- Mission
We implement top-quality vocational education and training based on Swiss know-how and methods at companies, training institutes and public organizations to address the global need for skilled labor and enhance the competitiveness and productivity of the private sector.
Image: The first mission to India in 2008. The delegation in front of the Embassy of Switzerland to India, Delhi.
- History
SkillSonics grew out of the Swiss Vocational Education and Training Initiative India (SVETII). SVETII was launched in 2008 as a public-private partnership on the occasion of the sixty year anniversary of the Indo-Swiss Friendship and Establishment Treaty in cooperation with the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET), Swissmem and the Swiss private sector. The company was founded in September 2011 and became operational in 2012. SkillSonics’ partner companies in India are ABB, ACC, ACE Foundation, Ambuja Cement, Bobst, Bühler, Burckhardt Compression, EFD Induction, GMM Pfaudler, Rieter, Rhino Machines and Starrag. They were the first companies to start in-house apprentice training in India with SkillSonics and its partners in the framework of SVETII.
Graduation celebration of the first batch of apprentices.
Milestones
2008 - 2010
SVETII Pilot Project launched by the Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC)
Knowledge Partners: Swissmem, Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET)
Companies: Rieter, Bobst, Buhler, Burckhardt Compression
Public Private Partnership: Matching funding through Vocational and Professional Education and Training Act (VPETA) (50%) and the private sector (50%)
Two-year apprenticeship courses conducted in two locations in India
2010
Completion of the SVETII Pilot Project
Knowledge Partner: Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET)
Companies: Rieter, Bobst, Buhler, Burckhardt Compression, ABB, Starrag, GMM Pfaudler, EFD Induction
Public Private Partnership: Matching funding through VPETA (50%) and the private sector (50%)
One and two-year apprenticeship courses in six locations in India
2011
Founding of SkillSonics India Pvt. Ltd.
2013
Evaluation of the pilot project by econcept ag, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Swiss-South African Cooperation Initiative (SSACI)
2015
Implementation of the Quality Assurance Project (led by SkillSonics AG)
Design and implementation of four Train-the-Trainer Profiles and eight Training Modules
Knowledge Partners: Swissmem, Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) and Mechatronik Schule Winterthur (MSW)
Locations in Bangalore, Pune and Vadodara
2016
Companies: ABB, ACE Foundation, Buhler, Rieter, Tata Strive, Texmo
Funding from VPETA (60%) and the private sector (40%)
Formation of the SkillSonics Advisory Board
2017
Evaluation of the Quality Assurance Project by acrossconcept GmbH, Naters, Switzerland
2017
Founding of SkillSonics International AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Letter of Intent signed with Fundes International, Costa Rica
2018
Expansion of investment base in SkillSonics India Pvt. Ltd. and SkillSonics International AG
Signing of MoU with Tata Consultancy Services (TCSiON Digital Lifelong Learning Platform)
Milestones
2008 – 2010
SVETII Pilot Project launched by the Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC)
Knowledge Partners: Swissmem, Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET)
Companies: Rieter, Bobst, Buhler, Burckhardt Compression
Public Private Partnership: Matching funding through Vocational and Professional Education and Training Act (VPETA) (50%) and the private sector (50%)
Two-year apprenticeship courses conducted in two locations in India
2010
Completion of the SVETII Pilot Project
Knowledge Partner: Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET)
Companies: Rieter, Bobst, Buhler, Burckhardt Compression, ABB, Starrag, GMM Pfaudler, EFD Induction
Public Private Partnership: Matching funding through VPETA (50%) and the private sector (50%)
One and two-year apprenticeship courses in six locations in India
2011
Founding of SkillSonics India Pvt. Ltd.
2013
Evaluation of the pilot project by econcept ag, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Swiss-South African Cooperation Initiative (SSACI)
2015
Implementation of the Quality Assurance Project (led by SkillSonics AG)
Design and implementation of four Train-the-Trainer Profiles and eight Training Modules
Knowledge Partners: Swissmem, Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) and Mechatronik Schule Winterthur (MSW)
Locations in Bangalore, Pune and Vadodara
2016
Companies: ABB, ACE Foundation, Buhler, Rieter, Tata Strive, Texmo
Funding from VPETA (60%) and the private sector (40%)
Formation of the SkillSonics Advisory Board
2017
Evaluation of the Quality Assurance Project by acrossconcept GmbH, Naters, Switzerland
Founding of SkillSonics International AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Letter of Intent signed with Fundes International, Costa Rica
2018
Expansion of investment base in SkillSonics India Pvt. Ltd. and SkillSonics International AG
Signing of MoU with Tata Consultancy Services (TCSiON Digital Lifelong Learning Platform)
2019
End to end program management for setting up the Centre of Excellence at Schaeffler India Limited. The training centre used to impart training in CNC Turning & Milling Operator & Mechatronics
2020
Got the prestigious contact for setting up a centre of excellence at Hindalco , Renukoot ( A Aditya Birla Group)
Got the contract for providing 3000 nos skilled female workforce at Tata Electronics Pvt. Limited Hosur for the CNC Operator & Assembly work