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OF
HOPE

Upskilling India’s youth to be future ready

Tata STRIVE - the Tata Trusts' skill development initiative o ers a received the unstinting support of her parents despite an
fresh lease of life to individuals whose personal circumstances unconventional career choice. Looking to upskill herself further to
have impeded their career growth or who lack easy access to improve her professional prospects, she enrolled in an air
skilling or upskilling opportunities to improve their current conditioner and refrigerator course at the Voltas-Tata STRIVE
employment situation. Centre of Excellence in Thane.

With the bulk of India’s workforce lacking formal skills training, Always held back by a fear of public speaking and interpersonal
there is an urgent need to develop skill development programmes interactions, Mrunali’s teachers at the centre helped her overcome
that will help o set these social and economic challenges. To that these professional roadblocks through rigorous training. Today,
end, Tata STRIVE has opened skill development centres and Mrunali works as a certified professional with a private limited
partnered with other organisations that focus on employment, company. She attributes her technical prowess and newfound
entrepreneurship, and building community enterprises in the confidence to Tata STRIVE, which she says allowed her to dream
formal and informal sectors. big. So much so that she is now planning to save enough to study
for a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Application.
Ankita Hendre is emblematic of the success of these initiatives.
Armed with a Bachelor’s in Technology, Ankita had been looking As with Ankita and Mrunali, Tata STRIVE continues to help
forward to commencing a long and successful career till a sudden enhance employability of youth belonging to marginalised
illness following her graduation took her by surprise. Having to and under-resourced communities by providing access to
undergo an urgent kidney transplant followed by a six-month quality skills training, technology, and
recuperation period dealt a massive blow to Ankita’s professional employment. This also empowers them
aspirations. The high costs incurred for her surgery and subsequent to be future-ready and
treatment further worsened her family’s financial condition. transition e ortlessly into
the new economy.
But this only strengthened her resolve to bounce back quickly
and upon recovering, Ankita enrolled into Tata STRIVE’s
Cybersecurity Course at Pune. Taking the course restored her
emotional and professional confidence, propelling her to secure a
job with a FinTech giant.

The story of Mrunali Bhere is equally inspiring. A trained Enrolling in a Tata STRIVE
electrician supporting a family of four, Mrunali had always course helped Mrunali
Bhere develop crucial skills

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