The Powerful forces of the economic growth and development of country are Skill and Knowledge. Skill development is a crucial requirement for any economy to stay globally competitive and provide a good quality of life to its residents. However, despite the understanding that skill development is necessary for the sustenance and growth of any country, there is a considerable lack of quality training and resources in India to develop the skills of its workforce.

In fast growing economies with a huge and increasing population, there is a severe shortage of highly-trained, quality skilled resources, while on the other; large sections of the population possess little or no job skills. We need to produce dynamic and enterprising youngsters for facing technical challenges using Skill Development Training. So the industry is ready to recruit only skilled candidates who can contribute immediately to the well being of the company.

One Can Enhance Using

1.Virtual Labs (http://vlab.co.in/)

2. NPTEL (https://nptel.ac.in/)

3.SWAYAM (https://swayam.gov.in/)

4.National Digital Library of India (https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/)

5.Ministry of Skill Development (https://www.msde.gov.in/index.html)

6.SWAYAMPRABHA MHRD (https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/index.php/program/current/12)

7.TCS iON Digital Learning Hub: https://learning.tcsionhub.in/courses/career-skills/

For Internships:

1.INTERNSHALA : (https://internshala.com/)

2.National Employment Enhancement Mission (NEEM): http://www.mpta.in/national-employability-enhancement-scheme-through-apprenticeship.php

3.National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) : (http://mhrdnats.gov.in/)

The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE):

Winners of INAE National Online Essay Competition, winners of INAE Innovative Student Projects Awards at Doctoral, Master’s and Bachelor’s levels in engineering; winners of Innovation and Manufacturing Practices (IMP) competition and any other competitions conducted by INAE at Bachelor’s Level/ Master’s Level in engineering, will be inducted as “Student Member” (https://www.inae.in/innovative-student-projects-award/)

Digital Libraries:

1.Consortium for Educational Communication (http://cec.nic.in)

2.Directory of Open Access Repositories (http://www.opendoar.org/find.php)

3.eGyanKosh (IGNOU) (http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/)

4.Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov )

5.National Science Digital Library (NSDL) (http://nsdl.org/)

6.NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository (http://nopr.niscair.res.in/)

7.The British Library (http://www.bl.uk )

8.UNESCO Library (http://www.unesco.org/library/)

9.Virtual Library (http://www.vlib.org)

10.World Digital Library (http://www.wdl.org)

E-Journals

Access to Global online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) http://www.aginternetwork.org/en

Bioline international - Open Source Journals and Online Resources Directories News and guide to scientific information on the Web http://www.bioline.org.br/journals

Brill Open E-Journals Collection http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals

Cambridge University Press: Open Access - Open Access journals from Cambridge University Press. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/openAccessContent

CIMMYT : an international Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre http://www.cimmyt.org

Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org

EPW (Economic and Political Weekly) http://www.epw.in/

Hindawi - Open Access Journals http://www.hindawi.com/oa/

Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS) http://www.ias.ac.in/

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) http://www.inasp.info/

National Preservation Office - NPO ejournals http://www.bl.uk/blpac/journaltemp.html

Nature Publishing Group - Open Acess Journals http://lib.pondiuni.edu.in/nature.php

Nutrition Bytes - Free fulltext http://escholarship.org/uc/uclabiolchem_nutritionbytes

OMICS Publishing Group - Open Access Journals http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access-journals-list.php

Open Access Library (OALIB) - Free Access to 263,388 Academic Articles http://www.oalib.com/

Open Science Directory - Developed by EBSCO and the Hasselt University Library http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/

Palgrave Macmillan - Open Access Journals http://www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/index.html

Parivartan Quarterly E-Patrika (Hindi online Magazine) http://www.parivartanpatrika.in/

Physics related free access journals http://de.physnet.net/PhysNet/journals.html

PSIgate provides access to evaluated network based information services and resources in the physical sciences. http://www.psigate.org

SAGE Open Subject Collections http://sgo.sagepub.com/

Science and Education Publishing (SciEP) is a multidisciplinary open access publisher of 85 Journals http://www.sciepub.com/portal/Home

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) - Worldwide dissemination of social science research. http://www.ssrn.com/

SPIE Journals (Open Access) http://journals.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals.aspx

Springer Open gives you free access in Science, Technology and Medicine. http://www.springeropen.com/

Taylor & Francis Online :: Open Journals http://www.tandfonline.com/page/openaccess/openjournals

The African Journal Archive http://www.sabinet.co.za/?page=african-journal-archive

University of Tennessee - Research Guides - Citation Formats and Style Manuals, Databases and other e-resources collection. http://libguides.utk.edu/style

Wiley Open Access Journal http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/index.html