Driving Innovation in Tech Education and Workforce Skilling with upGrad
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The "AI wITh Arun Show" podcast video features an interview with Srikanth Iyengar, the CEO of Upgrad Enterprise, a global company specializing in tech education and workforce development. Iyengar explains Upgrad's mission to address critical technology and behavioral skill gaps in the global workforce, detailing their cohort-based live virtual learning approach which contrasts with traditional corporate training and self-serve models. He highlights Upgrad's successful partnerships with major tech companies and universities, including a doctorate in AI program with Golden Gate University, emphasizing experiential learning and efforts to foster diversity and inclusion by training alternate talent pools like veterans. The discussion also explores the future of corporate training, stressing the importance of continuous, personalized, and real-time learning in the age of AI, advising companies to integrate AI training as a core business strategy rather than just an HR function and to bridge generational gaps in technology understanding.
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