NSDC Partners with Microsoft to empower Indian youth with digital skills

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Microsoft have entered into a strategic partnership, to provide digital skills to over 1 lakh youth in India over the next 12 months, to transform India into a skilled nation.
The NSDC-Microsoft partnership is an extension of Microsoft’s global skilling initiative to help 25 million people worldwide acquire new digital skills needed for the Covid-19 economy.
Under this partnership Microsoft will integrate its learning resource centre ‘Microsoft Learn’ with NSDC’s eSkill India digital portal to provide free access to personalised learning resources and conduct digital skilling awareness drives, to equipp the next generation of learners with the skills they need to thrive in a digital economy.