She further contended on the emergence of platform economy in India, its potential to enhance workforce participation and role of women in it. According to ILO, India is emerging as the largest supplier of global labour in online platforms and India has the third largest number of online platforms with a very high capacity for generating jobs she further added.<\/p>\n
[Project Overview and Presentations]: The team members provided an outline of the research studies ongoing under the Project.\u00a0Dr. Kanika Mahajan (Assistant Professor, Ashoka University)\u00a0<\/strong>Presentation<\/a>\u00a0discussed the role of skilling in enhancing women\u2019s labour market outcomes and its potential in affecting career progression.\u00a0Dr. Nikita Sangwan (Visiting Assistant Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)\u00a0<\/strong>Presentation<\/a>\u00a0deliberated on the labour market information and employer-employee matching algorithms on job portals.\u00a0Ms. Bhavya Gupta (PhD scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University)<\/strong>\u00a0explained the labour laws and regulations concerning workers in the platform economy\u00a0Presentation<\/a>\u00a0Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n [Panel Discussion]: A dialogue was convened between a panel of experts from research, industry and policy around the core issues. Moderated by\u00a0Dr Yamini Atmavilas (Udaiti Foundation)<\/strong>, the panelists comprised\u00a0Dr Gayathri Vasudevan (LabourNet), Mr. Ketul Acharya (Independent Consultant), Dr Sakshi Khurana (NITI Aayog)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Ms. Aishwarya Raman (OMI Foundation)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The speakers contended that although platforms do not distinguish among workers of different genders per se, the cost of sourcing female workers is higher, calling for financial incentives for businesses. The panelists further drew attention to the need to close gender gaps in digital and future-relevant skills, and for skilling to work hand-in-hand with job platforms. Given that for platform workers the city is the workplace, it is important to address issues of women\u2019s safety, mobility and access to public toilets. Research and policy ought to consider how to strengthen networking and mentorship among workers and improve their bargaining power vis-\u00e0-vis a \u2018faceless\u2019 employer.<\/p>\n On portals that match jobseekers and employers, there are challenges such as large volumes of applications and a need to resort to AI for screening, verifiability of candidates, fraudulent job postings, and so on. The panel recommends such job portals to offer integrated end-to-end solutions including say, counseling for job readiness. The experts emphasized the need for generating multidimensional, real-time data on platforms, which can be used to develop newer solutions. They also highlighted the scope for research to gain insights into the potential of platforms for women and contended that DP-WEE can make important contributions in these areas\u00a0Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~cecfee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Panelist-Poster-6-e1748598412926.jpg\")
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