Creating a future ready workforce for industry 4.0
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64171/JSRD.4.S1.53-55Keywords:
Industry 4.0, Great benefits, Technologies, Tools, StrategiesAbstract
India is the world’s fourth largest economy and is on track to become the third largest by 2028. To speed up its growth rate towards this end, we have, inter-alia, create a future ready workforce for Industry 4.0, because it provides the tools and technologies that enables it to become more efficient, data-driven, and responsive to changing needs. It extends well beyond manufacturing, actively transforming speciality hospital services, e-Commerce, online retail, retail malls, and infrastructure through digital integration and smart technologies. It requires vertical, horizontal, and end-to-end integration across people, technology, processes, and infrastructure, impacting both technical and human aspects of organizations. Creating a future-ready workforce needs strengthening of specialised skills in tools and technologies of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution framework” in India, corresponding to its adoption level in the advanced economies.
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