Education and Skill Training

FUEL has partnered with Coal India Limited for the CSR initiative and has completed the first batch of training to the youth of Hubli, Dharwad. Through this initiative, Coal India Limited has provided career counselling & academic coaching along with Artificial Intelligence and Digital Marketing training to over 200 youth. The initiative had aimed to make more youth job-ready by counselling them on...

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam is conducted jointly every year by Indian Institute of Science (IISC) and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) for determining eligibility of engineering graduates seeking admission in Masters and doctoral programs in several premier engineering institutions in India. The GATE exam is organised in Computer Science and...

MG Motor India has further extended its association with Save the Children under the 'Back to Learn' initiative. The CSR initiative primarily focuses on online teaching classes and safe returning to schools for girl children. It includes reaching out to parents of girls that have dropped out of school and starting Community Paathshalas with social...

With a mission to bridge the digital divide among the students of Government schools and private schools, a new CSR programme aims to make a concrete difference in the lives of young girls. These girls face gender-based inequalities, discrimination, oppression, violence, and inhuman values from a young age. UST, a digital transformation solutions company...

HDFC Bank has launched the Future Skills Initiative for youth in Pune, Maharashtra under Parivartan - the bank’s umbrella brand for all social initiatives. Through this initiative, HDFC Bank Parivartan will provide career counselling and skills training to over 1,800 youth, with a focus on empowering girls in Pune. The Bank will also help...

Nonprofit organisation ChildFund has released an assessment report in collaboration with Council for Social Development. Titled, ‘Perception, Fears and Readiness for Reopening of Schools’, the purpose of the report is to understand the preparedness of the public education system vis-a-vis the perceptions and expectations of the important stakeholders with the aim to bring the...

Verizon India, an Information Technology driven Global Capability Centre (GCC) is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) to launch 'V PROPEL' (V Provide Right Opportunity to Power Enabled Learning). What is V PROPEL? V PROPEL is a Merit-cum-Means Scholarship programme for meritorious students who are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue BSc...

Rolls-Royce, in association with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India and Buddy4Study has invited applications for the Rolls-Royce Unnati Scholarship Programme for Women Engineering Students. Rolls-Royce is committed to advancing STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and the ‘Unnati’ initiatives are aimed at empowering women in STEM careers. Selected students of the Unnati Scholarship Programme...

In our series of reports on multinational corporations, we are turning our gaze to Lenovo today. Lenovo Group Limited is a US$50 billion Fortune Global 500 company, with 63,000 employees and operating in 180 markets around the world. The company is incorporated and headquartered in Hong Kong, with key operations centres in Beijing, China...

L&T’s Skill Trainers Academy (STA) was inaugurated today by the Union Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Mahendra Nath Pandey at Madh Island. The event was held in the presence of A.M. Naik, Group Chairman, L&T and Chairman National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), who spearheaded this initiative to address the skill gap in India. Manish Kumar...

Ed4All - a born digital Formal Education platform - joined hands with Microsoft to roll out 400 scholarships for girl students across eight districts of India, starting with Faridabad in Haryana. The BLEAP® Scholarship for Woman of Tomorrow will enable girls to study from Class 9 to 12 on NIOS and Microsoft Learn curriculum. In...

In line with its commitment towards creating and preserving livelihoods, DBS Bank India today announced its partnership with TRRAIN (Trust for Retailers & Retail Associates of India), a non-profit engaged in training and placement of youth in e-commerce & retail sectors. The CSR partnership will support youth from low-income households by providing them with...