolete while demanding hitherto unknown skills. The working
conference seeks to address these.
The city of Hyderabad represents the heart of India in many ways –
geographically as well as in tradition. Given the huge human dimensions
of India – which needs to be transformed into a demographic dividend –
it is expected she would be a major player in the global skill market
place of the current century. The conference is international and would
have a global reach as may be seen from the composition of the
conference committees and interests so far generated. The conference is
hosted by REEDS and has provided the seed support. REEDS (www.reeds.in)
are a not-for-profit organization of India dedicated principally for
rural development. Their recent work on rural water supply is well
known and is widely commended. The conference invites partnerships of
various kinds. They could be sponsorships and others forms of
collaboration.
The following are suggested (and are not limited to) topics of
discussion so far identified;
• Pressures of change on pedagogy – industrial skills
• Evolving nature of Soft and generic skills
• Institutional development and international cooperation
• Open Systems Models- for skill acquisition and for accreditation.
• Globalization – Outsourcing of skills
• Women – empowerment
• Empowerment and transformation of rural landscape
• Public Policy and Plans
• Domain specific skills – Agriculture
• Domain specific skills – Environment
• Synergy between higher education and skill development
• ICT enhanced skill development
The conference encourages scholarly work, reports the best practices
and provides a platform for shared experiences and specially aims to
evolve a framework for institutional development. The working
conference is so termed as it aims to welcome academic and theoretical
dimensions while maintaining the focus on immediate and practical
aspects. The event would be intimate and panoramic. The participants
would interact intimately and build networks, while maintaining a
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Organizing Committee |
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Anila Sadananda, Australia
Carrick Institute of Education
Donna L. Doane, Thailand
Asian Institute of Technology
Esa Kujansuu , Finland Tampere University of Applied Sciences,
Hajela SK, India
ITU-APT Foundation
Luciano Gamberini, Italy
University of Padova
Ravi K Reddy, India
REEDS
R.Sadananda, Australia
University of New South Wales San Murugesan, Australia
University of Western Sydney
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Ministry of Labour & Employment
Government of India
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