Nearly 4 in 5 employers worldwide report difficulty finding skilled talent in 2025. This figure has almost doubled since 2014 and can cause a significant unrealized income of $3.8 trillion (6% of projected global GDP) in 2025. Extrapolating it to 2030, the global economy can be affected by a loss of $8.5 trillion (11% of the projected global GDP). Amidst this looming global talent shortage of 85 million by 2030, the world is looking at India to cater to its talent needs as 65% of India’s population is in the working age. The service sector shows promising employment opportunities, particularly in digital services, financial services, health, hospitality, consumer retail, global capability centers, renewable energy, e-commerce, MSMEs, and the startup ecosystem. These sectors could potentially create over 100 million new jobs by 2030. But are we ready? The Economic Survey 2024-25 paints a picture of declining unemployment in India, but also highlights some concerns related to unemployability and the quality of jobs. As we look towards 2030, India faces a complex and evolving employment landscape. Despite significant strides in economic growth and development, the issue of unemployability remains a critical challenge. The 2019 report from UNICEF indicates that at least 47% of Indian youth will not possess the education and skills necessary for employment by 2030.
In such a situation, Cloud Counselage Pvt. Ltd., an award-winning social enterprise led by founders who have delivered programs and projects across 120+ countries, is trying to solve unemployability by associating with the Gift A Career (CC-GAC) Foundation. The vision is to bring 85 MN global jobs to India by 2030, thereby bringing multi-billion dollar businesses to India and contributing to the economy. To achieve this, Cloud Counselage is building a global ecosystem ground up through its ‘Industry Academia Community (IAC)’, a cause-driven global professional development network of 100 MN+ professionals, 1 MN+ Companies, and 1 lakh+ College across 100+ countries by 2030. This community supports college students, freshers, young and experienced professionals, and even aspiring entrepreneurs with all the professional development activities throughout all the phases of their career lifecycle i.e., from industry exposure, career planning and guidance, career exploration, preparation to growth (opportunities). The best part is, that all the benefits are absolutely free of cost for the members.
Where organizations across the world are still figuring out ways of working with GenZers, Cloud Counselage is rated by GenZs as one of the ‘TOP 50’ companies among 2500 companies in Maharashtra with an ‘Overall Job Satisfaction Score of 4.7/5’ and are recognized to have the ‘Best Team Culture’.
In the last 18 months, the IAC membership has reached from merely 30,000 PAN India to 4,50,000 in 40+ countries, organically. Now IAC wants to scale from 4,50,000 to 100 Mn+ community members and that is the reason they have initiated ‘IAC Vision 2030’, which will present millions of Jobs, Internships & Entrepreneurship opportunities. IAC VISION 2030 is a series of online and offline events organized by Cloud Counselage Pvt. Ltd. (A Social Enterprise) in association with Gift-A-Career Foundation (CC-GAC) to bring all career options for millions of youths under one roof, that too free of cost. These events would offer:
- Lakhs of Jobs & Internships to students and professionals PAN India and abroad
- Entrepreneurship Platform (Dolphin Tank India) for 1,00,000 aspiring/new entrepreneurs to showcase ideas to successful Founders, Angels & VCs
- Industry Academia Excellence Awards (For Colleges, Companies, Angels & VC Firms)
- Global Professional Development activities
- Partnerships with Industry & Academia
This would attract key stakeholders, including state and central Ministers, government officials, entrepreneurs, and leaders from industry and academia. This model was discovered by Tushar Topale, Founder & Chief Vision Officer, Cloud Counselage Pvt. Ltd. after his job struggle 1.5 years after his graduation. After completing his engineering, Tushar Topale gained extensive experience working with industry giants like Microsoft, Mastek, Infosys, and IBM. While many professionals opt to settle abroad, Tushar chose to return to India with a mission to make a significant impact by eradicating unemployability. The journey was not easy, but where there is a will, there is a way!
IAC Vision 2030 initiative will not only help to build a workforce of global professionals to deliver projects globally but will also build generations who are equipped with knowledge, skills, and global professionalism. Empathetic social entrepreneurs like Tushar are truly an inspiration and making this world a better place. Collaboration always helps in making a better impact. We still believe that there are people like us out there who want to make a difference!
If you are an individual or an organization and want to join the mission to eradicate unemployability, please visit https://www.cloudcounselage.com/vision2030
