Lighthouse, July 11, 2024: The Adani Kattupalli Port, through the Adani Foundation, has inaugurated a Skill Development Centre in Thirumalai Nagar in Lighthouse panchayat in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, which will provide training in stitching and embroidery to 240 women, all belonging to the fisherfolk community. The move is aimed at empowering them economically and help them become gainfully employed or begin their own ventures for a better livelihood.

 

The centre was inaugurated by Mr Waghe Sanket Balwant (IAS), sub-collector, Ponneri, and Capt. Madhanmohan, COO of Adani Kattupalli and Ennore Ports, in the presence of community leaders, panchayat heads, councillors, ward members, and members of the fisherfolk community. It will cater to women belonging to four fishermen panchayats, namely Lighthouse, Thangalperumbulam, Kottaikuppam and Pulicat. It will train 240 women every year in the Self-Employed Tailor (SET) course.

  

The Foundation has also been running another Skill Development Centre in Kattur village, which has trained 750 youths so far across multiple sectors since its inception in the year 2020.

  

Meanwhile, the Adani Kattupalli Port also plans to provide trainings to youth in sectors such as Auto, Port Operations, and Finance & Accounting in the coming future.

  

The Adani Skill Development Centre (ASDC), through its Saksham initiative, offers an array of courses across multiple domains to train youths to help them become gainfully employed as per industrial requirements or begin their own ventures. In the recent years, impetus has been on introducing technology-based courses with state-of-the-art teaching infrastructure, both offline and online. Some popular courses are welding through augmented reality-(AR) based simulator, crane operator training with physical simulators, virtual courses in the Metaverse, and foundational courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

  

The Adani Skill Development Centre (ASDC), through its Saksham initiative, offers an array of courses across multiple domains to train youths to help them become gainfully employed as per industrial requirements or begin their own ventures. In the recent years, impetus has been on introducing technology-based courses with state-of-the-art teaching infrastructure, both offline and online. Some popular courses are welding through augmented reality-(AR) based simulator, crane operator training with physical simulators, virtual courses in the Metaverse, and foundational courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

  

So far, Saksham has positively impacted the lives of 1.5 lakh youths. It is presently operating across 15 states of the country.

  

About the Adani Foundation

  

Since 1996, the Adani Foundation, the community engagement arm of the Adani Group, has remained agile and deeply committed to making strategic social investments for sustainable outcomes across India. It is empowering and enriching the lives of children, women, youth, and marginalized communities in the core areas of education, health & nutrition, sustainable livelihood, community development, and climate action. The strategies of the Foundation are integrated in national priorities and global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Adani Foundation is currently operating in 6,769 villages across 19 states, positively impacting 9.1 million lives.

 

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