SOEMPLOYABILITY SMART (Skills for Market Training) is Tech Mahindra Foundation’s flagship employability programme, with 100 centres providing skill development in 12 cities. In addition, the Foundation runs 6 Tech Mahindra SMART Academies in Healthcare and Logistics as its flagship programme in employability. Over the years, SMART has successfully trained approximately one lakh young men and women, with a placement rate of over 75%. Its robust processes, stringent monitoring system and industry-led approach, has created a model for scaling up skill development while maintaining high training standards.
EDUCATION
Tech Mahindra Foundation is committed to teacher empowerment, enrichment in learning opportunities for children, effective school governance and enhancing parental involvement in school education. In the domain of education, Shikshaantar is the Foundation’s training programme for teachers. The Foundation runs two premier in-service teacher capacity building institutes called In-Service Teacher Education Institutes (ITEIs) in North Delhi and East Delhi Municipal Corporations. The Foundation also works in approximately 40 government schools through its ARISE (All Round Improvement in School Education) programme with the objective of holistic development of children in these schools.
DISABILITY
Disability is the third major area of intervention for Tech Mahindra Foundation. The Foundation works towards ensuring that Persons with Disabilities have the opportunity for a better future and dignified lives. This is done through two programmes: ARISE+ (All Round Improvement in Special Education) and SMART+ (Skills-for Market Training for Persons with Disabilities). The Foundation mandates that 10% of all its beneficiaries are Persons with Disabilities.
Employability
The SMART programme that started in 2012 with 3 centres trained 1,000 youth in the first year. The SMART programme is expanding and at present stands at its 100th centre providing skill development training to young men and women across 11 different cities in India. SMART has successfully trained approximately 75000+ young men and women till date, with an annual placement rate of over 75%. It has been able to successfully plug the demand and supply gap in multiple manufacturing and service industries.
Considering that Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors of the Indian economy and simultaneously there is a significant skills gap, we saw an opportunity and set up the first Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Healthcare in New Delhi. The goals for setting up the Academy was twofold — create, build and nurture skilled paramedical and allied healthcare workforce for the healthcare sector along with uplifting country's youth and transforming them into world-class healthcare professionals. At present, the Foundation runs 3 Tech Mahindra SMART Academies in Healthcare and 1 Digital Media Academy as part of the SMART programme under employability. The academies are state-of-the-art centres imparting high-quality training, with a blend of classroom, practical's and on-the-job training. The academies closely engage with the industry for constant curriculum upgradation and placements. Know more
