TECH MAHINDRA LAUNCHES SERVICE PLATFORM FOR EMPLOYEES TO UPSKILL & INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES - REPORT! 

IT services company Tech Mahindra has launched an artificial intelligence-enabled UaaS (upskilling-as-a-service platform). 

This new platform will help organisations:

- impart new skills in 5G

- internet of things or IoT

- augmented reality or AR

- virtual reality or VR among other things to employees.

As per Economic Times report, the UaaS platform will leverage AI to provide personalised, interactive, on-demand and contextual training to employees. This platform will also help in making suggestions on relevant career paths and SKUs to employees which will be based on their existing skillset, time to upskill and available opportunities.

“Upskilling as a Service platform is empowering our associates to identify and pursue their career aspirations at a speed of their preference, while also giving the tools to work with renewed passion and confidence to create future-ready workforce today," Harshvendra Soin, global chief people officer and head of marketing, Tech Mahindra said in a statement.

Further pointing out details on the platform, the content and assessments is being developed in partnership with over 30 global partners. The UaaS platform will be used to accelerate skill development to meet the people supply chain needs of the organizations amid the pandemic, ET further reports. 

“The platform is helping us deliver value to our customers by grooming employees in full stack/ end to end professionals for current projects as well as future assignments. We plan to extend the platform to academia, thereby helping college students become future ready by the time they graduate." Vaishali Phatak, Head - Technical Learning Services & Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) said in a statement. 

As upskilling will allow organisations to build a future-ready workforce, it will also allow individuals to stay relevant in their respective industry. Not just that, the platform will help to enroll and continuously upgrade their skills as per the organisation standards.