The National Council for Vocational Education and Training, under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has entered into an agreement with Flipkart to strengthen India’s vocational education and skilling ecosystem. The collaboration aims to create nationally recognised, industry-led skilling pathways for the rapidly expanding e-commerce and logistics workforce, in line with the Skill India Mission. The agreement was signed at Kaushal Bhawan in New Delhi in the presence of senior officials from MSDE, NCVET and the Flipkart Group.

Established under the aegis of MSDE, NCVET regulates and ensures quality across India’s vocational education, training and skilling framework, with a mandate to develop nationally benchmarked standards that enhance employability and support sustained economic growth. Under the partnership, NCVET will support Flipkart in building capabilities to become a recognised dual Awarding Body for training, assessment and certification. This will allow industry-designed skilling programmes to be formally benchmarked, portable and nationally recognised.

The collaboration will enable Flipkart to design and deliver training programmes aligned with the National Skills Qualification Framework, ensuring consistent quality and industry relevance. It is also expected to support the development of standardised, high-quality training and certification programmes that improve employability, particularly for candidates from underprivileged backgrounds. Trainees will benefit from structured programme delivery, robust assessments and widely recognised certifications, which can be securely stored on DigiLocker, with academic credits accumulated and verified through the Academic Bank of Credits to enhance long-term career mobility.

Commenting on the partnership, Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Chairperson of NCVET, said the collaboration reflects ongoing efforts to make India’s skilling architecture more industry-responsive, credible and outcomes-driven. Rajneesh Kumar, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Flipkart Group, said skilling is central to building India’s digital commerce infrastructure and that the partnership will help integrate operational insights into formal training and certification frameworks to create a large pool of job-ready talent.

NCVET said the initiative will help bridge critical skill gaps across the e-commerce supply chain, build a certified and employment-ready workforce, and support India’s ambition of becoming a globally competitive, future-ready economy.