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The resilient spirit of Nellipudi Jhansi
                                                                                                                               EMPOWERMENT

                                                       Building skill-sets and thriving as
                                                                 an automotive technician


                          There exists a wide gap between education and the skills in
                          demand in the professional world. Tata Strive, the skill    Thanks to the course Jhansi undertook at Tata STRIVE, she
                          development initiative of Tata Trusts aims to improve the   secured a job at an automobile showroom in Hyderabad. She
                          employability quotient of professionals by bridging this    is extremely satisfied with her role as a Trainee Service
                          skill gap.                                                  Advisor and has great ambitions of reaching the summit of
                                                                                      the corporate ladder. She is financially secure, and her job
                          Nellipudi Jhansi, a BTech graduate is a tenacious girl, hailing   keeps her excited. With her family by her side, coupled with
                          from the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. She was on the   her quiet resilience and hard work, Jhansi intends to let her
                          lookout for opportunities to prove her mettle. During her final   accomplishments do the talking. As of now, there is no
                          year of graduation, she came to know about Tata Strive and   looking back for Jhansi.
                          its course for automotive technicians. She was immediately
                          inclined to pursue it, though she knew that it was an       “Most people assume that technical fields are for boys, and
                          unconventional career for a woman. “Most people assume      they aren’t aware that it is a path girls can also pursue…”
                          that technical fields are for boys, and they aren’t aware that it   shares Nellipudi Jhansi.
                          is a path girls can also pursue. If one has the inner strength
                          and confidence, there can be no hindrance in their
                          path”, Jhansi says confidently.


                          Her parents were extremely supportive of her which
                          further bolstered her confidence to do things
                          di erently. After she enrolled at Tata STRIVE, apart
                          from the technical skills, she learnt the most crucial skill
                          needed in professional settings – communication skills.
                          Here, she learnt public speaking, an aspect of
                          communication she dreaded the most. She explains, “It
                          is imperative for everyone to be able to put forth their
                          views while also understanding others’ points of view.
                          We were taught to communicate e ectively with
                          everyone….the course was really good as we not only got
                          complete knowledge related to our domain, but also on
                          life skills.”
                                                                                       8  DECENT WORK AND
                                                                                          ECONOMIC GROWTH
                                                                                       PROJECT ALIGNS WITH SDG



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