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With 50% of its population below the age 25 and 65% of its population under the age of 35, India was expected to emerge as one of the youngest countries of the world. Ever since taking charge as the Prime Minister of India in 2014, Narendra Damodardas Modi (Modi) emphasised that India had great potential to capitalise on this demographic dividend. But to reap the benefit, it needed to map the manpower requirements of both national and global markets and concentrate on skill development. To reach this mission, in 2015, Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), for which he called for the participation and co-operation of all the ministries of the government, different departments, state governments, corporate, educational and training institutions and local bodies. The success of the mission promised a great future ahead. PMKVY was one of the flagship initiatives of Modi. This was believed to be a better scheme as compared to the Standard Training Assessment and Reward, (STAR) launched in August 2013 by the previous government. Previously, National Occupational Standards, Sector Skills Councils and Qualification Packs failed to evolve and establish a synergy to make STAR successful. It was yet to be seen how PMKVY would overcome similar and other multifarious challenges and effectively established harmony between the different agents and partners of this development mission. How each of their individual attempts would shape the future of PMKVY and how far Government was able to connect the dots to personify Skill India remained to be seen.