Adobe Partners With Nasscom To Build Experience Design Skills By CIOReviewIndia Team

Adobe Partners With Nasscom To Build Experience Design Skills

CIOReviewIndia Team | Friday, 28 August 2020, 09:10 IST

Adobe Partners With Nasscom To Build Experience Design Skills Adobe India and NASSCOM FutureSkills have come in collaboration for launching the UX foundation program which is recognized by the Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM. Interested learners will be given the access to NASSCOM’s FutureSkills platform without any charges, to almost 300,000 subscribers.

During the initial stage, it plans to skills and reskilling students and professionals by 2021 for aligning with the industry demand of one of the rapidly evolving creative fields which are User Experience Design. Cognizant, the industry partner of the program, will mandate the skilling of a new/existing workforce.

Through this program, the industry-academia gap will decrease, resulting into more supply of skilled manpower, allowing companies to hire under-qualified workers for conducting their UX business. While in different period, UX design jobs take long time filling, leaving companies to production loss.

As the digital landscape is increasing, with requirements of products/services to supply, skilled UX designers are required in umpteen. Adobe XD is forged into the curriculum, therefore, giving a learner the authority to take help of critical resources. Adobe has designed the content for students to develop skills, employers to help in upskilling and re-skill.

The VP & GM, Creative Cloud Product Marketing & Community and Digital Media Education, Adobe, Mala Sharma, said, “Adobe is the global leader in creativity – a critical skill for the future workforce. I believe that students from all fields must make creativity and creative storytelling a critical skill as part of their Digital Literacy. Given India’s significant skills potential – and especially in digital skills, I am excited for today’s launch of the UX curriculum on the NASSCOM Future Skills platform as a great example of our commitment to helping India leverage this opportunity. I can’t wait to see students get certified and go on to having an impact on their careers and businesses meet their critical talent needs as a result.”

The CEO of IT-ITES Sector Skill Council, NASSCOM & Co-Architect, NASSCOM FutureSkills, Amit Aggarwal, said, “We envision to make India a global hub for digital talent and our partnership with Adobe is a significant step in that direction. User experience designers are among the most in-demand job roles today. The fact that we spend hours every day on our mobile device says a lot about how prominent the role of a UX designer is going to become. It is imperative for students and professionals keen to have a career in Experience Design to build their foundation on this most sought after skill.”

Prakash Balasubramanian, Global Delivery Head Interactive, Cognizant, said, “Differentiating experiences are a key driver of competitive advantage and economic value in this age of disruptive technological change and constantly evolving expectations. Designing unique experiences has, therefore, become a core skill to realize the full potential of digital technologies, a skill that also sets students and professionals apart in the marketplace. This commendable initiative by NASSCOM and Adobe will expand and deepen India’s talent pool in experience transformation. Cognizant is pleased to be associated with the initiative and bring its global exposure and expertise in experience design to help scale and broaden the program.”