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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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