Overview
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched the policy at the Bengaluru Skill Summit 2025, which runs November 4–6.
- The plan seeks to raise women’s enrolment in Industrial Training Institutes to 33% with targeted support for underrepresented groups.
- District-level skilling capacity will be doubled while international job-placement linkages expand through the International Migration Centre–Karnataka.
- The government announced a new Skill University in Sandur to strengthen advanced vocational education.
- The framework emphasizes lifelong learning, reskilling, apprenticeships and industry partnerships, building on a base of 1,160 ITIs and 270 engineering colleges producing over 1.6 lakh graduates annually.