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Hans India
01-08-2025
- Business
- Hans India
AP, Lower Saxony explore collaboration in skilling
Tadepalli: In a notable step toward strengthening Indo-German cooperation, Dr Bala Subramanian Ramani, head of Talent Acquisition for Skilled Workforce, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Government of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany, visited Amaravati to explore collaboration in skill development, language training, and talent mobility between Lower Saxony and the State Government. Germany is currently facing an acute shortage of skilled professionals, with over 700,000 job vacancies and a projected demand for seven million additional workers by 2035. The shortage spans critical sectors such as transportation, construction, healthcare, engineering, and information technology, significantly impacting economic growth. As part of its response, Germany has identified India as a strategic partner, formalised through the Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement and the launch of the India Skilled Labour Strategy in 2024. During his visit, Dr Ramani held a high-level meeting with Kona Sasidhar, Secretary for Skill Development & Training, Higher Education, and School Education and A Venkata Ramana, OSD to Minister Nara Lokesh. Discussions centred on forging long-term collaboration in talent mobility frameworks, German language training and certification, institutional partnerships with ITIs and diploma institutes, Industry-academia collaboration. Addressing the media at the APSSDC Headquarters, Dr Ramani emphasised that Lower Saxony is prioritising international recruitment in high-demand sectors, including Industry 4.0 & Automation, Green Technologies, Healthcare & Social Services, Digital Transformation & IT and Hospitality Management. He highlighted that Andhra Pradesh, with its robust skilling ecosystem, technical institutions, and growing global outlook, is well-positioned to become a key talent partner. Ganesh Kumar, MD and CEO, APSSDC and Seetha Sharma, advisor to the State Government, International Skilling and Mobility, stated that this visit lays the foundation for a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Lower Saxony and Andhra Pradesh to enable structured international workforce mobility, enhance youth employability, and promote mutual growth through knowledge exchange and institutional cooperation.
The Hindu
31-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
A.P. and Germany's Lower Saxony explore ties in skilling, employment
Head of Talent Acquisition for Skilled Workforce, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Government of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany, Balasubramanian Ramani on Thursday called on Secretary, Skill Development and Training and School and Higher Education Kona Sasidhar. They discussed forging of long-term collaboration in talent mobility frameworks, German language training, institutional partnership with ITIs and diploma institutes and industry-academia collaboration. Speaking to the media at the office of Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC), Dr. Ramani said that Lower Saxony was prioritising international recruitment in high-demand sectors, including Industry 4.0 and Automation, Green Technologies, Healthcare and Social Service, Digital Transformation and IT and Hospitality Management. He said Andhra Pradesh, with its robust skilling ecosystem, technical institutions and growing global outlook, was well-positioned to become a key talent partner. Managing Director and CEO of APSSDC Ganesh Kumar and Advisor to the AP government on International Skilling and Mobility Seetha Sharma said that Dr. Ramani's visit lays the foundation for a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding between Lower Saxony and Andhra Pradesh to facilitate structured international workforce mobility, enhance youth employability and promote mutual growth through knowledge exchange and institutional cooperation. Germany is currently facing an acute shortage of skilled professionals, with over seven lakh job vacancies and a projected demand for seven million additional workers by 2035. The shortage spans critical sectors such as transportation, construction, healthcare, engineering and information technology, significantly impacting that country's economic growth. As part of its response, Germany has identified India as a strategic partner, formalised through the Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement and the launch of the India Skilled Labour Strategy in 2024.
