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Future Plans Good Practices Challenges Faced

 Continued engagement within: (a) Digital skills –  Pioneering Blended Learning in the Skill  Placements:
expanding footprint and scope of partnerships; Development ecosystem: While organisations did have demand for skilled
(b) Health-based skills – strengthening the ongoing With Tata STRIVE’s multi-dimensional strategy, over workers, offers for the same saw significant delays.
programme with General Electric; (c) Skill & Udyog 20 courses (service-oriented as well as technical) Furthermore, due to fears of contracting Covid-19,
Mitra programmes – expanding geographical reach; were redesigned and developed in a Blended the learners (many dissuaded by their parents)
and (d) Entrepreneurship – expanding and scouting Learning format. This, coupled with its robust refrained from not only accepting offers but also
for funders to help expand refundable-grant-based technology backbone—a capability investment that from joining and undertaking associated travel.
programmes. Tata STRIVE put in place since day one—enabled  Reach of and access to devices:
 Offering 'counselling as a service', thus expanding the continuing of its skilling mission even in the The pandemic interrupted the learning journey of
the solution base of Tata STRIVE. wake of the pandemic. economically and socially disadvantaged youth,
who form the primary target group of Tata STRIVE.
 Prioritising employee engagement, well-being Owning a smartphone became the key fault-line
and safety:
between those who continued their learning
The health and safety of employees and their journey and those who sadly could not, thus
families was a priority, as was staying closely knit. A excluding the neediest from remote learning.
number of initiatives on employee engagement
were undertaken – from support to Covid-affected
families, to professional counselling services and
individual calls to employees.
Town Halls kept employees updated on the larger
goings-on, while talent contests brought in some
lighter moments and smiles that helped alleviate
stress levels.

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