Time to attract, retain & develop next-gen workforce: Glyn

At the ongoing TIACA Regional Symposium in New Delhi, we will be focusing on training and up-skilling the workforce as it is one of the major challenges that the Industry is facing today, says Glyn Hughes, Director General, TIACA in an exclusive interview. We have a dedicated session on digital innovation in which we will also discuss about how we going to attract and retain and develop the next generation workforce which is very crucial at this point of time, he adds. Talking about India as a growing trade and investment destination, Hughes adds, India is starting to create this incredibly robust production capabilities. India has got educated workforce, labour and willingness to take the industry to the next level. India has government support with National Logistics Policy and other initiatives to support the expansion of the sector globally and the ability to move high-tech products globally like automotive, aerospace, pharma – India has got a world class infra – India has been producer and supplier of pharma and vaccines since many years. There are tremendous opportunities which India can tap on, especially in high tech segment – like India has started manufacturing I phones here even,” he adds.