Research paper from Prof. Arindam Lahiri(Executive Director – IWSB) got selected at IIM Ahmedabad.

Title of paper:  Role of Vocational Education and Training in mitigating the challenges of inclusive growth in emerging economies

About the article:

The paper examines the challenges of capacity building and its linkage to the overall challenges of inclusive growth in emerging economies. The Indian formal education sector has not included vocational education and training (VET) as an inherent part of capacity building. Over a period of six decades post-independence, the initial focus has been lost and today we end up with a capacity mismatch of VET capacity in formal sector vis-à-vis the workforce that enters the Indian labour market for the first time. The case studies include the social impact of the capacity development initiatives and compare it with such initiatives being undertaken with other emerging economies around the globe. The research firmly emphasizes that inclusive growth and empowerment in emerging economies can happen through vocational education and training.