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In the era of increasing automation, the demand for skilled workers remains at an all time high across sectors in the country. <keyword id="28120" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="linkedin">LinkedIn</keyword> has announced its partnership with <keyword id="5277690" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ilfs-skills-development-corporation-limited">IL&amp;FS Skills Development Corporation Limited</keyword> to help up skill blue-collar workers and job seekers in the sector. IL&amp;FS Skills is India’s leading vocational and employability training company whose aim is to train four million people by 2022 in manufacturing, agriculture, services, engineering and construction sectors. The company currently has a placements network of 1000+ employers and provides Sector Skills Councils (SSC) certification.The Indian government has a target to train over 400 million people in India in different skills by 2022. With LinkedIn, IL&amp;FS has devised a digital vocational training program that provides a vocational skilling ecosystem which includes the LinkedIn platform and helps bring the offline blue-collar workers online enabling them to access opportunities and training courses simultaneously.

 

 

 

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Skill with LinkedIn India This partnership is an initiative by LinkedIn to support the Indian government’s ‘Skill India’ mission and also expand its growing Indian member-base. India is the second biggest market for LinkedIn after the U.S. In India, some states have labour shortages and others have labour surplus which makes job placements challenging. <keyword id="1770138" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="allen-blue">Allen Blue</keyword>, Co-founder, LinkedIn told Business Insider, “Employers on the LinkedIn platform hire across management levels and while LinkedIn is known for discovering great white-collar jobs, there is a need for high skilled blue collar workers. This is also an opportunity for us to work with employers who are hiring across the skills spectrum. ” <keyword id="323918" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="akshay-kothari">Akshay Kothari</keyword>, Country Manager and Head of Product, LinkedIn India said that this was an attempt to expand the LinkedIn Placements platform and as they expand across the employment sector, they will incorporate local languages starting with Hindi. <div type="embedgroup"> <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="59887416" title="Entry-level jobs could soon pay Rs. 18000 all across India and that could be a problem" rank="1.0" kind="RELATED" publishDate="Aug 02, 2017, 11:14 PM" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div></div>








 The course of time Under this partnership, IL&amp;FS will design and provide the skilling modules and training while LinkedIn will help the students cover the last mile from up-skilling to getting a job using the platform. LinkedIn has designed a separate interface for the students where they are able to create a profile, access learning content, build their network by connecting with classmates, seniors and instructors and get a job and the instruction is in a Hindi voice-over. The program starts this month at IL&amp;FS Skills Development Centres across India with the initial batch of 400 job-seekers looking for careers in hospitality. A single batch will undergo 45 days of training and LinkedIn aims to expand it to ten batches in 120 days.

Here’s why LinkedIn is training blue collar workers in India

<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Jeff-Weiner-alongside-Indian-Linkedin-team-announces-three-new-offerings-for-India/articleshow/54289587.cms">LinkedIn recently unveiled three new products for the Indian market. </a>While it is encouraging to see that <keyword id="28120" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Linkedin">LinkedIn</keyword> currently has more than 37 million members in India making it the second-largest and one of the fast-growing markets for the company globally, it is more exciting to see that the country hosts the company’s only other R&amp;D center outside of the U.S. 
 <keyword id="299066" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Jeff-Weiner">Jeff Weiner</keyword>, CEO &amp; Co-Founder, LinkedIn, landed in <keyword id="6354321" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword>, India’s <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="silicon-valley">silicon valley</keyword> yesterday and said that after meeting his Indian employees, he wanted to take them back to the actual Silicon Valley with him, which wouldn’t have been the case some years back. 
 
Jeff thinks that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Byju-opens-up-about-meeting-Chan-Zuckerberg-initiative-international-plans-and-how-he-chooses-teachers-for-the-app-/articleshow/54250709.cms">the Indian startup ecosystem is thriving</a>, ’I have been closely been following the people, stories about the <keyword id="6362513" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startups">startups</keyword> here. To see the high energy here is remarkable. The government deserves a lot of credit for creating the right environment which is attracting investment from all over the world to encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship.’ 
 Both Jeff and <keyword id="323918" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Akshay-Kothari">Akshay Kothari</keyword>, India Manger &amp; product head <keyword id="278010" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="LinkedIn-India">Linkedin India</keyword> feel that the Indian government has had a huge role to play in this change of dynamics. With Startup India and Digital India, people are getting the right kind of opportunities with the help of technology. With these three new initiatives, they wish to accelerate growth for the human resources in India. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/LinkedIn-launches-three-new-features-/articleshow/54293727.cms">ALSO READ: LinkedIn wants you to get your dream job, no matter what your circumstances are</a> 
 
Akshay is a man whom Jeff hand-picked after acquiring his startup Pulse, in 2013. Pulse, which was a mobile application that enabled users to create personalized news feeds, now is integrated into LinkedIn. While Akshay, an Indian got an immense exposure in the Valley, many start-ups have not scaled to such heights. 
 
‘I miss Silicon Valley. That was my home for almost a decade. While things in India are picking up for startups, they’re still behind compared to the US in terms of administrative issues. I remember starting out my company, Pulse with all incorporation, tax-filing etc. done within 24 hours in the valley. I never had to worry about such issues afterward. Startups in India cannot say the same,” says Akshay. 
“While things have become faster and easier for Indian startups, it is important to make everything smoother to match up to developed countries,” he adds, when asked about what he misses the most about silicon valley. 
 
So while LinkedIn tries to help start-ups get the right talent, the Indian government still might have to get them to the right platform, which is in the making.

LinkedIn’s Co-Founder Jeff Weiner and India Head, Akshay
Kothari see quality talent sprouting in the country

India is the second biggest market for professional networking platform LinkedIn, which is banking on it to drive innovation, while also creating localised and specific content for its 35 million Indian members. 
 ET got in touch with LinkedIn’s new country manager <keyword id="323918" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Akshay-Kothari">Akshay Kothari</keyword>, who applauded the research and development team at their Bengaluru office for LinkedIn’s global offerings, like spam checks and email and mobile notifications. 
 
Talking about the user base, he said that their vision is to create economic opportunities for all professionals, similar to what the country is trying to do. If that can be executed well, they would be able to impact the country both economically and socially. 
 
As of now, LinkedIn is trying to create the world's first economic graph, so that the world economy can be digitally mapped. By connecting different skills in the form of nodes, people can be connected to opportunities. 
 
Talking of the increasing graph of Indian users, which now stands 35 million strong, he said that they had 3.5 million Indian users in 2009, which means that they have grown 10 times in seven years, making it the second biggest market after the US. 
 Going further, <keyword id="278010" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="LinkedIn-India">LinkedIn India</keyword>, from 2009 to 2012, worked more as a sales organisation selling to customers, but it was in 2012 that an R&amp;D was built, and an amazing engineering group is now building platforms here. The Bengaluru office innovates on detecting and decreasing spam, sending email notifications etc. 
 
He added that especially over the last four months, LinkedIn has been trying to build products and features and customise their work for Indians, like launching the new mobile app, moving from an email interface to a messaging interface. 
 
This has also increased the number of jobs available on the platform over the last year. 
 
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LinkedIn is creating world's first economic graph to digitally map the global economy, says Akshay Kothari

India is currently the second biggest market for LinkedIn globally. With a user-base of over 35 million, the country is of great strategic importance for the career-oriented platform. 
 
“There’s still a lot of room for us to grow. Our vision is to create economic opportunities across the world, and that vision couldn’t be truer in India. One of the biggest issues here is the skill gap”, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=LinkedIn+India&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">LinkedIn India</a> Head <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Akshay+Kothari&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Akshay Kothari</a> says. He claims a lot of LinkedIn’s product innovation and optimization happens out of its India office in Bengaluru. 
 
“There are teams here that are building platforms to be used globally. All of the work we do around e-mail notifications, push notifications, spam and search verticals are done here”, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Akshay+Kothari&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Kothari</a> told Business Insider in an exclusive interview. 
 
On the India product side, the company has already started optimizing the portal to make it better suited for India. Co-founder <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Allen+Blue&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Blue</a> says it’s not always about adding but intelligently subtracting stuff. 
 
“Our new user registration is now optimized for slower network connectivity. We’re also producing localized content. We have an India Editor who curates content. That way the overall quality has improved a lot”, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Allen+Blue&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Blue</a> says. 
 
The company has not announced any expansion plans, but claims they’re ‘not discounting the option, and constantly evaluating opportunities.’

Exclusive: LinkedIn’s Co-Founder
Allen Blue and India Head Akshay Kothari talk about their plans for India

It seems <keyword id="6355103" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="social">social</keyword> networking giants cannot keep their eyes off Indian innovators. Professional networking site <keyword id="28120" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Linkedin">LinkedIn</keyword> has been acquiring Indian-origin companies for a couple of years now. And now <keyword id="2006517" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="social-media-leader">social media leader</keyword> <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword> has scooped up Bangalore-based tech start-up <keyword id="1959708" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Little-Eye-Labs">Little Eye Labs</keyword> for an undisclosed amount. It is the first Indian company acquired by Facebook. But the takeover has not come as a surprise as media reports were rife about the proposed acquisition for over a month now. Although the financials have not been disclosed, a TechCrunch report earlier pegged it at $10-15 million. 
 So what does this Indian company do in the first place? Founded in 2012 by five tech professionals – <keyword id="2006528" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Giridhar-Murthy">Giridhar Murthy</keyword>, <keyword id="1960854" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kumar-Rangarajan">Kumar Rangarajan</keyword> (also the CEO of the company), <keyword id="2006529" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Satyam-Kandula">Satyam Kandula</keyword>, <keyword id="2006530" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lakshman-Kakkirala">Lakshman Kakkirala</keyword> and <keyword id="1182160" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aditya-Kulkarni">Aditya Kulkarni</keyword> – Little Eye Labs develops performance analysis and monitoring tools for <keyword id="6355645" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="android">Android</keyword> apps (2.3 or later versions). The company had released the first official version of the tool in April 2013. The tool not only provides critical insight into an <keyword id="2006532" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Apps-key-performance">app’s key performance</keyword> (such as power usage, data usage, memory consumption, etc.), but also helps developers <keyword id="70866" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="analyse">analyse</keyword> those issues contextually – so that quick-fix and hassle-free solutions could be worked out. 
 Prior to starting up Little Eye Labs, Murthy worked with Apple; Rangarajan was at <keyword id="10875" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="IBM">IBM</keyword> and <keyword id="6367983" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HP">HP</keyword> while Kakkirala worked with IBM and <keyword id="6363100" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Yahoo">Yahoo</keyword>. 
 
The seven-member-strong Indian tech firm has confirmed the acquisition in a <a href="http://www.littleeye.co/transition.php">statement</a> posted on the site and says that the entire team will now move to Facebook’s headquarters in <keyword id="266145" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="MENLO-PARK">Menlo Park</keyword>, <keyword id="2379" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="California">California</keyword> from where they can “leverage Facebook’s world-class infrastructure and help improve performance of their already awesome apps. For us, this is an opportunity to make an impact on the more than 1 billion people who use Facebook.” 
 
The company has, however, assured its current customers that they won’t be left in the lurch and there will be further information on plans to offer a free version of Little Eye until June 30, 2014. 
 The start-up has already secured seed capital from <keyword id="1642294" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="GSF-Superangels">GSF Superangels</keyword> and also from <keyword id="1910025" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ventureeast-Tenet-Fund">VentureEast Tenet Fund</keyword>. According to an earlier report by Business Standard, the firm raised an investment between $100,000 and $200,000 from GSF. 
 Interestingly, professional networking site LinkedIn is also getting aggressive about Indian-origin companies and acquired <keyword id="1037643" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="SlideShare">SlideShare</keyword> in 2012 for $119 million. SlideShare is a presentation-sharing site founded by India-born <keyword id="791652" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Rashmi-Sinha">Rashmi Sinha</keyword>. Last year, too, LinkedIn acquired <keyword id="72069" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="pulse">Pulse</keyword>, the popular newsreader for Web and <keyword id="6354485" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="mobile">mobile</keyword>. The transaction was valued at $90 million in stock and cash. Interestingly, Pulse was founded in 2010 by <keyword id="323918" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Akshay-Kothari">Akshay Kothari</keyword> and <keyword id="276931" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ankit-Gupta">Ankit Gupta</keyword> while they were still students at <keyword id="101399" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Stanford-University">Stanford University</keyword>. The service started out as an <keyword id="600351" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="iPad-app">iPad app</keyword>, but quickly expanded to other platforms, including the Web. Just before the acquisition, it also started to dip its toes into social by adding a number of social features to its apps. 
 
Although Facebook has acquired a purely tech company, let’s not forget that it is all about evaluating the performance of Android apps. So it may not be wrong to assume that FB is eyeing a more enhanced mobile experience at every level – a similar thing LinkedIn is trying to achieve through its Pulse app. This time, the writing is definitely on the wall – the future is going to be social and mobile.

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