Skills Accelerator

In partnership with Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFR)

The Skills accelerator imparts digital skills and soft skills training to rural and semi-urban youth and connects them to jobs and apprenticeships. The skills accelerator is conducted in various Industrial Training Institutes (ITI’s) and other colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, India. Career counseling and Job oriented training including training on digital skills (like Artificial intelligence, Digital creativity and Microsoft tools) is provided. The focus is to connect youth to jobs in 10-15 km radius of their hometowns.

Project impact*

 

8,000

youth trained

5,340

youth successfully placed in jobs

150

youth started their own business

250+

villages covered

Group picture of the selected students along with the HR’s of the companies

Training session and career counseling sessions by 1M1B Fellows