Chennai, Sep 3 (Reporter) IIT Madras on Tuesday hosted a SWAYAM Plus National Workshop – ‘SkillScape 2024’, focused on ‘Navigating the Future of Higher Education and Skilling’. The workshop explored the transformative potential of technology and partnerships in addressing skill gap while also providing platforms for key stakeholders to showcase their initiatives and solutions. Several new Initiatives were also launched on the occasion and several MoUs were also signed with the PAN-IIT Foundation, HCL Technologies and other organisations, bringing the total partners on SWAYAM Plus to 55. IIT Madras has launched six new, skill-based courses, all developed by experts from the institute, on SWAYAM Plus, in partnership with IITM Pravartak Technologies, a release from IIT-M said. These courses will be offered by IIT Madras with the industry having expressed interest in recruiting the students coming out of these programs. The new courses launched include as ‘Advanced Electronic Manufacturing’ an NCrF 4.5 level course, ‘CNC Machining’- fundamentals with practical exposure, ‘Comprehensive Electronics and Embedded Systems’ NCrF 4.5 level course, ‘Digital Manufacturing Practice’ NCrF 4.5 level and ‘Smart Manufacturing’ – Fundamentals...////...