Prof Anindya Saha, et. al. International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 11, Issue 5, (Series-VI) May 2021, pp. 25-28 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622-1105062528 25 | Page Role of Virtual Training in people empowerment in the era of Industry 4.0 Prof Anindya Saha Assistant Professor Army Institute of Management, Kolkata Prof Sougata Majumder Assistant Professor Army Institute of Management, Kolkata Prof Protik Basu Associate Professor Army Institute of Management, Kolkata ABSTRACT: The advancement of knowledge technology has caused an evolutionary and paradigm shift in Virtual Training in the present scenario. The demand for company training has matured exponentially, allowing employees to be supplied with an emulated Virtual Training without attending the standard brick and mortar training. Over a decade, businesses are regularly using technology for improving their daily work with more efficiency. The organisations are using technology to deliver training for their staff due to a bundle of benefits like value saving in travel expenditures and training time, flexibility and delivery of coaching, diverse content accessibility, permanent use of resources within the corporate, enhancing worker productivity etc. Owing to globalization, many businesses began to depend upon Virtual Training, thanks to its potentiality to reach large groups of people in different districts or countries, decreasing costs and disseminating efficient information. For several individuals, Virtual Training is perceived as a preferred learning channel because of its global accessibility and reach. Through a click over the web, Virtual-Training is free from the constraints of time and place. The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) triggered by the development of information and communications technologies (ICT) provides a baseline for smart automation, using decentralized control and smart connectivity (e.g., Internet of Things). In order to make the “factory of the future” vision a reality, various requiremen ts need to be met. There is a need to continuously qualify the human worker about new and changing technology trends since human resources are the most flexible entity in the production system. This demands introducing novel approaches for knowledge-delivery and skill transfer. A state-of-the-art training system is required to keep oneself updated on the relevant technologies. Virtual Training may be considered as the most acceptable solution to meet the present day challenges of coping up with the recent technological developments. Keywords: Virtual Training, HRIS, Industry 4.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 15-05-2021 Date of Acceptance: 31-05-2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. INTRODUCTION Virtual Training is defined as training that can functionally and effectively occur in the absence of traditional offline training environment. For the growth of the organization employee training is an important factor. Training allows employees to acquire new skills, upgrade their existing skills and this indirectly affects the improvement of the organization. A company is the sum total of what employees achieve individually, organizations should do everything in their power to ensure that employees perform at their best. Training requires additional manpower, infrastructure and many other tools. Virtual Training plays a very vital role in such cases. This provides a virtual environment for training by which an organization can minimize their additional requirement of manpower or infrastructural or any other resources.Virtual Training is currently being used as a training tool in different areas including medicine, aviation and manufacturing. This study aims to find out how smartly employees are improving their skills RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS