Japanese firms eyeing India for sourcing skilled, semi-skilled manpower

NEW DELHI.  Good news for the Indian youths is that a rising number of Japanese companies are now eyeing India for sourcing skilled and semi-skilled manpower.

One such Japanese delegation comprising of supervisory organizations recently visited India looking for manpower in the field of information technology (IT), food processing, nursing care, civil construction, agriculture and other trades under the framework of India’s flagship skill program TITP (Technical Intern Training Program).

Kitano Nobuhide, Representative Director of Environment Create Cooperative – A Nagoya based Supervisory organization for TITP program, and CEO of Build Orgin Inc –  a solar-based company;

Azuma Nobuyuki, Director of Environment Create Cooperative – a Nagoya based Supervisory organization for TITP program) and CEO of Chubu Enetech Consulting Pvt. Ltd. – an IT consulting firm based in Tokyo; Kitano Eiichi, also from Build Orgin Inc and Raturi Omprakash, Founder of  Kokusai Jigyou Consulting and Overseas business head for Comsize Inc – a Tokyo based IT company formed the part of the delegation.

The delegation members visited Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSV), Gurugram, near New Delhi, the Mass Skilltech Pvt. Ltd. (MSPL), office and met the officials of Sonayukti before heading for a heritage tour to the holy city Amritsar in Punjab. The delegation also visited a construction site in Punjab. Pawan Chaudhary of Invest India too joined the delegation at SVSV.

During interaction with Raj Nehru, Vice-Chancellor, SVSV, the  Japanese delegation led by Raturi Omprakash – an Indo-Japan business expert, explored possibilities of employing manpower in various trades.

While reacting to the suggestion of Raturi of initiating the Japanese language training program at the SVSV for enhancing the chances of the students being employed by the Japanese companies, the SVSV vice-chancellor Raj Nehru said it was an excellent idea and he could propose for the same in the time to come.

Shri Vishwakarma Skill University is a state-run university and was established to facilitate and promote skill, entrepreneurship development, skill-based education and research in the emerging areas of manufacturing, information technology, textile, design, logistics and transportation, automation, agriculture, and maintenance.

“This Japanese delegation visited India to explore opportunities of sourcing skilled and semi-skilled under the TITP framework. Both the countries can play a complementary role on this front as India faces unemployment concern while Japan suffers from a shortage of manpower,” said Raturi.

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The visiting organizations Build Orgin Inc and Chubu Enetech Consulting Pvt. Ltd. have acquired valid licenses from the concerned Japanese authorities like Japan International Training Cooperation Organization (JITCO) and  Organization for Technical Intern Training (OTIT) to accept foreign manpower.

Currently, many Japanese companies like Build Orgin Inc are sourcing candidates from various Asian countries like Vietnam for construction-related jobs that include plumbing, painting, structuring, concrete mixing, wall work, and others.

After Vietnam, the focus of this company has shifted to India as Indian candidates are taken to be hardworking and sincere.

Likewise, Azuma,  Chubu Enetech Consulting also is contemplating looking for IT, and Mechanical engineers from India.

Raturi, Business Head, Comsize who started his career with reputed MNCs in the IT-sphere said he was already in discussion with few government bodies to resolve the unemployment issue and in November 2019, Comsize might sign a contract with a Delhi-based Company to provide IT engineers and special skilled manpower.

The delegation also visited the Monnet Group company MSPL for the possibilities of recruiting white-collar and technically trained manpower. It held direct interviews and deliberations with the potential candidates and was quite impressed with the pace these candidates were picking up the Japanese language and culture here.

Present on the occasion, Pawan Damani, Vice President, MSPL said there lied an immense potential in terms of skilled and semi-skilled manpower sourcing from India for the Japanese companies.

Later during their visit to Punjab, the members visited a construction site where they were impressed to see the quality of work being done by the Indian construction workers. The delegation was of the view that such workers could potentially be employed for Japan if they were imparted training on Japanese language and etiquette.

Parvinder Singh, CEO of a manpower consulting firm P.S. Consulting based in Jalandhar facilitated the site visit.

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