1. Government has started future skills PRIME programs specifically for

up-skilling and re-skilling in emerging technologies, including

blockchain. The program has an ecosystem backed by the IT industry,

NASSCOM, and the Government. This program may be effectively

leveraged to identify the industry requirements and create the required

talent pool in the country in the blockchain.

2. Government may work with academia to retrofit blockchain courses in

the existing curriculum of U G/ PG courses.

3 . Capacity building can be promoted by conducting short-term courses or

boot camps.

4. Sandbox environments may be created for the development and testing of

applications and for offering virtual training.

5 . Collaboration with startups and innovators to develop this cutting-edge

technology further and proper implementation and development of

capacities

and

skills

within

the

country

may

be

ensured.

Startups/ innovators may be on-boarded through grand challenges.

6. Blockchain technology is inherently complex, and hence, academia

should be involved in designing and developing undergraduate courses to

address the skill requirements for implementing the National Blockchain

Strategy and development of the blockchain platform. The courses may

be conducted in various institutions of repute.

7 . As blockchain technology is evolving at a fast pace, there is an

imperative need for studies and research at the postgraduate level and

encouragement to PhD students to take up challenging problems in the

domain of blockchain technology.

8. As blockchain applications have legal and regulatory dimensions,

appropriate courses should be designed for law schools.

9 . A repository of use cases/ whitepapers/ lessons learnt may be created to

enable access to real-life use cases related to different sectors. This may

be used in education, training, and awareness activities.

10. Awareness workshops may be organized to sensitize the MSME sector

and government departments to enhance the adoption of this technology

and find new innovative use cases based on blockchain.

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