Education and Skill Training

Tejas, a teacher training project delivered by the British Council in association with Tata Trusts and the Maharashtra State Government, has upskilled 51,000 teachers across 36 districts in Maharashtra, who in turn, teach 1.4 million young students in the state schools. The project set out to benefit primary school teachers and students across government schools...

Continuing on the path of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) journey, auto components manufacturer Sona Comstar inaugurated a smart classroom comprising a 75-inch smart TV with a pre-installed interactive panel, wall paint with modern furniture and RO system with a water cooler for students and school staff. More than 1000 students enrolled in classes starting...

Dow India recently inaugurated a science centre with mini-innovation hub at an educational premise of Jijamata Shikshan Prasarak Mandal in Lote, Ratnagiri district. The objective is to increase science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) literacy and prepare tomorrow’s workforce to develop innovative solutions. This STEM centre will enable students to learn the process of design...

COVID- 19 has disrupted every aspect of our lives, and while we are gradually returning to normalcy, the social and economic integration of youths has been an ongoing challenge. The pandemic had rapidly translated into an economic crisis; it has been particularly hard on youths in lower-income countries.  As per the recent study known...

FUEL will conduct future skills initiatives with various CSR partners in the coming days in Hyderabad. FUEL has trained 600 students in banking and finance courses (BFSI) and 600 in future skills courses like Artificial Intelligence and Digital Marketing. To support the students to get the job after getting trained, FUEL has organized a...

Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business is fostering hundreds of MSMEs in remote rural areas with its ‘waste to wealth’ programmes. Waste to wealth projects form a key pillar of Vedanta’s sustainability agenda that is centred around ‘Zero Harm, Zero Waste and Zero Discharge’. With a world-class alumina refinery at Lanjigarh (Odisha) and aluminium smelters at...

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...