The National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET), under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), has entered into an agreement with Flipkart to further strengthen India’s vocational education and skilling ecosystem. The collaboration aims to create nationally recognised, industry-led skilling pathways for India’s rapidly expanding e-commerce and logistics workforce, in alignment with the Skill India Mission.

The agreement signing took place at Kaushal Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of senior representatives from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and NCVET. Ms. Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Chairperson, NCVET, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, alongside Prof. (Dr) Ashok Kumar Gaba, Executive Member, NCVET; Mr. Rajneesh Kumar, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Flipkart Group. Lt. Col. Vikram Singh Bhati, Director, NCVET, Dr Suhas Deshmukh, Director NCVET and Shri Deepak Dan Barnwal, Director, NCVET were present amongst dignitaries.

Established under the aegis of MSDE, NCVET plays a critical role in regulating and ensuring quality across India’s vocational education, training, and skilling ecosystem. Its mandate focuses on creating nationally benchmarked standards that strengthen workforce employability and contribute to sustained economic growth.

As part of this collaboration, NCVET will enable Flipkart to build capabilities towards becoming a recognised Awarding Body (Dual) for Training, Assessment and Certification, enabling industry-designed skilling programs to be formally benchmarked, portable, and nationally recognised. This milestone will enable Flipkart to design and deliver training programs aligned with National Skills Qualification Frameworks (NSQF), ensuring consistent quality and industry relevance. This partnership will also help Flipkart develop standardized, high-quality training and certification programs that enhance employability, particularly for individuals from underprivileged backgrounds.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, MSDE & Chairperson, NCVET, said, “NCVET’s partnership with Flipkart reflects reinforces our ongoing effort to make India’s skilling architecture more industry-responsive, credible and outcomes-driven. By aligning training and certification closely with real operational needs, we are strengthening pathways for quality jobs, mobility and long-term career growth.”

Speaking about the partnership, Shri Rajneesh Kumar, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Flipkart Group, said, “At Flipkart, skilling is not a peripheral effort, it is core to how we build India’s digital commerce infrastructure. As one of the country’s largest employers and enablers in the e-commerce and logistics ecosystem, we see it as our responsibility to help create standardized, nationally recognised skilling pathways that are industry-led and outcome-oriented.

This collaboration with NCVET allows us to bring real operational insight from the shopfloor into formal training, assessment and certification frameworks. Our intent is to help build a large pool of job-ready talent that can grow with India’s digital economy, while supporting the Skill India Mission in a meaningful, long-term way.”

For trainees, the initiative will offer standardized program delivery, rigorous assessment processes, and prestigious certifications with strong market recognition, both nationally and internationally. These credentials can be securely stored on DigiLocker, with academic credits accumulated and verified through the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), further strengthening career mobility and long-term employability.

Through this collaboration, NCVET aims to bridge critical skill gaps in the e-commerce supply chain, create a pool of certified and job-ready talent, and support India’s vision of becoming a globally competitive, future-ready economy.

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