Changes are afoot at Jay Bharat Maruti Group in Gujarat. A manufacturer of automotive components, this giant has over 55 manufacturing plants globally. However, up until 2018, its factory in Vithalpur only recruited men - after all most of the work involves hard labour.

Financial services is a rapidly growing industry that currently faces a significant shortfall of operational and frontline staff. To tackle this industry gap - meeting the needs of both employers and youth in search of employment, Ambuja Foundation has joined hands with AU Small Finance to launch the AU Skills Academy in Jaipur.

With a goal to establish 50 Skill and Entrepreneurship Institutes across India by 2020, Ambuja Foundation has been joining hands with like-minded partners to expand our footprint and do our bit to help address the skilling needs of the nation.

2015 - It was a time of pushing boundaries to get equality for women, and there was a focus to bring greater 'gender diversity' into male dominated courses like electronics and welding.

Skill Training is the need of the hour in rural India, but at every turn there are hurdles to overcome in tackling youth unemployment and meeting the recruitment needs of industry.

Dinesh Patodiya was feeling homesick. He felt lost in the city of Jodhpur and whilst he loved his new job, he was struggling outside of work. Within 3 months, he quit and headed for home.

Ambuja Foundation plays a key role in skilling the nation's youth, and in yet another collaborative partnership, has joined hands with the Ministry of Rural Development under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme - committing to train 1125 youth in industry-specific courses in Sankrail, West Bengal, over the next three years.

On 7th July 2018, the honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, visited Rajasthan to seek feedback from around 2.5 lakh beneficiaries of various central and state-run public welfare schemes under the 'Pradhan Mantri Jansanwad' programme.

Ambuja Foundation recently launched three new skill training centres in Gujarat and Uttarakhand - taking the total number of SEDI to 27. The newly launched centres are in Rajula (Gujarat), Roorkee (Uttarakhand) and Haridwar (Uttarakhand).

To strengthen and foster collaborations for skill development, Ambuja Foundation organised the event 'Skill India - Enhancing Capabilities, Empowering Lives' on 15th September in Kolkata. This was a closed group meeting that aimed to provide a platform for various organisations to share their experiences in skilling, explore synergies and discuss opportunities and challenges.

Ambuja Foundation recently joined hands with Cipla Foundation to launch its first vocational training centre for the differently-abled at Ambuja Manovikas Kendra in Ropar, Punjab.

Its World Skills Day this month and to celebrate, we applaud the power of women as family bread-winners and earners.