MEPSC is a horizontal Sector Skill Council (SSC) incorporated as a Section-8 (Not for Profit Company) under the Companies Act, 2013, in a one of its kind, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, under the tutelage of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). All India Management Association (AIMA) is the sole promoter of MEPSC.

MEPSC is a recognised Awarding Body by the Skills Regulator – National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) and is supported by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

A huge percentage of Indian graduates are unemployable due to a lack of skills both technical and generic expected by employers. While a maximum of the applicants gets hired on the grounds of their technical skills and often get fired due to lack of generic skills. It is the set of Generic/ Behavioural/ Soft/ Employability Skills that creates diversity to the potency of the individual. As an emerging Sector Skills Council, MEPSC is committed to creating a technically and professionally competent workforce and industry professionals for both national and international markets.

MEPSC is targeting to train and certify nearly about 4.75 lakhs trainees by developing and framing 50 Qualifications Packs (QPs)/National Occupational Standards (NOS) including training of more than 550 Trainers over next 10 years.

Innovation will be a prerequisite for assuring appropriate skills and employment to the youths for meeting their aspirations. With progression in technology and flinching jobs, entrepreneurship is the trend ahead which must be optimally utilized to attain the declared mission of Skilled India. Another large group is of unemployed youth, who cannot get hired for a variety of reasons which needs to perceive at entrepreneurship as an opportunity for productive engagement. Yet another purpose of MEPSC is to focus on job roles that are not only specific towards sector and industry but function too. Candidates who are trained and certified by MEPSC for these roles would be movable from one sector to another as the functions are universal across all the sectors.