India AI is currently inviting applications for the position of General Manager – India AI Future Skills purely on Contract/ Consolidated basis.

The last date of submission of applications shall be 18.10.2024.

Name of Post: General Manager – India AI Future Skills

Project: India AI

Number of positions: 01

Reporting to: COO

Roles and Responsibilities 

• Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for the Skilling in AI initiative, setting clear objectives, performance metrics, and timelines to drive the program forward.
• Oversee the creation and deployment of skilling programs for ITI and Polytechnic students, ensuring they are aligned with AI industry requirements and labor market demands.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with educational institutions, government agencies such as NIELIT, AICTE, DHE, state governments, and industry stakeholders to ensure successful collaboration and outcome delivery.
• Implement monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track the performance and impact of skilling initiatives, ensuring continuous improvement and reporting progress to key stakeholders.
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior leadership, including the CEO of IndiaAI, and other relevant stakeholders on program status, challenges, and achievements.
• Lead and mentor a team of consultants and staff members, ensuring alignment with the overall objectives of the skilling initiative and India AI’s vision.

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About India AI

The IndiaAI Mission aims to build a comprehensive ecosystem that fosters AI innovation by democratizing computing access, enhancing data quality, developing indigenous AI capabilities, attracting top AI talent, enabling industry collaboration, providing startup risk capital, ensuring socially impactful AI projects, and promoting ethical AI. This mission drives responsible and inclusive growth of India’s AI ecosystem through following seven pillars.

About DIC

The Digital India Corporation (formerly Media Lab Asia) has been set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, to innovate, develop and deploy ICT and other emerging technologies for the benefit of the common man. Digital India Corporation plays the role of a leader in promoting e-Governance by taking forward the projects and activities of the Digital India Programme, to facilitate its stakeholders to realise its goals. It also provides strategic support to Ministries & Departments, both at the Central and State level for carrying forward the mission of the Digital India Programme by way of Capacity Building for e-Governance projects, promoting best practices, encouraging Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), nurturing innovation and technology in various domains. Digital India Corporation has several Independent Business Divisions under it and these include NeGD, MyGov, Bhashini, ISM, IndiaAI and MSH.

More details can be seen at https://dic.gov.in/