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When you become a pilot, you not only get to soar up in the skies, but also in your career and life. Commercial pilots are paid one of the highest salaries in India. Domestic airlines in India pay as much as 1.5 lacs for a fresh pilot. With years of experience as a pilot, the salary goes up on the international routes. Experienced pilots operating on international routes are paid as much as 5 to 6 lacs of rupees per month. Eligibility criteria If you aspire to become a pilot in your life, you must first choose your Higher Secondary Course with subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. You must have scored a minimum of 50% in these subjects to be able to join an Air flying school. Once you complete your plus two examination, you must join an Air Flying School in the country. It is always good to choose the best Air Flying School so that you land on attractive career opportunities even as you get out of your course. The courses and training that you will have to complete in these flying schools include SPL, PPL AND CPL. List of some <keyword id="7915894" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="top-flying-schools-in-india">top flying schools in India</keyword> Flying Training Institute, Behala, Calcutta Madhya pradesh Flying Club Assam Flying Club, Guwahati Airport, Guwahati Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, Uttar Pradesh State Civil Aviation, UP Govt Flying Training Center Kanpur and Varanasi Government Flying Club, Aerodrome, Lucknow Government Aviation Training Institute, Civil aerodrome, Bhubaneswar Bihar Flying Institute, Civil Aerodrome, Patna, Bihar Karnal Aviation Club, Kunjpura Road, Karnal, Haryana Andra Pradesh Flying Club Hydrabad Airport, Hydrabad School of Aviation Science and Technology, Delhi Flying Club Ltd, New Delhi Govt Flying Training School Jakkur Aerodrome, Bangalore Rajasthan State Flying School, Sanganer Airport, Jaipur Entering a flying school in India To enter a flying school in India, you must take the entrance test offered by them exclusively. In addition, you also need to clear physical fitness criteria specified by these schools. IN fact this is the toughest part of the job. Only perfectly fit persons can get admissions in flying schools. The cost of the courses offered by flying schools is very high ranging from Rs 20 lacs to 25 lacs. Many banks provide loans up to 50% for joining these schools. Becoming a pilot After completing the training, the candidates get the license to pursue a career in piloting. Airline companies hire the most successful candidates trained by these schools as trainees. During the training stage, the salary will not be high. After the training period, the regular pilots get paid high salaries. Even after you become a commercial pilot, you will need to undergo a thorough medical checkup. Health problems can lead to the cancellation of the pilot’s license. Hence the job of a pilot can be highly challenging as well as rewarding. Joining the Indian Air Force You must not confuse between a regular pilot and a pilot with the India Air Force. INF pilots are recruited through the NDA examinations. These trainings are offered free of cost. Once inducted into the Indian Air Force, the pilots get salaries on par with the Indian government salaries.

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<keyword id="2573" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="air-india" source="Orion">Air India</keyword> has given more time to pilots to accept the revised compensation structure, which has been opposed by two pilot unions, according to a source. The decision to provide more time to pilots who are yet to sign the new contracts also comes days after Air <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> organised a town hall meeting with many pilots to discuss their concerns. The source said the airline has given time till the end of this week for signing the new contracts apparently due to requests from people who had not earlier accepted the revised compensation structure. There was no comment from Air India on extending the deadline. Initially, the deadline for accepting the new contracts had ended on April 30. The move to extend the deadline also comes at a time when crisis-hit Go First has stopped flying and its future remains uncertain, a scenario that has also resulted in many of the budget carrier's pilots seeking job opportunities elsewhere. The source said that nearly 800 pilots who had not accepted the new compensation structure had attended the town hall on May 4 that was addressed by Air India's Chief of Operations Captain <keyword id="466654" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rajwinder-singh" source="Orion">Rajwinder Singh</keyword> Sandhu, who is also a pilot. On May 4, a pilot, who had attended the town hall, said Sandhu had assured that all issues can be sorted out and that no clause in the revised contracts would be misused. Issues related to seniority, career progression and roster rules, among others, were discussed. Air India has around 1,800 pilots and a significant chunk of them are yet to sign the revised contracts, according to another source. On April 28, Air India chief <keyword id="5863894" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="campbell-wilson" source="Orion">Campbell Wilson</keyword> said that a majority of pilots have accepted the new compensation package offered last week. Campbell had said the airline is making investments in workplace technology and training as well as in new and improved employee benefits. "On the latter front, I'm pleased to report that 90 per cent of cabin crew and a majority of pilots have received and accepted the new compensation package offered last week, which will be back-dated to 1 April 2023," he had said. On April 17, Air India rolled out a revamped compensation structure for its pilots and cabin crew. However, the same was rejected by two pilot unions -- Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) and Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) -- on grounds that the airline, in alleged violation of labour practices, did not consult them before finalising the new contracts. <keyword id="6355725" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="tata-group" source="Orion">Tata Group</keyword> took control of loss-making Air India from the government in January last year. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/fitch-affirms-indias-sovereign-rating-on-robust-growth-outlook-flags-weak-finances/articleshow/100093312.cms">Fitch affirms India's sovereign rating on robust growth outlook, flags weak finances</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/iphone-2022-revenue-higher-than-gdp-of-160-countries/slidelist/100077106.cms">9 interesting facts about iPhone maker Apple, ‘the best business in Berkshire’s portfolio’</a>

Air India gives more time to pilots to accept revised compensation structure

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The world googled "how to be a pilot" more than any other job between Oct. 2021 and Oct. 2022, data shows.</li><li>In China, dietitian is the dream job for most citizens, according to the study.</li></ul>A global map based on search engine data depicts the most popular jobs in the world, and some surprising positions cracked the top 20.Financial services company Remitly published data based on global <a href="https://www.remitly.com/gb/en/landing/dream-jobs-around-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google searches made between October 2021 and October 2022 with the query "how to be a..."</a> with a desired job filling in the blank. The findings were ranked and broken down by the top dream job in each country.Of the 20 most desired jobs in the world, pilot, writer, dancer, YouTuber, and entrepreneur took the top five spots. Countries that searched "how to be a pilot" the most include Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia. The median <a href="https://www.bls.gov/ooh/transportation-and-material-moving/airline-and-commercial-pilots.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">salary for commercial pilots in the US was just under $100,000 in 2021</a>, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.According to the data, most Chinese citizens are dreaming of being dietitians, while Lebanese people are wondering how they can become comedians.<div type="image" title="Remitly map of Asian countries" height="1170" width="1840" msid="97405121" hostid="261"></div>In India, New Zealand, and South Africa, writing is the top dream job with more than 800,000 global Google searches, but analysts at Remitly said there are risks that come with a writing career."There are big rewards if you reach the very top and yet, it also promises to be a grueling career for many filled with rejection, self-doubt and financial concerns," the report reads.But the data shows that people in 75 countries still choose being a writer as their top job. It's one of the broader professions on the list as writing professionally can mean becoming a journalist, novelist, or scriptwriter.Despite Remitly's report, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-a-dream-job-means-to-todays-workers-2023-1">some professionals have sounded off about doing away with the term "dream job</a>," Insider's Shana Lebowitz reported. Instead, more people are prioritizing their personal identities over their careers."We all need to work to survive, but that doesn't mean we should dream about work," a recruiter wrote in a <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?postID=63d524a2232821242517bdc3&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2Fakarpiak_i-hate-the-term-dream-job-i-dream-of-many-activity-7013534435132198912-_Qs0%3Futm_source%3Dshare%26src%3Daff-ref%26trk%3Daff-ir_progid.8005_partid.196318_sid._adid.449670%26clickid%3D3DrTtJzJ8xyNRXW03xXSsUgQUkA1NVVUE27nX00%26mcid%3D6851962469594763264%26irgwc%3D1%26utm_medium%3Dmember_desktop" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">LinkedIn post.</a>However, there's still a desire among young professionals to do work that is meaningful and impactful while also earning enough to support themselves."The soul crushing nature of spending a majority of your waking hours in pursuit of the resources you need to take care of your family is somewhat softened when you're working somewhere that aligns with what you're passionate about," a public-relations professional wrote, according to the report.

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What's tiny, flies at 120kph and can perform acrobatics in the air? A racing <keyword id="6354474" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="drone">drone</keyword>, of course. Contrary to what many think, drones are not completely illegal in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>. In fact, there's a budding <keyword id="2913897" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="drone-racing">drone racing</keyword> community in the country, flying drones at breakneck speeds and slowly making careers out of the sport. As with many things in technology today, India isn't that far behind the world either. Sure, there's work to be done, governments to convince and more people to onboard. Yet, Karan Kamdar, the man behind 1 Martian Way, the company that created the <keyword id="6462453" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-drone-racing">Indian Drone Racing</keyword> League (<keyword id="4634776" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="idrl">IDRL</keyword>), says his community has been growing fast. The IDRL began just under two years ago. Kamdar's community was slow at first but has reached over 800 members now. The organisation has tie-ups with colleges, including IITs, BITS Pilani and more. It gets 15-25 participants in each race, most of which are held between October and April. What is drone racing? Like any race, drone races are about speed, timing and competing against one another. However, no drone race is complete without the first person view. That's why most drone racing events are prefixed by an "FPV". Unlike other races, a drone pilot doesn't see the world in front of him/her. They see what the drone sees, through tiny cameras fitted atop the drone. The pilot wears a head-mounted display, looking at the live stream from the drone's camera. That's all they have to steer the drone. There are also online events for drone racers. In these, pilots hook their controllers to computers and a software simulates a real-world drone race. The pilot chooses the drone they want and still get the first person view. They clear simulated obstacles and race against each other, while the software calculates the time they take to finish a course, determining the winner. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The FPV element is what drives many pilots. Siddharth Nayak, a.k.a FlyingSid pegs this feeling as the reason for why people like racing drones. The video below is one Nayak made while flying his drones. Nayak has been a professional drone racer for about two years now, although he still does it as a hobby and not his primary source of income. The tracks for these races include obstacles that pilots have to manoeuvre. Currently, Indian drone races use football nets to make "gates" that pilots have to fly their drones through. As Nayak explains, avoiding and manoeuvring around the obstacles is necessary, not just to win races but to protect one's drone. 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
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 Racing drones fly at 120kph (and even faster), so a sudden crash can be devastating on the drone itself. And the pilot's pocket. Equipment To drone pilots, as with any sportsperson, the equipment is important. While most drone-related coverage in India centres around companies like DJI and their intelligent drones, the ones used for racing are custom made. Pro drone pilots like Nayak and Ritvik Nesargi build their own drones, with custom fitted motors, controllers and more. Nayak and Nesargi are two of India's top drone racing pilots. The cost of making a drone depends on the parts used. Nayak, who has been doing this for about two years, and is one of India's premiere pilots, says he and his brethren have lakhs of rupees on equipment already. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 You need some technical know-how to become a drone pilot. IDRL's Kamdar says pro pilots are differentiated from amateurs not just by skill, but by how well they understand the engineering. Their understanding of motors, controllers and what would best suit their drones can differentiate the best from the rest. An entry-level drone can be built for as little as Rs. 10,000, but if you want to race against serious pros, it's going to be expensive. When you're learning, you'll likely wreck your drone often, making and remaking it with each new step. There are also no drone racing tracks available in the country, so you'll have to make one for yourself. Nayak says he's bought some football nets for himself and he goes to parks and other open areas to practice. Easier said than done That said, practising has its own challenges. When organisations like IDRL are involved, dealing with regulations becomes a tad easier. However, both Nesargi and Nayak have to inform the police every time they decide to fly their drones in public. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) allows nano-drones (drones that weigh under 250 grams) to be flown without registration. However, Nesargi and Nayak still have to inform their local police stations whenever they practise in public. 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
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 Nayak, Nesargi and Kamdar agree that for drone racing to be an accepted sport, the regulations need to be simpler. In fact, Kamdar says the government confuses between racing drones and regular drones. Unlike other drones, racing drones record only while racing, fly for only three minutes at a time and can't rise more than a few feet in the air. They're all about racing and manoeuvrability. Drones are also allowed to fly within educational institutions, as long as they're for educational purposes. Nayak says drone pilots have a responsibility to not fly over crowded areas and they should respect that too. Private support The IDRL, for the longest time, has been the only real place for drone racers to get competition. To keep afloat, IDRL now charges membership fees and sells merchandise (like jerseys) right now. It also charges colleges small sums for arranging drone racing competitions at various campuses. IDRL has established tie-ups with companies in Korea, perhaps the country where drone racing is most widely accepted. It also has tie-ups in the US and more. Kamdar says he will increase international efforts when the IDRL's member-base reaches around 2000. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 That said, the IDRL was instrumental in sending Nesargi to the Eurogamer Expo in the UK recently. In turn, Nesargi won races there, ending up in the finals of the event. And all that is now being supplemented by Smaaash, a gaming and entertainment company in India. You may have seen their outlets, spread over Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Gurgaon and other cities. Smaaash's establishments have so far been known for embracing virtual reality and other future-facing technologies for entertainment. The company just started its own Drone Racing league in Mumbai over the weekend. However, the weekend event is just the beginning. Shripal Morakhia, the founder of Smaaash says he plans to make it an international level league. There's a larger event planned for November, where Morakhia will be inviting international drone racers to compete against Indian pros. The first event saw amateurs race against each other, while pros battled it out on their own terms too. The amateur and pro races were separate, but Smaaash's efforts could bring more interested parties into the community. On the sidelines of Smaaash's event, the company creates drone-based games. The Drone Castle Race is a game that emulates Mario, with jumping drones clearing obstacles and racing against each other. On the other hand, Drone Soccer is a game of football played with drones instead of humans. Smaaash plans to incorporate these into its establishments around the country eventually. Making a career But much like any sport, private support can help open doors. When asked about drone racing as a career, Nayak said you don't do it for the money, you do it for passion. While Nayak has earned from his escapades, he doesn't see it as a viable career just yet. Neither does Nesargi, who also races drones as a hobby. Nesargi is currently a student at the Maharashtra Institute of Engineering in Pune. He says most of a drone racers income comes from prize money, which is not aplenty right now. 
	
	
	
	
	
	
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 Smaaash is offering a prize pool of Rs. 3,20,000 to the winners. There will be three winners in the pro races, with Rs. 1,00,000, Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 25,000 to the first, second and third positions, respectively. (Update: Nesargi and Nayak took the first and second spots, respectively.) IDRL also offers prize money at its events. However, the cost of equipment, travel, stay etc. usually cover the income from most events, including Smaaash's. Nesargi says you can make about Rs. 30,000 if you're regularly winning events. Lower rung competitors can still get travel and stay expenses, but none of that is enough to make a legitimate profession out of drone racing just yet. This is what private players can solve. In 2016, the World Drone Prix in Dubai had a million dollar prize pool. The winner, 15-year-old Luke Bannister from the UK, won $250,000 for his efforts, the biggest ever prize in drone racing at the time. If 1 Martian Way, Smaaash and future entrants are able to build enough interest, similar returns could be arranged. 
 
 
 
 
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The fact that there are so many drones and AI companies already means sponsorships should never be a problem. And to top it all, Indian drone pilots certainly do not lack the technical know-how required to do well. The drone racing community in India has been growing steadily, but it has picked up in the last year. Smaaash's event is one of the first big private investments in the sport and racers do hope there are more to come. It's as Nayak says, there's a long way to go, but there's definitely some potential here.

Inside India's budding drone racing community

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Kent Davis, a retired pilot, shared his 40-year aviation career journey.</li><li>Davis started flying at 12, inspired by his pilot father and uncle.</li></ul>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kent Davis, a retired Air Canada pilot with more than 40 years of experience. It has been edited for length and clarity.I started flying when I was 12.My parents had a little cabin northwest of Montreal that we'd go to in the summer. A nearby air service company had four or five airplanes. I talked my dad into going and seeing if I could get a job.They said: "Yeah, sure. We can't pay you though, because you're underage."My job was fueling the airplanes, loading baggage, and whatever else. In return, the pilots taught me <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/i-just-became-commercial-pilot-training-regional-airline-2021-10">how to fly</a>. I spent three summers working there and accumulated about 30 hours of flying time.My father was my idol. He and my uncle were both pilots during World War II. My brother and sister were also pilots. Aviation is in the family.When I finished school, I went into the Royal Canadian Navy and did a tour there. Not as a pilot, though — I was in naval intelligence.When I got out of the Navy, I finished my pilot's license, and I flew for various companies. Most of them were small and underfunded, so they came and went.<h2 id="ca341142-37cd-4ecd-b0d4-141220b5f67e">A prime minister, movie stars, and royalty</h2>In 1972, I joined <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-canada-worker-quit-summer-flight-chaos-after-7-years-2022-9">Air Canada</a> and spent 33 years flying for them. During that time, I flew anybody and everybody. We had movie stars and royalty. I flew the Prime Minister of Canada a number of times during election campaigns.In 2005, I retired from Air Canada and was hired by <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/life-of-prince-alwaleed-of-saudi-arabia-2015-6">Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal</a>, a Saudi prince based in Riyadh.He was a self-made billionaire. When I was there, he was the fourth-richest man in the world.<div type="image" title="Prince Al Waleed bin Talal is surrounded by men in suits." height="689" width="1024" msid="113495841" hostid="261" sizebytes="52466"></div>If you have never lived and worked with somebody who is that wealthy, you have no idea about how they spend their money. It was unbelievable.He owned a bunch of his own airplanes, including an Airbus A340 and a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-on-deltas-boeing-767-economy-it-was-great-review-2022-9">Boeing 767</a>.When I got to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudia-arabia-establishing-new-airline-to-attract-tourists-riyadh-air-2023-3">Riyadh</a> and took my first flight on the A340, the prince insisted that the other airplane fly empty in case we had a mechanical problem. This would happen regularly.It was mind-boggling to see how much money could buy.When the prince's daughter got married, he said to her, "Okay, I'm going to give you one of my airplanes and the crew, and I want you to take it for as long as you want and have a honeymoon."They took the Boeing 767, an airplane that carried more than 200 passengers. With a crew of 12, his daughter and her husband spent more than a month flying all over the world.The crew very seldom dealt with the prince directly; there would usually be an intermediary. This changed during a flight to New York for a meeting he had with George W. Bush.The prince walked into the cockpit and gave everybody $5,000. He said: "Have a nice time while you're in New York."It was peanuts to him, but for us, it was a lot of money.After leaving Riyadh in 2006, I worked for a few different companies, including a two-year stint with Air India.In 2013, I was offered a job in the Republic of Georgia, flying a Twin Otter aircraft. It was a very versatile and excellent airplane for what we used it for.We flew the country's president, his family, and other government personnel into and out of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. There were very few strips, so we used fields and roads to land and take off.I'm mostly retired now, except for some consulting work with my company, Trans Global Aviation Solutions.The best thing about the career is the career itself. It was very rewarding — and there was never a dull moment.

I'm a retired pilot who worked for royalty. I had no idea how the rich spent their money.

United<ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/united-airlines">United Airlines</a> has plans to purchase and operate its own flight-training academy, giving it a new way to recruit potential pilots.</li><li>It will be the only major US airline to run its own flight school.</li><li>The move will help United combat the global <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/pilot-shortage">pilot shortage</a>, and will offer candidates a pipeline to a highly sought job at the mainline carrier.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>United Airlines is launching a new program to recruit, train, and hire pilot candidates, taking a major step to address the looming pilot shortage.The airline announced on Wednesday that it had signed an agreement to purchase the Westwind School of Aeronautics in Phoenix, Arizona, and would integrate it as a key extension of its Aviate pilot development program.The Aviate program was launched in 2019 as a recruitment and development program, offering a direct track to a job with the mainline airline for pilots in training. Aviate accepts applicants who are starting from the beginning, as well as those with private pilots' licenses working on obtaining flight hours, and those flying for a regional airline.Students at the flight school, which will be rebranded as a United facility around September, will be considered part of the Aviate program, meaning they'll have a pathway to a job at one of United's regional carriers, and eventually at the mainline United airline, after graduating and accumulating flight hours. Captain Curtis Brunjes, United's managing director of pilot strategy, said that the school's current staff would be retained."This is a primary training flight academy, it takes people with zero hours and builds them all teh way up to the professional pilot credentials that are required to become an instructor, and eventually, an airline pilot," Brunjes said. "And during the course of that training, they get seven FAA certifications."United said it also plans to begin offering financing options to help new pilots afford initial training, a major hindrance to a commercial aviation career. The airline said it was working with financial institutions "with the goal of making attractive financing terms - such as industry-tailored grace periods and competitive interest rates - available to qualified individuals."A spokesperson for the airline said that the United flight academy program would also help increase diversity within its pilot corps.The specter of a worldwide shortage of trained and qualified commercial pilots has loomed in recent years, with a large contingent of pilots - many of whom began flying in the military - near retirement age.Mainline air carriers like United remain attractive and will likely always have a large pool of applicants, but smaller regional airlines, which build substantial portions of the larger airlines' domestic and short-range feeder networks, are more likely to encounter difficulties."At United, we don't have a pilot shortage, and we probably never would. But there is a lot of competetion for talent at the United Express carriers," or the regional carriers in United's network, Brunjes said. "We believe that we'll hire 10,000 pilots in the next ten years, and our regionals will hire maybe double that amount.""We think that this program will alleviate any shortage that we would have had. And that's its purpose," he added.The cost of earning a commercial pilot's license, which requires 250 hours of experience flying an airplane, can cost around $90,000. Building the additional experience required to work for an airline, typically 1,500 total flight hours, can be daunting, especially when a new pilot is looking at fierce competition for a mainline job, or relatively low pay and suboptimal work schedules at a regional carrier. New commercial pilots often work for low pay as flight instructors to reach the 1,500 hours.The risk of the shortage also comes as the airline industry continues a sharp upward trajectory, with growing markets in India and Asia fueling the demand.United expects to graduate 300 students per year to start, with plans to grow to 500 within a few years. <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jia-yueting-faraday-future-tesla-rival-bankrupt-2020-1">How the man who challenged Tesla went bankrupt</a></h3>

United is starting its own flight school to help recruit 10,000 new pilots amid global shortage

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Skyborne is a pilot training academy with bases in the UK, Florida, and India.</li><li>The training costs $136,000 for a demanding 70-week course.</li></ul>Skyborne is a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/i-just-became-commercial-pilot-training-regional-airline-2021-10">pilot training</a> academy based at Gloucestershire Airport in southwest England. It has nine intakes of 20 cadets this year for its Airline Transport Pilots Licence (ATPL) course that costs £105,500 ($136,000).The company was founded in 2018 and finished building its UK base in April 2019. In less than a year the pandemic would strike, wreaking havoc on the global aviation industry.Carla Booth, Skyborne's commercial director, tells Business Insider: "We were the ones going, 'we need to expand because we know this is going to bounce back, and we know it will bounce back pretty quickly because <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/delta-air-lines-furlough-pilots-layoff-coronavirus-2020-8">airlines have laid off so many pilots.</a>'"It acquired another site in Vero Beach, Florida, where UK cadets spend six months of their course. It also trains US pilots and has a partnership with Delta Air Lines.Booth says airlines are "very much knocking on our door" as they look to recruit new pilots.After an oversupply prior to the pandemic, the management consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimates that North America is short of about 17,000 pilots due to factors such as early retirement, while the global figure could hit nearly 80,000 by 2032.Skyborne received a further boost after being selected as the UK base for <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/british-airways-airbus-a380-premium-economy-review-upgrade-cost-2024-10">British Airways</a>' Speedbird Pilot Academy program, which covers the training costs for up to 200 cadets. Booth said the course gets about 40,000 applications.<div type="image" title="Skyborne pilot cadets and British Airways CEO Sean Doyle stand in front of an Airbus A320neo at the 2024 Farnborough Airshow." height="4000" width="6000" msid="114912721" hostid="261" sizebytes="337814"></div><h2 id="7ad53955-4710-4d98-a2d8-7ae1b02219a5">Life at Skyborne</h2>When a new course starts at Skyborne, cadets move into the academy's accommodation in nearby Cheltenham. Before classes begin, the previous intake will take the new recruits to the pub.When BI toured the academy, there was a palpable camaraderie in the hallways and crew lounges, where noticeboards advertised running clubs and other extracurricular activities.One of the two lounges overlooks Skyborne's hangar, where its in-house maintenance crew worked on one of the eight light aircraft parked inside.Vicky Harriss, head of operational delivery, says cadets also spend time with the engineers and air traffic controllers."It's really important to us to ensure that we help the trainees build those relationships and break down any barriers that may be there very early on in their training," she adds.After graduating from high school, 21-year-old Skyborne trainee Libby Roebuck spent the first post-pandemic summer working as cabin crew for TUI Airways, part of the European package holiday group.<div type="image" title="Skyborne cadet Libby Roebuck stands in front of a Diamond DA42 plane at the pilot training academy in Gloucestershire Airport." height="4498" width="6742" msid="114912718" hostid="261" sizebytes="337678"></div>Flying in helicopters with her dad throughout her childhood engendered a love of aviation, but school counselors often suggested cabin crew or the military as a career path."I think that just kind of pushed it for me more to just go, 'I am doing this' — the motivation to just do it," Roebuck told BI.There's also the challenge of entering what she called "a very male-dominated industry." Just 12% of trainees on Skyborne's ATPL course are women, and female pilots account for just 5% of the global total pilots, per the International Civil Aviation Organization.Roebuck said she's attended many open days and careers events with only one or two women, prompting her to keep pushing for change. "Especially since I've got back from Florida, I've seen far more females in the building, which has been really nice."<h2 id="ba00f0a0-3bea-4f65-8f28-144b76cebace">Ground school, flight school, and simulators</h2>Skyborne's pilot course starts with six months of classes, which Harriss described as "really intense" and has just two seven-day breaks.Roebuck said she would get up at 7 a.m. and be in classes or studying until 11 p.m. as well as putting in another 12 hours on weekends. "What you put in is what you get out of this course."There's also customer-service training that includes roleplaying different scenarios. "Airlines are really starting to realize how important that is now, far more than maybe before," Harriss said.Cadets then spend the next six months in Florida doing single-engine flight training with Piper PA-28 planes before returning to often-cloudy England for multi-engine flight training.This starts in simulators for the twin-engine Diamond DA42 before trainees take to the skies and learning how to cope with only one engine running.<div type="image" title="One of Skyborne's Diamond DA42 planes in front of its hangar at Gloucestershire Airport" height="3024" width="4032" msid="114912714" hostid="261" sizebytes="1174680"></div>It also includes a course with aerobatic aircraft called Upset Prevention Recovery Training to learn techniques to recover a plane from "unusual attitudes" such as stall events or a spiral dive.The final few weeks involve learning how to work in a multi-pilot crew, and getting to grips with large jets in a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-simulator-what-its-like-to-be-pilot-2024-10">Boeing 737 Max simulator</a> — preparing for the reality of being an airline pilot.After landing a job, airlines assign a specific aircraft type for which there's typically another eight weeks of training.Booth tells BI the best part of her job is seeing trainees progress over the 18 months. "They've developed and changed so much during that time. To support them in getting in that first job is just so rewarding."Skyborne's UK social media pages celebrate trainees accepting offers from airlines including British Airways, easyJet, TUI, and Jet2.Roebuck said she's on a BA pathway waiting for an interview date, and hopes to become a first officer on the Airbus A320.

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<ul><li><keyword id="910338" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="DDB-Mudra-Group" source="Orion">DDB Mudra Group</keyword> aims to create gender equity in leadership with the <keyword id="12384504" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Phyllis-India-Project" source="Orion">Phyllis India Project</keyword>.</li><li>It includes a customized career plan for each participant based on their goals and development areas.</li></ul> In a bid to create a more gender-balanced company, the DDB Mudra Group has successfully launched ‘The Phyllis India Project’, a year-long mentorship program to enable and encourage women to thrive in leadership roles and drive professional growth. The comprehensive training program includes a customized career plan for each participant based on their goals and development areas. The program transcends the boundaries of the professional sphere by helping participants navigate mental and societal challenges such as experiencing motherhood guilt-free, overcoming the imposter syndrome, courage and self-belief, making your voice heard and other such themes. The Phyllis India program is designed to provide consistent and personalised interventions in the form of training modules, mentoring sessions and fireside chats with industry leaders. Each participant’s career plan and development is tracked and reviewed monthly with the leadership team. The program includes one-on-one and group mentoring sessions conducted by several industry leaders including Suparna Mitra (CEO – Titan Watches), Gayatri Yadav (CMO – India &amp; SEA, Sequoia Capital) Virginia Sharma (VP - Brand Solutions, Jio Saavn), Vasuta Agarwal (MD - APAC, Inmobi), Indira Rangarajan (National Content Director - Digital, Mirchi), as well as DDB leaders like Varsha Kaura (Global Business Director, DDB Worldwide), Diana Sukopp (CCO, DDB Germany), Noelle Baer (VP &amp; Strategy Director, DDB Chicago), among others. With this initiative, the Group intends to create a community of women leaders of today who can be the role models that inspire and support the women leaders of tomorrow. The DDB Mudra Group first entered participants into the global Phyllis Project in 2017. Having built on the fundamental principles and pillars of the global program, the company introduced the Indian edition that addresses the cultural challenges that women leaders face in the country. The Phyllis India Project pilot kicked off in 2020. The program has since been training its pilot batch of women leaders. Parallelly, ‘Equal Parenting’ is another initiative intended to help employees balance their personal roles as parents, with their professional aspirations. It is inspired by the need to retain mothers in the workforce and create equal parents among men. Guided and informal sessions focus on ungendering and redefining the roles of both mothers and fathers. “Gender gaps influence the society, culture, economy and the way in which we shape our world for the next generation. Supporting the advancement of women and non-binary individuals by addressing the challenges they face is a global priority for the Group, and we in India have taken it very seriously. It’s inspiring to watch the participants of the Phyllis program grow personally and professionally, take on new roles, and steer the company towards a future with unbound potential. Leaders like Mehak Jaini who now heads Strategy at 22feet Tribal WW, and Sharon Misra who is now leading Exxon Mobil’s business, are great examples of how the program enables and empowers women to lead the biggest businesses in the market. Our notable alumni from this global programme include Shagun Seda, Marketing Director at Netflix, and Sonal Jhuj who leads Global Brand Strategy at Lego Global,” says <keyword id="3609466" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aditya-kanthy" source="Orion">Aditya Kanthy</keyword>, CEO &amp; MD, DDB Mudra Group. The Group recently supported the UN’s Women Empowerment Principles (WEP). The WEPs platform offers the private sector a global network of like-minded companies and guidance on advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community. “At DDB, we know that better product and cultures emerge from diverse and inclusive teams. That’s why initiatives like The Phyllis Project are at the heart of our people strategy. We hope to learn and strengthen our current efforts from the UNWEP network, which is yet another step in making a deeper, meaningful impact. This impact drives culture, company policies, business, and gender parity at work and at home,” says Rita Verma, Executive Vice President and Head-HR, DDB Mudra Group. ‘The Phyllis India Project’ currently engages with 25 of the brightest women talent in the DDB Mudra Group, has conducted over 35 group sessions and 100 one-on-one mentoring sessions so far. The program is named after Phyllis Robinson – DDB Worldwide’s first copywriter and the first female copy chief in U.S. history. Phyllis was known for her rebellious creative spirit, for challenging the rules and opening the doors for women in the industry. An icon of the creative revolution, her spirit continues to inspire women leaders to this day.

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<ul><li>88% professionals on professional networking platform <keyword id="19951562" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="linkedin" source="keywords">LinkedIn</keyword> are considering a <keyword id="167744" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-job" source="Orion">new job</keyword> in 2024, marking a 4% year on year (Y-o-Y) rise compared to 2023. </li><li>The primary drivers for job change include a quest for improved work-life balance (42%) and the necessity for higher wages (37%). </li><li>79% are increasing content sharing on LinkedIn, while 83% are actively expanding their professional networks. </li></ul>Looking for a new job in the new year? You are not the only one. The new year has not brought great news as far as <keyword id="11018" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jobs" source="Orion">jobs</keyword> are concerned with economic uncertainty continuing to plague companies. Professionals are, however, exhibiting a bold approach to <keyword id="6359968" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="career" source="Orion">career</keyword> decisions amidst economic uncertainties, according to recent findings from LinkedIn. In fact, nearly 8 out of 10 (79%) expressed a willingness to pursue opportunities outside their current industry or role, according to Linkedin research. The research has also revealed that nearly 9 out of 10 (88%) professionals are considering a new job in 2024, marking a 4% year on year (Y-o-Y) rise compared to 2023. This shift suggests a change in mindset, with professionals no longer opting to endure uncertainties but instead taking proactive steps to steer their careers, emphasising <keyword id="23080" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="productivity" source="Orion">productivity</keyword> and <keyword id="42546" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="growth" source="Orion">growth</keyword>. LinkedIn's analytics show a 9% Y-o-Y increase in job search activity on its platform in 2023 compared to 2022. The primary drivers for job change include a quest for improved work-life balance (42%) and the necessity for higher wages (37%) amid a challenging economic landscape. Matching skills sets with jobs becoming more difficult While professionals are bullish, they are finding it hard to keep up with the rapid change in skills required to do some jobs largely driven by the rapid developments in generative <keyword id="6355999" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ai" source="Orion">AI</keyword>. Nearly half (45%) of professionals said they do not know how to match their skills to the job they want, making the job search process more difficult. In fact a report by Linkedin in November 2023 found out that Gen Z was investing 73% more time in learning new skills compared to other generations. LinkedIn data also shows that skills for jobs have changed by 30% since 2015 in <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="india" source="keywords">India</keyword>. Professionals are also finding job hunting tough with 55% saying that looking for a job is frustrating and 59% saying they rarely hear back from recruiters. It is time to get innovative with one’s job search In the face of intense competition and the fact that most recruiters do not get back after a job application, professionals are adapting their job search strategies to distinguish themselves. A significant 72% of professionals have modified their approach, incorporating innovative formats like video and digital resumes. Additionally, they are embracing the use of artificial intelligence (AI), with approximately 81% acknowledging its potential to enhance the efficiency and productivity of their job search. Taking charge of their careers, professionals are actively building their professional brand and leveraging connections to improve their job prospects. As many as 79% professionals are increasing content sharing on LinkedIn, while 83% are actively expanding their professional networks. This proactive approach reflects professionals' commitment to staying competitive and securing opportunities in a challenging job market. Explains Nirajita Banerjee, career expert and senior managing editor, LinkedIn India, “As Indian professionals take charge of their careers in 2024, it’s going to get increasingly competitive with more professionals entering the job market. To be successful in their job hunt, it's essential for professionals to stand out by dedicating time to spruce up their profiles, highlighting their skills, and staying informed about industry developments.” <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Fastest growing jobs in India </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">1. Closing Manager 2. Influencer Marketing Specialist 3. Design Specialist 4. Drone Pilot 5. Recruiter 6. Sales Development Representative 7. Demand Generation Associate 8. Customs Officer 9. Growth Manager 10. Investor Relations Manager 11. Political Analyst 12. Delivery Consultant 13. Client Advisor 14. Creative Strategist 15. Chief Revenue Office </td></tr></tbody></table> Source: Linkedin

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If all goes well, the Indian aviation market will see a major boom in the cabin crew recruitment soon. According to news report by The Economic Times, <keyword id="6354706" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indigo">IndiGo</keyword> and Jet Airways would be hiring more than 1000 <keyword id="156302" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cabin-crews">cabin crews</keyword> over the next one year. State run Air India and <keyword id="6358032" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="SpiceJet">Spicejet</keyword> might be recruiting some 800 and 100 people on board soon. In an interview, Go Air CEO Wolfgang Prock Schauer said they are inducting 50 cabin crews every month. Tata Sons' ventures, AirAsia India and Vistara would recruit at least 300 cabin crew members between them over the next one year. 
 
The growth rate in the Indian sky has been too quick. As the domestic air traffic rose by 18% last year as compared to 2014, according to International Air Transport Association, the Indian market is outpacing the world in demand growth. 
 
As the airlines increase their fleet size enormously, Airbus has said it will deliver one plane every week to Indian carriers for the next ten years. 
 
As more flights gets inducted to service every other day and the destinations keep on increasing at a breakneck speed, the airlines are in need of more and more cabin crews. Gone are the days when these airlines had to worry for filling up the seats. Most flights in the metro routes are overbooked even on the lean months. Moreover the strategy of the budget airlines to let people fly at nominal rates is proving a major success. 
 
Job Market in the sky 
While the rosy picture of airline jobs are keeping the job market healthy, one of the major need for the recruitments is because of a high attrition rate. Pilots are the major churn in the industry. IndiGo had hired 1200 pilots last year of which 900 were net additions and rest were replacements. 
 
While last few years had seen mushrooming of airline training academies in the metros and suburbs across the country, there has been a prominent shift in the cabin crew recruitment process. 
Summi Sharma, vice president of corporate learning at IndiGo told the Economic Times, the number of freshers - high school graduates - as a chunk of total cabin crew recruits has steadily increased in the past few years. 
 
"We get applicants from various walks of life. We get call-centre employees, hotel executives and even nurses and lawyers and teachers and national level sportspersons," she told the financial daily. 
 
 
"The training such institutes impart is extremely generic," said Kamal Hingorani, head of in-flight services and customer experience at SpiceJet told the ET. "They are taught for the hospitality industry as well as for airlines: things like how to serve meals in proper order, etc. There is no training imparted which is specific to regulatory mandates on how an airline should be operated. Also different airlines have different operations manuals and styles. And what we are primarily looking at is the basic attitude to provide service." 
 
While a major chunk of cabin crews at Spicejet used to be sourced from the institutes, now the on-campus placements contribute only 10%. 
 
"No matter which institute a new recruit comes from or for that matter how many years of flying experience a candidate comes with, we invest 99-100 days of rigorous training for them all to turn them into IndiGo cabin crew," said Sharma from IndiGo. 
 
Smaller cities flying high 
One of the major aspect of the recruitment in cabin crew these days are people from small cities of India joining to fly high. The credit for this shift can be attributed to higher awareness, openness, encouragement and family support for women to choose this career option. There is a major scope of personal development in this profession. Not everyone retires as a cabin crew from the airlines. As many as 5 former cabin crews are now pilots with IndiGo. Also these crews tend to join HR and other management positions in the airlines itself after a few years.

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<keyword id="4261969" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="nasscom-research">NASSCOM Research</keyword> has shown that only 34 percent of India’s IT workforce is female and 41% of <keyword id="624" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Women">women</keyword> in technology companies tend to leave mid-career, compared to 17% of men. 
 <keyword id="6357940" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Paypal">PayPal</keyword> announced the launch of Recharge, a unique six-week program focused on empowering women technologists to get back to work after taking time off to explore their passions, develop interests and strengthen families. The program is a part of PayPal’s commitment towards nurturing a culture of <keyword id="61889" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Diversity">diversity</keyword> and inclusion in the technology industry. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/meru-reduced-prices-in-delhi-ncr-to-compete-with-uber-and-ola/articleshow/57493028.cms">ALSO READ: Meru reduced prices in Delhi NCR to compete with Uber and Ola and this is how much it will cost to travel from Airport to Connaught place</a> 
 
Recharge is open to women who have taken a personal career break for a period of 1-5 years, with at least 5 years of work experience in product development and analytics and with backgrounds in Java, J2EE, PEGA, test automation, release engineering, risk analytics. Interested applicants can submit their resumes to rechargeindia@paypal.com. Registrations will close on March 20th, 2017. 
 
Recharge aims to equip women technologists with skills and the confidence required to help them get back to work and jumpstart their careers after a break. The pilot Recharge program in 2016 received over 300 applications from women with work experience of at least 5 years in product development and analytics, who had taken a career break. Of this, 75 were invited to an event that helped them build their confidence and interview skills, followed by a boot camp that 30 shortlisted women attended. Finally, 10 participants were given the opportunity to join PayPal and continue their professional journey at the end of the initiative. 
 
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Recharge will be rolled out in three phases, starting with a launch in Chennai and Bangalore during the last week of March, giving around 100 women the opportunity to network with PayPal and industry leaders. They will also learn about various tools to get back into the workforce, such as updating their resumes, key skills required for a good interview and effective soft skills training. 
 
A round of interviews will then narrow down the attendees to 30 Rechargers who will enter a three-week technology boot camp conducted by PayPal as well as key industry leaders. The boot camp will focus on technology and business-oriented training to help the participants get up to speed with the latest in the industry. 
 
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This includes an introduction to mobile app development and Node.js as well as mentorship sessions with PayPal technology leaders in the country. PayPal will then offer 10 participants the opportunity to work in its technology centers across Bangalore and Chennai in roles including Software Development Engineer, Software Development – Test Engineer, Software Development Manager, Release Engineer and Risk Analyst.

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Educational loans are highly sought after by students aspiring to pursue their higher studies. Banks have programs to offer these loans to deserving as well as meritorious students who will need financial support to continue their higher education. But, not all students are eligible for educational loans. Here we list the criteria set by the banks that will decide a student’s eligibility for educational loan. Factors considered for educational loan eligibility When the banks will decide to accept a candidate’s application for educational loan, the following criteria will be considered. <ul><li>The academic history of the student, qualifications earned, the performance evident through marks, achievements and credits. </li><li>The course for which the student seeks the loan. The courses applied for must be accredited and also worth pursuing endowed with good career prospects. The courses that have a good chance of placement will only be considered in order to ensure that the student will be able to repay the loan. </li><li>The institution in which the student wants to pursue the course should enjoy a good reputation and accreditation.</li><li>If the student can provide a collateral and the value of the collateral offered by the student</li><li>Who is guaranteeing the loan – including the parents, acceptable third parties, and co-borrowers and if the co-borrowers have the required credibility and job profile </li></ul>Courses that are eligible for getting an educational loan The students applying for an educational loan can choose to study any course provided that the course and the institution are accredited by the concerned authority. The courses that can fetch educational loans include. <ul><li>Undergraduate degrees or diplomas and some specialized courses</li><li>Postgraduate degrees or diplomas and some specialized courses</li><li>Phd research study and Doctoral Programs</li></ul>Banks come forward to sanction educational loans for some specialized courses, diplomas and training programs. Since not all banks will be ready to offer loans for such courses, a student can research to find the bank that will provide the loan necessary if there are strong job prospects or chances to advance the present career connected with the course opted for. Here is a list of some special courses that are eligible for loans by some banks. <ul><li>Certificate programs in computers</li><li>Diploma in engineering</li><li>Certificate courses offered by ITI</li><li>Data entry operator training program</li><li>Nursing or teacher training certificate courses and B.Ed</li><li>Diploma in agriculture</li><li>Diploma in veterinary medicine</li><li>Diploma or certificate courses that are job-oriented</li><li>Degree or diplomas in the fields of aeronautical engineering, pilot training, and shipping that are provided by some reputed and accredited institutions for the purpose of jobs in India and abroad. </li><li>Vocational courses offered by a Government department or body</li><li>Courses offered by skill development organizations like State Skill Corporations, State Skill Missions, or National Skill Development Corporation.</li></ul>

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The school-to-work transition process is still facing major hurdles in India and a lack of coordinated efforts has resulted in an isolated skilling system that has not been able to achieve its maximum potential, a World Economic Forum (WEF) report stated. The report titled Education 4.0 Report', on how digital and other technologies can address learning gaps and make education accessible to all, has been launched as part of WEF's Education 4.0 India initiative. "India has more than 60 million secondary and higher secondary students, but 85 per cent of schools are yet to implement vocational courses as part of their curriculum, it said.School-to-work (S2W) transition refers to the process of making students job-ready in a rapidly evolving employment landscape. The report said, The S2W transition process is still facing major hurdles such as lack of trainers, inadequate resources and infrastructure, poor integration with the mainstream school curriculum, and poor linkages between localized skill gaps and vocational courses." "A lack of coordinated efforts has resulted in an isolated skilling ecosystem that has not been able to achieve its maximum potential," it said. The report noted that many students and parents consider vocational education to be the second-best option to mainstream education. "Employers expect students to have a high degree of competencies, skills and knowledge relevant to their work. They also prefer strong communication skills, teamwork, and problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities, it stated.According to the report, at present, school pedagogy is designed with no reference to industry needs, since there are no formal channels for industry participation. "Further, credits cannot be transferred between formal and informal education streams, so students who want to pursue higher education after vocational courses (or vice-versa) face difficulty in linking their credits. This discourages mobility between the two streams," it said.Enhancing opportunities for career awareness and exposure through internships and apprenticeships' allowing credit transferability to enable students to transfer between formal and informal channels of education and training and providing experiential learning for holistic development through STEM-based courses, language learning and life-skills coaching, are among the recommendations made in the report. The Education 4.0 India initiative was launched in May 2020 and has convened over 40 partners from the education technology, government, academic and start-up communities. The report is the result of a collaboration between the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Children's Education Fund (<keyword id="56000" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="unicef" source="Orion">UNICEF</keyword>) and YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India). It tracks the progress and findings of the Education 4.0 India initiative, which focuses on how the fourth industrial revolution technologies can enhance learning and reduce inequalities in access to education among children in India. The report also explores challenges and identifies solutions that can be realised as scalable interventions to enable India's youth to participate in the evolving workspace." The COVID-19 pandemic has widened the gaps in learning outcomes among school children in India. These gaps have been magnified for children, particularly from disenfranchised and vulnerable families who face innumerable socio-economic issues that also have been worsened by the pandemic," said Jeremy Jurgens, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum. "Through the Education 4.0 India initiative, the Forum, together with UNICEF India and YuWaah, aims to offer insights and recommendations that transcend the education landscape in India and can achieve global impact. This is the first partnership for the Forum and UNICEF at the country level," Jurgens added. The report also provides a framework for the development of scalable pilots that can be implemented by state governments and ecosystem partners. This includes best practices that can augment the existing education ecosystem and be useful for a wide range of stakeholders. 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