The DPI Story – Building India’s skilling backbone
With a growing population and a dynamic workforce, India recognized the pressing need to align skilling, education, employment and entrepreneurship under one umbrella. In response, the vision emerged to establish a robust Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) - a comprehensive national platform architected to connect talent with opportunities.
SIDH stands as a groundbreaking DPI designed to unify and amplify India’s skilling ecosystem. Anchored in interoperability, scalability, and inclusivity, SIDH brings together 23 Ministries and 26 states, supporting a total of 314 schemes. The platform effortlessly integrates with key national digital infrastructures like Aadhaar, DigiLocker, eSHRAM, GST, National Career Service (NCS) and Gati Shakti. With a mobile-first approach and multilingual design, SIDH ensures equitable access to resources related to skilling, education, apprenticeship, employment and entrepreneurship.
SIDH is designed to securely store, verify, and share digital credentials, monitor real-time program performance, and curates personalised learning and career pathways. Through Aadhaar-enabled verification, biometric attendance, and digitally verifiable certificates, SIDH redefines transparency, security, and citizen-centric service delivery.
SIDH Ecosystem and Its Impact: Ensuring Inclusive Growth
Imagine a single platform where a young job seeker from a village, a working woman from a bustling metro, and an aspiring entrepreneur from the Northeast can all converge to unlock a world of opportunities — that’s the power of the SIDH ecosystem.
SIDH’s Value Proposition for Stakeholders: Empowering Citizens, Everywhere
SIDH offers a powerful and inclusive value proposition that caters to the unique needs of every stakeholder in the skilling ecosystem, enabling an integrated, efficient, and impactful approach to talent development:
- For learners: SIDH offers personalized learning journey, offering thousands of industry-aligned courses in multiple Indian languages, and career pathways. Learners can build in-demand skills at their own pace and earn industry recognised certificates.
- For Employers: The platform allows posting job opportunities and access to a vast pool of pre-qualified, job-ready candidates, with verified credentials. This significantly reduces hiring time, enhances match quality, and facilitates efficient tracking of placement outcomes.
- For Governments and Policymakers: SIDH functions as a governance enabler, leveraging real-time analytics and dashboards for data-driven decision-making. Its convergence with central and state schemes ensures coordinated implementation.
- For Training Providers: The platform simplifies operational complexity. From course creation and batch management to assessments and fund disbursement workflows, SIDH enables efficient and large-scale training delivery.
- For Entrepreneurs: SIDH facilitates access to wide range of entrepreneurial resources, including incubators, mentorship, events and e-commerce facility. It fosters an environment for innovation and entrepreneurial growth to pursue sustainable self-employment.
- For Awarding Bodies: SIDH streamlines course creation, affiliation processes, digitizes assessment & certification workflows, ensures transparency & integrity through real-time tracking & verifiable credentials.
Global Recognition – Taking India’s Skilling Story to the World
SIDH has gained notable recognition on global platforms, having been featured at esteemed forums such as the ILO, United Nations in Geneva, G20 events, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and the World Bank’s India Summit on Education Knowledge Exchange where delegates from 15 African nations praised SIDH for its scalable and inclusive nature, setting the stage for future collaborations aimed at advancing education and skill development worldwide.
In February 2024, SIDH was spotlighted in a specialized session at the National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD), attended by 30 international delegates. It was also showcased in the ILO's "SKILLS Bridge" Masterclass Series, emphasizing its impact on developing nations, with over 3,900 registrations across 129 countries.
SIDH's innovative framework and potential for global adoption have been recognized by government officials, bureaucrats, policymakers, and international delegates.