Godrej Foundation Co-launches GATI to Elevate India’s Global Talent Footprint

The Godrej Foundation has co-launched the Global Access to Talent from India (GATI) Foundation, an initiative aimed at enhancing international opportunities for Indian talent.

Godrej Foundation Co-launches GATI

The Global Access to Talent from India (GATI) Foundation has been launched at an event graced by Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India, as the Chief Guest, and attended by Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Education, as the Guest of Honour. Incubated by The Convergence Foundation, Manish Sabharwal, and the Godrej Foundation, GATI is a non-profit organisation committed to creating structured, ethical, and sustainable pathways for global talent mobility.

This mission takes on added urgency as high-income economies are projected to face a shortfall of 45–50 million skilled and semi-skilled workers by 2030. With a vision to establish India as a global hub for skilled talent, the GATI Foundation seeks to drive collaboration among governments, businesses, and nonprofits to open up international opportunities for Indian workers.

Omar Momin, CEO, Godrej Foundation, said, “In a world where the same person can earn up to ten times more by simply crossing a border, promoting global labour mobility is not just smart economics—it’s transformative development. With high-income countries facing a shortfall of nearly 50 million workers by 2030, GATI can look to build ethical, circular, and well-regulated migration pathways that unlock a triple win: filling critical skill gaps, fueling prosperity at home, and offering individuals a dignified path to opportunity.”

Ashish Dhawan, Founder-CEO of The Convergence Foundation, added, “Today, nearly 700,000 Indians migrate to work overseas each year. However, 60% of this workforce is concentrated in GCC countries. We have a real opportunity to expand our annual migrant flows to 2-2.5 million, by diversifying across geographies and job roles. Doing this can not only create more job opportunities, but also help us increase our remittances to $300 billion.”

Manish Sabharwal, Vice-Chairman, TeamLease Services, added, “GATI is an idea whose time has come for India. The noise is high, but economics will trump politics if it is able to move the debate on migration from illegal to legal, migration to mobility, and citizenship to work. The challenge for countries is to make migration orderly, temporary, and safe. GATI Foundation proposes to fight the battle for ideas that well-designed guest worker programs are an important solution to global prosperity in the next two decades.”

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