Nasscom’s skills registry drive in
full swing
18 Nov 2009, 1022 hrs IST, ET Bureau
“We have registered almost 6 lakh IT-ITeS employees under the national database. We plan to
cover the entire IT workforce under the database in 12-18 months,” DSCI CEO
Kamlesh Bajaj told ET.
“The aim of the the National Skills Registry is to
build confidence amongst offshore clients on outsourcing to Indian workers,” he
added.
Meanwhile, different BPO trade unions have objected to this programme
for violation of individual privacy.
“If an employee’s background is clean he / she should not be afraid of joining
the NSR. It also helps large companies when they want to hire a large number of
people in limited time. If a large project comes, sometimes companies don’t
want to go through the long process of getting background checks done before
they hire. That’s where NSR steps helps,” Mr Bajaj said.
DSCI on Tuesday also received a grant of $50,000 by anti-virus software major
McAfee for its efforts towards data protection. DSCI is involved in creation of
awareness in the IT industry about the importance and measures for data
protection.
It also carries out research in the field of data privacy and protection in the
context of Indian industry.