A STUDY ON AWARENESS ABOUT SKILL INDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYABILITY

Skill India is an initiative of the Government of India which has been launched to empowerthe youth of the country with skill setswhich make them more employable and moreproductiveintheirworkenvironment.OurNationalSkillMissionischairedbytheHonorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi himself. India is a country today with 65%of its youth in the working age group. If ever there is a way to reap this demographicadvantage,ithasthethroughskilldevelopmentoftheyouthsothattheyaddnotonlytotheirpersonal growth, but to the country’s economic growth as well. The objective of the study isto analyze the awareness about skill India and its impact on employability. The sample ofthestudyis150.Descriptiveresearchdesignandrandomsamplingmethodisused.Questionnaireisusedasaprimarydata.Percentageanalysis,chi-squareanalysis,t-testandanova statistical tools have been applied. It is found that the respondents said that agreetowardsincreasedtheprofessionalnetworksafterthecourse.ItsuggestthatthetrainersandexpertsintheskillIndiamustenhancethecandidatescapabilitytoshowdifferentiatefrom othercandidates.Itconcludedthatskillsareasessentialasone’sacademicstatus.Education and skills should now go hand in hand. They are the roots behind the economicgrowthandcommunitydevelopmentofacountry.Inthiscontext,theacquisitionofeducationandskillscanleadtoindustrialadvancement,economicdiversification,innovation,technologicalevolution and overall development ofthecountry. Keywords: SkillIndia,Employability,Awareness