Walmart-owned Flipkart on Thursday said it is setting up a digital learning academy to upskill thousands of students every year to help create a pool of skilled supply chain operations talent in the country.
The Supply Chain Operations Academy (SCOA) is Flipkart’s project to provide relevant industry training and knowledge to help create a pool of skilled supply chain operations talent in the country. This will further help bridge the skill gap and create employment opportunities in the expanding supply chain industry in the country.
“As one of the fastest-growing nations in the world with a significant proportion of the working population, India can unlock its potential through large-scale skilling and upskilling initiatives to reap the benefits of its demographic dividend,” said Hemant Badri, Senior-Vice-President and Head of Supply Chain, Flipkart.
The training programme under SCOA has been designed and created by the Flipkart team to provide a holistic experience and training to candidates, which will involve 15 days of digital classroom training and 45 days of on-the-job apprenticeship at Flipkart supply chain facilities.
For the first phase of the programme that begins on October 22, Flipkart has onboarded students from Haryana, Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, and West Bengal, who will undergo the training followed by the on-the-job training. During this programme, shortlisted students will get an opportunity to work along with full-time supply chain employees at facilities across the country, the statement said.
The students will be imparted skills through Flipkart’s Learning Management System, an online platform for learning programs, where students can learn a diverse set of skills through courses developed by industry experts.
"Flipkart is at the forefront of developing the necessary skill sets in candidates to enhance their employability and complement the nation’s growth," Badri further said.
As per a recent BCG and Dell Foundation study, the gig economy has the estimated potential to service up to 90 million jobs in India’s non-farm sector and contribute an incremental 1.25 per cent to the country’s GDP over the long term. This would require large-scale skilling and upskilling initiatives, particularly in the e-commerce logistics space, to build a pipeline of talented individuals skilled in various aspects of supply chain management, and Flipkart’s Supply Chain Operations Academy is aimed at achieving the same.
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