The Cyient Foundation, a CSR arm of Cyient ltd, one of India’s leading engineering services companies, has announced the launch of two programmes. Skill development is the first initiative in which they’ll train over 3,500 students from 19 tier-II engineering colleges.
The training will make the students industry-ready as part of its unique skill development programme. The training programme will be delivered by Global Talent Track. With the long term vision of enhancing the employability of engineering students and creating a pool of quality talent, this project also aims to make Hyderabad an attractive destination with a ready to use talent pool.
The foundation’s second initiative—National Digital literacy Mission (NDlM) aims to empower neighborhood communities with digital literacy, and facilitate use of digitally-enabled citizen services. As part of the programme, 2,000 community members, one from each family, would be trained to operate a computer or other gadgets and use the Internet to search for information, send/receive emails and access various e-governance services. Training modules have been developed by NASSCOM foundation, covering content on health, education, literacy and livelihood.