PwC CEO Dialogues | Digital skilling a challenge, but talent is hungry, says Luminous CEO Preeti Bajaj

Digital skilling is of utmost importance in the context of making India a global manufacturing powerhouse, but it remains a challenge in small-town India, said Preeti Bajaj, CEO and Managing Director of Luminous Power Technologies.

Speaking at the CNBC-TV18 CEO Dialogues panel discussion, Bajaj acknowledged the challenge but said it is offset by the hunger of the talent pool for leadership and knowledge, especially in the digital realm.

“We invest a lot in digital skilling, and that is really about being relentless in grabbing that data culture and driving it. I can tell you that it is a whole different thing in India to do it in small towns but the great news is Indian talent is hungry, they want to lead and they want to learn," Bajaj said, adding that she called it the "L cubed" philosophy. "You have to lead the digital DNA change, you have to lab it — which means you have to allow your leaders to experiment and lab it — and then you have to live it, which means you have to have the courage to experiment, implement and then change your processes and retrain your entire line.”