Hyderabad-based
engineering services company Cyient Ltd has announced the launch of two programmes related to skill development and digital literacy through
its CSR arm. Cyient creates and deliver services that enhance one's
business agility and its leading-edge solutions enable major
organizations worldwide to achieve measurable and substantial benefits.
These solutions include product development and life-cycle support,
process and network engineering, plus data transformation and analytics.
Through
the programmes intiated by the company, Cyient Foundation aims at skill
development to make engineering graduates employable and empower
neighbourhood communities to participate actively in Digital India. It
aims to train over 3,500 students from 19 tier-2 engineering colleges in
the vicinity of Hyderabad and make them industry-ready, the company
said in a statement.
This
programme will be beneficial in a way that it will be delivered by
Global Talent Track, a leading training company specialising in
customised talent development solutions that help bridge the gap between
academia and the industry. The second initiative, as also called
National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM), aims to empower neighborhood
communities with digital literacy and facilitate use of
digitally-enabled citizen services, it said. As part of this initiative,
2,000 community members, one from each family, would be trained to
operate a computer or a digital access device (such as a tablet) and use
the Internet to search for information, send/receive emails and access
various e-governance services. The training of this programme modules
have been developed and moduled by NASSCOM Foundation, covering content
on health, education, literacy and livelihood. Cyient Foundation would
also partner with an NGO specialised in executing community development
programmes.
At
Cyient, employees are catalyzed and contribute to the growth phenomenon
in the society. The company's belief goes beyond charity and it is
given to promoting holistic development and sustainability in the
community and making a difference. The Cyient Charitable Trust (CCT) was
founded with this vision in mind.
Source: IBN
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