Karnataka will integrate all its skilling efforts into a single unified system: CM

Bengaluru Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has announced a plan to integrate the State’s fragmented skilling efforts into a single unified system, budgeting an estimated investment of ₹5,000 crore to train 30 lakh beneficiaries over the next seven years.

Speaking at the Bengaluru Skill Summit on Wednesday, the Chief Minister also revealed the formation of a new State Vision Group for skill development, chaired by Mindtree co-founder Subroto Bagchi, to fundamentally reshape the state’s workforce pipeline to meet future demands. “Our aim is to bring Karnataka’s skilling effort into one integrated system, also to reach about 30 lakh beneficiaries over the next seven years.

We will be deploying about 5,000 crore for this,” he stated. Shifting market demands The policy shift comes at a time when Karnataka, which produces over one lakh engineering graduates every year, has several of them facing underemployment or accepting entry-level positions with low salaries.