GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF) a non-profit wing of GMR Chhattisgarh Energy ltd. (GCEl) observed the ‘World Youth Skill Day at Tilda on Wednesday.
To empower unemployed youth through skill training and entrepreneurship development programmes GMRVF started village based vocational training ort term General Electrical Works at Raikheda in July 2011, a company press release stated here on Thursday.
In Vocational training planned by GMRVF great emphasis is also given on developing the youth entrepreneurial spirit by strengthening confidence and motivation levels, improving communication skills, it stated.
In the same connection the courses on Domestic Electrical Works, Mobile Repairing, Two-wheeler repairing and TV repairing were started. Domestic Electrical Works and Mobile Repair courses are being run in partnership with Women Polytechnic College, Raipur.
More than 151 youths (girls & boys) joined the program so far. The objective of programme was to raise awareness on various on-going skill development programme by various partners.
The GMRVF discussed about its on-going Youth skill program in Chhattisgarh in which 151 students have been trained and out of them approx. 65% trained students have started their own shops or business or engaged with the technical jobs in any industries somewhere.
The programme was held under the chairmanship of S Ravi Shanker - Chief Operating Officer, GCEl and under the Presidentship of Anand Bharadwaj, Programme Officer in livelihood Mission, Harish Kumar Singh Principal ITI, Tilda and other GCEl & GMRVF officials by lighting of the lamp and breaking of coconut and worshiping of God Viswakarma.
Addressing to the gathering GCEl COO S Ravi Shanker said “local youth should develop skill as per industry need so that local employment can be provided at plant. He has discussed about his experience in skill development programme”.
Simultaneously, challenges of drop out during training or Student to not to ready to go out of village or district for training was also discussed by the speakers.
Three trained students under GMRVF Program shared their experiences and out of them one is running its own TV repairing Workshop after the training and earning Rs7,000 per month after all his workshop expenses.