Author: Dr Shankar S Mantha
Former Chairman, AICTE; Chancellor, KL University, Andhra Pradesh; Adj Prof. NIAS, Bangalore; Emeritus Prof. VJTI (Artificial Intelligence and Robotics). Dr. S S Mantha has developed the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF), now called National skills qualification framework (NSQF), which helps in promoting skill-based competency modules to be integrated into seven certification levels where a student can undergo skill-based learning that enhances employability and employment opportunities and also allowing him/her the flexibility to pursue formal education or take up an appropriate job at the end of any level of certification.