4. To transform India into a ‘Knowledge and Skill
based economy’
Provide world class manpower in world’s largest
democracy
5. Creation of Green Collar Division:
a for profit entity, for imparting technical and skill
training to workers in unorganized sector
IMMEDIATE AGENDA: create a world’s class skill
development academy linking education to
employment
Provide skill based training to unskilled labor in
rural, unorganized and marginal sectors
Through various public- private partnerships and
government tie-ups at state and national level
PROBLEM | SOLUTION | IMPACT
6. Our goal is train 1 million people in next 10 years in four focus sectors:
Work in states/areas where there is a need of skill building with
Government and NGO’s
Setting up a distributed delivery model such that education is available
at the source of students
PROBLEM | SOLUTION | IMPACT
7. Execution and pilot testing: A pilot project was run in
4 states of India which focused skill building and basic
livelihood training in the area of Sustainability and
Technology
Total of 88 hours out of targeted 200 hours of
touchdown courses have been conducted
Outreach of 2500 people comprising a diverse group of
students, women and rural population
Team working on ground:
Volunteers: 70 | Trainers: 4 | Academia: 10 colleges
States where the pilots are being conducted:
Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana
PROBLEM | SOLUTION | IMPACT
8. Young India Fellowship- Apoorva is a part of the
program, the mentors and industry network of the
program is a great asset (www.yifp.in)
IIT Delhi - Dishant is a Masters student at IIT,
Delhi. The strong alumni network and incubation
center will be utilized.
Industry partners: Nokia and Oxfam
Target: Government of India- National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Largest employment guarantee program in the
world which ensures 100 days of employment to
skilled manpower
PROBLEM | SOLUTION | IMPACT
9. • Ensure LIVELIHOOD of 100,000 annually
• Build a national JOB NETWORK for the unorganized
sector
• Develop and help SME’S GROW with focus on
handicrafts sector
• VIRTUAL ALLIANCES with Industry And Academia to
develop curriculum and training modules
PROBLEM | SOLUTION | IMPACT
10. CREATE JOBS | ALLEVIATE POVERTY | BRING SMILES
PROBLEM | SOLUTION | IMPACT
