SAP India To Skill, Re-skill And Up-Skill 15 Lakh People In Next Three Years

SAP, multinational software company is looking to train 15 lakh consultants over the next three years. SAP India on Wednesday (9 August 2017) announced that it will skill, re-skill and up-skill 15 lakh consultants and grow and enhance its operations in India.

Anthony McMahon, Senior Vice President, General Business (SME) and Channels, SAP Asia Pacific Japan told IANS, “The Indian economy is growing and the way customers are adapting and adopting the technology is changing with it. There is a massive boom in e-payments and e-commerce. Our aim is to bring in an influx of skilled consultants to increase the capabilities of our partners and customers and grow the ecosystem of experts.”

According to the company, after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) roll-out and ‘Digital India’ initiative, the over 51-million small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country will have to scale up their technology infrastructure.

To enable transition to a digital platform, enterprises will require experts and SAP will provide expertise to fulfil this digital gap. Currently, an estimated two lakh SAP consultants thrive within SAP India partner ecosystem, which contributes approximately $8 billion in revenues.

In June, SAP partnered with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to jointly launch Bharat ERP, a programme aimed at digital empowerment of small businesses in the country.

The initiative aims to digitally enable nearly 30,000 MSMEs and youth in the next three years. It will also provide MSMEs with access to technology from SAP to help them streamline and integrate key processes like financials, sales and inventory with single business software.