Anish Chakraborty
Founding Chairman and Managing Trustee
The close relationship between unemployment in India is not hidden to anyone. With a strong youth base and a decent amount of graduates passing out annually, the country still lags behind in providing employment to the young generation. Apparently, this situation aroused due to an absence of the job readiness factor in the workforce. Although to cope up with this issue, the Government of the country is trying their best to enabling the youths to obtain essential skills through introducing several initiatives, private institutions are also coming forward to extend skill-based courses to the students. Known as the only Skills University in the West Bengal state and one of the first two in the country, Seacom Skills University (SSU) is the outcome of Anish Chakraborty's, keen and explicit understanding regarding the flaws in the education system which directly affects the job market.
Handling the position of Founder Chairman and Managing Trustee presently, under the supervision of Chakraborty, SSU has been able to gain a global presence by signing MoUs with around 20 international institutions of repute such as Scotland's Colleges International, Bournville College, Birmingham, UK, Cyprus University and so on. "These collaborations let us bring a global perspective to our teaching methodologies and stay aware of the latest happenings in the education space around the world," shares Chakraborty. Ranging from innovative courses for 10 passed students to offering masters programme and Doctoral studies in