Swiggy has launched Swiggy Skills, an initiative wwhich is aimed at offering a range of skilling and employment opportunities within its food delivery and quick commerce network.
Swiggy Skills was formally launched today in New Delhi, by Shri Jayant Chaudhary, Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Education, Government of India. Speaking on the occasion, the Honourable Minister said, ““For India to realise the goal of Viksit Bharat @2047, logistics sector will play a key role. Keeping that in mind, our government has launched the National Logistics Policy in India. We are also creating an enabling ecosystem for the growth in this sector where skilling and education work hand in hand. Today’s partnership showcases how public private partnerships can accelerate and create new avenues for the workforce in the sector. There are huge opportunities in this space, and we wish to see more corporates engaging with us.””
Speaking at the occasion, Rohit Kapoor, CEO of Swiggy Food Marketplace, said, “India’s F&B and retail sectors are expanding rapidly, contributing around 13 per cent of the overall GDP and generating significant employment. As digitization accelerates growth in these sectors, there is an urgent need for a skilled workforce across the entire value chain.”
Kapoor added that, to begin with, Swiggy Skills will have four broad components, “We plan to integrate with MSDE’s Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) across our partners' apps, enabling almost 2.4 lakh delivery partners and the staff of our 2 lakh restaurant partners to easily access online skill development courses, offline certifications, and training modules. Second, youngsters who have undergone training under MSDE’s programme for operational roles such as retail and logistic management, and operational aspects of F&B business, will be connected to Swiggy’s ecosystem of restaurants and retail backend operations, where they can find suitable opportunities. In Swiggy Instamart operations, we will be able to provide recruitment to 3,000 individuals across the country. We have also planned to provide training and internship to 200 people trained by MSDE, in our quick commerce operations at the senior level, and finally Swiggy, under our employee volunteering program will be able to provide in-house expertise to create training modules on emerging issues such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Marketing, Retail, Quick Commerce, Logistics, and more.”
An MoU was signed between the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Swiggy, affirming the commitment of both entities to collaborate towards creating employment, internship and training opportunities for people in restaurant operations, and various aspects of retail management.
