The philanthropic arm of Vedanta Group, Vedanta Foundation announced the opening of 100 new livelihood linked skill training centers across the country between August 15 and September 15. The Foundation collaborates with social institutions like the Ramkrishna Mission, government agencies, & NGOs, to set up training centers and to reach out to the unemployed youth.
The newly established centers (also known as Rojgar centers) will be in addition to its current 170 centres functional across India. 37 such centres were opened this month. Through its skill model, Vedanta Foundation intends to skill students and unemployed youth from the economically weaker sections and link them to job opportunities. Some of the companies that have recruited candidates from the Rojgar centres include State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Paytm, Reliance, Godrej, Flipkart, Amazon, Genpact and LIC.
The Foundation has selected four reputed companies in the skilling domain to implement the project. These include Birla Edutech, Samhita Social Ventures, Quess Corp, and Centum Learning. The Foundation has also started partnering with a few Sector Skill Councils (SSC) set up under Skill India ‘Kaushal Bharat- Kushal Bharat’ programme of Government of India to ensure better connect with the industry demands for better livelihood opportunities for the trainees.
