It has been a long felt necessity to align higher education with the emerging needs of the economy so as to ensure that the graduates of higher education system have adequate knowledge and skills for employment and entrepreneurship. The higher education system has to incorporate the requirements of various industries in its curriculum, in an innovative and flexible manner to produce holistic and well groomed graduates.
Govt. of India and the University Grants Commission (UGC) had launched a scheme on 27 February, 2014 for skills development based higher education as part of college/university education, leading to Bachelor of Vocation (B.Voc.) degree with multiple entry and exit points. The B.Voc. programme is focused on universities and colleges providing undergraduate studies which would also incorporate specific job roles and their National Occupational Standards along with broad based general education. This would enable the graduates completing B. Voc to make a meaningful participation in accelerating India’s economy by gaining appropriate employment, becoming entrepreneurs and creating appropriate knowledge

1. To provide judicious mix of skills relating to a profession and appropriate content of general education.
2. To ensure that the students have adequate knowledge and skills, so that they are work ready at each exit point of the programme.
3. To provide flexibility to students by means of pre-defined entry and multiple exit points.
4. To integrate National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) within the undergraduate level of higher education in order to enhance employability of the graduates and meet industry requirements. Such graduates apart from meeting the needs of local and national industry are also expected to be equipped to become part of the global workforce.
5. To provide vertical mobility to students coming out of (a) 10+2 with vocational subjects; and (b) Community Colleges.