The ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched Artificial Intelligence-based ‘Atamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities. 

Apart from recruiting a skilled workforce that spurs business competitiveness and economic growth, the AI-based platform has been envisioned to strengthen their career pathways by hand holding them through their journeys to attain industry-relevant skills and explore emerging job opportunities especially in the post-pandemic era.

How does the platform work?

It is an endeavour to improve the information flow and bridge the demand-supply gap in the skilled workforce market.

Envisaging the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce is crucial in restructuring the skilling ecosystem with the new normal settling post-pandemic. 

Besides identifying major skill gaps in the sectors ​and providing review of global best practices, ASEEM will provide employers a platform to assess the availability of skilled workforce and formulate their hiring plans.

ASEEM refers to all the data, trends and analytics which describe the workforce market and map demand of skilled workforce to supply. It will provide real-time information by identifying relevant skilling requirements and employment prospects.

ASEEM will be used as a match-making engine to map skilled workers with the jobs available. 

The portal and app will have provision for registration and data upload for workers across job roles, sectors and geographies. The skilled workforce can register their profiles on the app and can search for employment opportunities in their neighbourhood. 

Through ASEEM, employers, agencies and job aggregators looking for skilled workforce in specific sectors will also have the required details at their fingertips. It will also enable policymakers to take a more objective view of various sectors.

This platform is developed and managed by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with Bengaluru-based company Betterplace, specialising in blue collar employee management.

SWADES to help in skill mapping

The government has launched an initiative — Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support (SWADES) — to conduct a skill mapping exercise of the Indian citizens returning from overseas under the Vande Bharat Mission.

The returning citizens are required to fill up an online SWADES Skills Card. 

It is a joint initiative of the ministry of skill development & entrepreneurship, the ministry of civil aviation and the ministry of external affairs. 

What is the significance of ASEEM?

Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey said the initiative aims to accelerate India’s journey towards recovery by mapping skilled workforce and connecting them with relevant livelihood opportunities in their local communities especially in the post-pandemic era. 

A.M. Naik, NSDC chairman, said that migrant labour has been severely impacted by the socio-economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. “In the current context, NSDC has taken up the responsibility of mapping the dispersed migrant population around the country and providing them the means to re-build their livelihood by matching their skill-sets to available employment opportunities. The launch of ASEEM is the first step on that journey. The real-time information ASEEM provides to both employer and employee will add value to the labour ecosystem and contribute to building the trust among the workforce, which is essential for the recovery of the economy.”

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