About the Summit
The Skills for Employability Summit 2024, powered by Pearson, is a premier platform dedicated to transforming India’s workforce through innovation, skill development, and collaboration. This event brings together a diverse array of stakeholders from academia, government, industry, and the edtech ecosystem to foster partnerships on critical themes such as lifelong learning, AI-driven education, and bridging the skills gap between academia and industry. The summit underscores a commitment to shaping the future of education and skill development in India, in alignment with the nation’s vision for development (Viksit Bharat). Attendees will have the opportunity to explore innovative solutions for upskilling, workforce development, and strategic partnerships, propelling India towards becoming a global skill capital.
Our Businesses
Higher Education
We are the leaders in offering higher education courseware worldwide. Our digital-first strategy offers a new mode of learning and teaching for learners and educators with the help of online learning tools and print courseware authored by world-renowned authors.
English Language Learning
Our vision is to become the world’s leading destination for committed learners to learn and prove their English proficiency. English is a gateway to the world. It is a mandatory requirement in more than 150 national curricula, and there are over 1.5bn people worldwide learning English today.
Workforce Skills
Qualifications that are built on the British educational system and accepted by universities worldwide to bridge the skills gap. They offer learners the opportunity for progress, to achieve their learning and career goals, at home country and abroad.
Our esteemed speakers
Giovanni Giovanelli, President, English Language Learning, Pearson
Vishaal Gupta, President, Workforce Skills, Pearson
Ebrahim Matthews, Sr. Vice President – Higher Education International, Pearson
Deepak Arora, Head Learning and Development, Birlasoft
Deepender Thakur, Associate Director, Deloitte
Dr Avantika Tomar, Partner EY Parthenon (Advisory)
Dr Raj Nehru, VC, Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University
Dr Sunil Singh, Founder & Editor-in-Chief @ HR TODAY
Geetanjali Pandit, Global Thought Leader, TedX speaker & CHRO
Prof. Rohit Singh, Director, All India Management Association (AIMA)
Shalini Sarup, Head Learning, Bennett Coleman
Smriti Sharma, Austrade
Ambika Natrajan, Sr VP and Global Head of Product innovation –Edtech, HCL Tech
Prof. Rohit Singh, Director, All India Management Association (AIMA)
Swati Vasudevan, Managing Director, Khan Academy
Glimpses from the event
