1.
UP govt
to go paperless, organises e-cabinet training programme
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office is already following an
e-office system and now the cabinet is endeavouring to go completely digital. The
chief minister of Uttar Pradesh has ordered that a training session be
organised for all ministers, to take forward the mission of paperless
governance. The officials and ministers participating in the training session
will have to attend with their laptops and tablets. As part of the e-cabinet
training session, all the participants will be given basic training pertaining
to digital working. This is the Uttar Pradesh government’s way of bringing into
force the Digital India Programme. The Secretariat in Uttar Pradesh is already
following an e-office system. The next goal for the state government is to
shift the cabinet meetings to a completely digital mode. To ensure the same,
all materials that ministers may require to take questions during the budget
session scheduled for the third week of February, will be available to them on
their laptops and tablets. Only online communication will be encouraged within
the cabinet.
2.
Dineout attempts to
train, mentor future business leaders
The
restaurant tech platform has introduced a programme to mentor software
engineers who aspire to be business leaders. Dineout, the Indian dining out
and restaurant tech platform, has launched ‘Dineout Techpreneurs’, an
initiative aimed at training and mentoring software engineers to become future
business leaders. The programme will provide an opportunity to candidates from
a software engineering background to work in Dineout’s fast-paced environment,
gain exposure to the business side of the brand’s technology, receive guidance
on MBA applications, such as GMAT/CAT tips, application essay reviews,
interview practice, and so on, and intern in product management roles before
they get admitted to a business school of their choice. Interested candidates
may apply at http://bit.ly/applyDineoutMBA
This
programme will offer B-school aspirants a chance to shadow and partner with
product managers to convert their innovative ideas into actual product features
and come up with solutions for real-life problems in business. They will
receive guidance, mentorship and recommendations from engineering heads,
product leaders, and even the Company’s founders before they begin their MBA
course. Once they get admission, they will undergo a 6-8 week pre-MBA product
management internship at Dineout, before joining the B-school. This internship
will set them apart from the other students while applying for internships or
full-time roles post their course.
3.
Competency-based
learning helps bridge the skill gap
A
robust competency-based L&D programme helped AT&T to reskill 2,80,000
of its employees in two years. The industry is evolving very fast, and our
education system is dated. This has created a serious skill gap in the existing
workforce across levels. For instance, big data, machine learning, artificial
intelligence, robotics are much in demand not just in tech companies, but across
sectors. Yet, these courses are still to be part of the mainline curriculum. How
do companies bridge this skill gap at an ongoing basis, when new, innovative
and cutting-edge technologies are emerging with each passing day? Competency
based learning is the solution to this. AT&T, which entered the cloud
business in 2016 realised that the workforce lacked the requisite skills to
enter the new era of business.
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