- Under this programme, both NSDC and WhatsApp will provide training to the Indian youth about digital skills and make them capable of employment opportunities.
- Both the entities have identified collaboration in the areas like: WhatsApp Digital Skills Academy, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) and WhatsApp Business App Training session.
- Under the programme, school & university students will be granted training sessions for digital and online skills and further, they will be certified by WhatsApp and NSDC as ‘Digital Skill Champions’.
- The courses under the programme are framed as module-based formats.
- The programme will train the students with technology-based learning on campuses across tier III and IV towns and cities.
- The programme will be executed through WhatsApp’s project implementation partner, InfiSpark.
- Static Part:
- HQ of WhatsApp: California, USA
- CEO of WhatsApp: Will Cathart
- HQ of NSDC: New Delhi
- MD and CEO of NSDC: Manish Kumar
Question:
Q.1 Which organisation launched Digital Skill Champions Programme?
a. WhatsApp and NITI Aayog
b. NSDC and WhatsApp
c. IIT Madras and NSDC
d. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and NITI Aayog
a. WhatsApp and NITI Aayog
b. NSDC and WhatsApp
c. IIT Madras and NSDC
d. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and NITI Aayog
