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Tata STRIVE Skill Development Centres (TSSDC) as
well as Tata STRIVE Extension Centres. These centres
have state-of-the-art infrastructure, providing
ground realities and aiding in future innovation and
research. The second is through partner centres, in
collaboration with fellow corporates (both Tata and
non-Tata companies), skill development partners
and government-run academic institutions.
Informal Skilling
The portfolio focuses on skilling and
enterprise-development of underprivileged youth,
A trained Retail Sales Associate imparting skill training to budding student at a classroom
at the Tata Strive centre which consequently enables them to become
employable, or facilitates their transition as
Overview entrepreneurs. A cadre of Skill Mitras (evangelists),
Udyog Mitras and block-level counsellors facilitate
India’s growing economy has created the need for a the process. A robust technology platform aids
skilled workforce. India is also blessed to have a mobilisation using videos, gamified counselling
youth-majority population. Yet, when it comes to techniques and beneficiary tracking. The trades
skill development, the economy faces unique offered include weaving, construction, agriculture,
challenges: skill shortage, untapped potential of its hospitality, healthcare and entrepreneurship,
youth demographic dividend, and scaling up of among others.
vocational education. And the pandemic has only Ecosystem Strengthening
served to magnify these chasms. Lives and Tata STRIVE shares its training and technology
livelihoods have never mattered more. assets and process frameworks with partnering
Tata STRIVE is the skill development initiative of the organisations to multiply impact, enhance quality
Tata Community Initiatives Trust, under the aegis of and strengthen the ecosystem. To enhance efficacy
Tata Trusts, addressing the pressing need of skilling of training and monitoring of programmes, Tata
India’s youth. It aims to develop capacity and STRIVE has created a number of technology tools
train underserved youth for employment, which are shared with other training partners
entrepreneurship and community enterprise. through knowledge partnerships. It also entails the
training of trainers on domain skills and platform
Tata STRIVE’s skilling efforts extend across the skills for various partners, training providers and
following three portfolios:
facilitators. The National Skill Development
Formal Skilling Corporation’s (NSDC) Qualification Packs form the
Tata STRIVE follows a two-pronged implementation basis of these trainings. The trainers are then
strategy to impart skills to underserved youth in assessed and certified by NSDC and Sector
over 30 formal skilling trades. The first is through Skills Councils.

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