Walmart-owned Flipkart on Thursday said it has signed MOU with the Logistics Skill Sector Council (LSC) and Karnataka Skill Development Centre (KSDC) to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru for building skilled and trained workforce for the e-commerce industry in India. The centre aims to bring the spotlight on the importance of skill development for the sector and complement its growth in the coming years, it added.

As part of the MoU, Flipkart launched a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to build a skilled and trained workforce for the fast-growing e-commerce industry.

Introduced to augment skill development for the logistic industry, Flipkart's CoE will be open to aspirants who want to work in the logistics industry. The centre aims to bring the spotlight on the importance of skill development for the sector and complement its growth in the coming years. LSC Chairman T S Ramanujam said unemployment and unemployability are two of the big issues the country faces today.

"The logistics industry is one of the largest employers in the country with over four crore people employed in the supply chain but faces the shortage of skilled manpower to meet the growing demand," he said. "Our first-of-its-kind industry partnership with Flipkart is a bright step towards bringing industry acceptability and employment to the unskilled workforce."

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