Look forward to working with new US administration on STEM skills gap: Nasscom

IT industry body Nasscom said it is looking forward to working with the new US administration to find solutions to the STEM skills gap and enable America to be more competitive and create more jobs.

The statement by Nasscom, which represents the over $190-billion Indian IT sector, comes after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US President and Kamala Harris took oath as America’s first woman Vice President on Wednesday.

Nasscom said a key challenge the technology sector faces is the lack of required STEM talent in the US and noted that despite a high degree of overall unemployment in the US, demand for high-tech skills continues to remain robust – endorsing the argument that there are just not enough workers with relevant skills to fill them.