India is a truly diversified nation. A federal system with thirty
odd states and union territories within, of different culture, cast and creed,
different climatic zones, the population
speaking hundreds of languages; India
with the multiplicity of hues and shades
that it possesses in every area, stands so unique among nations of the world. Managing
a nation as diverse as India, could be a challenge for any Government.
Helped by global changes such as fall in crude oil prices and
increased inflow in FDI that helped the country in controlling its Current
Account deficit, the national planners today focuses on imaginative campaigns
such as ‘Clean India’ ‘Make in India’, ‘Digital India’ and now ‘Startup India’
etc. Infrastructure, Energy, Healthcare and Entrepreneurship development are
paramount priorities for the Central Government.
Within this background, we have to view the Indian
demography. Heading to become the most
populous nation of the world in a decade, India enjoys the unique advantage of
having more than 50% of its denizens coming under the age of 25 years. It is
estimated that by the year 2020, Indian will be one of the youngest nation on
the Planet Earth with an average age of 29 years, which is far lower than
China, America and Europe. With its youth power at the peak, the nation offers
many possibilities and opportunities to its citizens.
Indian youth also have to face its challenges. That comes in the form of unskilled labor,
rural population, global job travel restrictions and limited focus on
entrepreneurship. These challenges have to be overcome so that the country can
enable and empower its youth into job creation, wealth creation and the
distribution of the same.
In the last decade, many
nations of the world underwent drastic political changes within, led
predominantly by its youth who were idling and were devoid of activities of
employment and entrepreneurship. They felt suffocated within their existing
systems led by people who were alienated from the reality, sitting in glass
houses, on denial. For a nation such as India, with more than 65% of its
population below the age of 35 years, there could be a demographic
disaster. This calls for campaigns to
consolidate and lead Indian youth power constructively into peaceful activates
of job and wealth creation.
Between the agony and ecstasy of the its growth,
somewhere the planners of the country couldn’t focus properly on the necessity
of preparing the Indian youth to take up employment which lies not only in the
brick and mortar economy but also in the digital world. Unskilled labour is an
unwanted force. Immediately the country needs to define various skills (old and
new) that are required, create the curriculum and impart the same through the
existing and new institutions.
An ageing world would
require assistance from the youth for running their affairs smoothly. For every
nation of the world, youth power is required for sheer existence. India possesses
the Youth power in abundance. Immediately equipping Indian youth with skills
and empower them to meet the current and emerging global needs will be an
opener for them travel across the world. An example is the Indian IT force
during the turn of the last century.
A century so characterized
by Knowledge, it is imperative that the people are imparted with the same. Therein
comes the process of learning. Of the
various methodologies that are available today, experiential learning process
gains utmost leeway in developing personnel.
Preparing Indian youth,
skilling them up, upgrading their proficiency and making them employable and or
leading them to entrepreneurship are the Nation’s top most priority
To put it briefly, India has
its work cut out for the future.
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