Indian Youth to get 50 lakhs Jobs by 2022

New Delhi, Mar 20: Vodafone on Tuesday announced an international future jobs programme to provide career guidance and access to training content programme.

The Company has announced that the programme will help 50 lakh youths in India.

The initiative, named "What will you be?", launched internationally will provide career guidance and access to training content in the digital economy.

"India has one of the youngest populations in the world. The vision of Digital India, to which we are all committed, requires an abundance of digital skills and new learnings," Sunil Sood, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone India, said in a statement.

The initiative will be launched by 2022 for 18 countries. This is the largest digital skills and jobs initiative by Vodafone in the world. As a part of this initiative, Vodafone has also developed Future Jobs Finder which is a new online platform accessible to all youth for career guidance, access to relevant training and search meaningful jobs in the digital economy globally.