Education and Skill Training

Addressing the gap in the availability of Allied Healthcare Professionals in India, Tech Mahindra Foundation and Wipro GE Healthcare have partnered to offer skilling and upskilling courses to students and healthcare technicians. This partnership will upskill existing paramedics and students pursuing Radiology Technician, Operation Theatre Technician, Critical Care Technician and Emergency Care Technician Courses. The...

Cygnet Infotech today announced its partnership with Ahmedabad-based NGO Samerth Charitable Trust to support the underprivileged sections of society through two important CSR initiatives. Through this partnership, the company is committed towards supporting the education of children by donating 80 new tablets. The company has also supported Samerth Charitable Trust by providing one month’s food...

Social mobility is the extent to which people are able to move between socio-economic strata during their lifetime and between generations. In societies with low social mobility like ours, a person’s background often predetermines the upper limit of education they would attain, the type of work they would do and the level of income...

The economic downturn in the face of the pandemic calls for bolstering of skill development for higher employability. According to the latest report on the talent demand and supply in post-COVID India, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were among the top states to have available skills in English as a second language. Rajasthan topped the list...

The National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), a cross-disability advocacy organisation, in collaboration with Azim Premji Foundation (The Philanthropy) is proud to announce the NCPEDP-Javed Abidi Fellowship on Disability. This is a three-year immersive grassroots fellowship programme for youth with disabilities having a keen interest in disability issues and looking...

ACC Limited, one of the leading players in the Indian building materials space, through DISHA, is identifying and training young people with employment, under the CSR & social development wing ACC Ayushman Trust. In FY 2020 - 21, ACC trust has allotted close to Rs. 4 crores to its DISHA initiative out of the total...

IBM is recognizing three teams from India in its annual Volunteer Excellence Awards for their innovative work in making education more accessible during the pandemic being innovative in their community volunteering during 2020. The CSR initiatives and people being recognized include a 10-person team providing remote mentoring for girl students, a 43-member team that recorded...

The second wave of COVID-19 has been particularly disastrous for India. The healthcare systems have crashed and people have been losing their lives at a great speed. Amid this, many children have suffered the loss of one or both parents, leaving them mentally and financially unstable. These COVID orphans need additional support from the state,...

Helping students in Uttar Pradesh in this pandemic Vidyakul, a vernacular e-learning platform, has collaborated with eVidya, a Digital Learning Venture by 40-year-old publishing Giant Vidya Prakashan Mandir, to help children prepare for their exams and basic school education. This collaboration will allow state students to have absolutely Free access to live digital classes based...

Few things in life can compare to the joy you feel when you become a parent. The happiness and safety of your kid becomes the topmost priority in your life. That means planning for their future so that they don’t have to worry about anything. Financial instruments, like a child education plan, are designed explicitly...

Pune based two well-known young social entrepreneurs Ketan Deshpande and Santosh Huralikoppi are working to establish a private university named FUEL University at Pune, education capital city of India. “We have submitted a detailed project report (DPR) and DD to Maharashtra State Government. We should be receiving LOI and next steps soon,” said Ketan Deshpande,...

17th May is observed as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day across the world every year to highlight the importance of telecommunication. This day is being celebrated since 1969 to mark the founding of ITU and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns across the world...