Popular convenience platform Swiggy has joined hands with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to launch Swiggy Skills, an initiative designed to offer a variety of training and employment opportunities within its food delivery and express commerce network.
The new platform was launched on September 7 in New Delhi by Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Minister of State for Education.
An MoU has been signed between the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Swiggy with an aim to create employment, internship and training opportunities for people in restaurant operations and various aspects of retail management, according to a press release issued by Swiggy.
Speaking at the event, Chaudhary said that the logistics sector will play a key role in India in achieving the goal of “Viksit Bharat @ 2047”.
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He said, “Our government has launched the National Logistics Policy in India. We are also creating an enabling ecosystem for growth in this sector where training and education go hand in hand.”
The Minister said the partnership demonstrates how public-private partnerships can accelerate and create new pathways for the workforce in the sector.
Rohit Kapoor, CEO of Swiggy Food Marketplace, said India’s food and beverage and retail sectors are expanding rapidly, contributing around 13% to the overall GDP and generating significant employment.
Highlighting Swiggy Skills, he said the initiative will have four broad components. Kapoor said, “We plan to integrate with MSDE’s Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) into our partners’ apps, enabling nearly 240,000 delivery partners and staff across our 200,000 restaurant partners to easily access online skill development courses, offline certifications and training modules.”
He added, “Secondly, the youth who have been trained under the MSDE programme for operational roles like retail management and logistics, and operational aspects of the food and beverage business, will be connected with Swiggy’s restaurant and retail operations ecosystem, where they can find suitable opportunities.”
“Under Swiggy Instamart operations, we will be able to offer hiring to 3,000 people across the country. We have also planned to provide training and internships to 200 people trained by MSDE, in our senior-level express commerce operations, and finally Swiggy, under our employee volunteering programme, will be able to provide in-house expertise to create training modules on emerging topics like artificial intelligence (AI), marketing, retail, express commerce, logistics and more,” the Swiggy CEO said.
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