For India to truly lead the world as a manufacturing and innovation hub, we must first solve the skills puzzle- by transforming how we educate, train, and empower our workforce.
It was this shared urgency that brought together powerful voices from academia, government, and industry at the Medhavi Skills & Staffing Leadership Conclave 2025 at Hyatt Pune to reimagine the future of work-integrated education.
With the august presence of distinguished dignitaries- Shri Kailash Pagare, IAS, Commissioner, Integrated Child Development Services, Government of Maharashtra - महाराष्ट्र शासन, Smt. Manjiri Madhusudhan Manolkar, IAS, Managing Director, Maharashtra State Farming Corporation, Pune, Shri N. N. Wadode, Deputy Director of Training, Board of Apprenticeship Training (Western Region), Mumbai, Ministry of Education, GoI and leadership from MSU, Mr. Pravesh Dudani, Founder & Chancellor; Mr. Kuldip Sarma, Co-Founder & Pro-Chancellor; Mr. Devender K Saini, Group Chief Strategy Officer and Ms. Jassi Dimple, Dean – WISE Design & Development, the conclave sparked insightful dialogue on building an agile, outcome-driven skilling ecosystem. Additionally, the special addresses by Mr. Nitin Dave, CEO of Quess Corp., and Mr. Satish Pawar, Director of Yuvashakti Skills Pvt. Ltd., offered powerful perspectives on how industry collaborations can empower and transform the workforce, leaving the audience deeply inspired.
The conclave held on the theme “Reimagining Industry-Led Higher Education” gathered eminent policymakers, CEOs and skilling experts who deliberated on scaling apprenticeship-embedded degrees, leveraging AI for competency assessment and co-creating future-ready talent ecosystems. From co-creating future-focused curricula to celebrating work-integrated partnerships, the conclave reinforced that the path to employability is through collaboration, not isolation. As industries transform and 150M+ workers face the need for reskilling, MSU’s WISE programs stand as a timely, scalable solution for aligning education with evolving market realities.