India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, Flipkart, signed an MoU with the Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC) to launch the initiatives of the Supply Chain Operations Academy (SCOA) in the state which will further help bridge the skill gap and create employment opportunities in the expanding supply chain industry in the country.

Launched in October last year, the training program under SCOA will involve 15 days of digital classroom training and 45 days of on-the-job apprenticeship at Flipkart supply chain facilities. This 60-day skilling initiative will empower the youth to build careers in various aspects of supply chain management and certify them to increase their employability.

Flipkart on-boarded students from Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal in the first phase of this initiative who underwent online training followed by the on-the-job training. During this program, shortlisted students got an opportunity to work along with full-time supply chain employees at facilities across the country.