PUNE (India CSR): Bharat Forge, a Pune-based business conglomerate, not just observed World Youth Skills Day but converted it into a significant celebration of their dedication to youth skill development. The company demonstrated an unyielding commitment to empowering India’s youth and making a considerable contribution to the national Skill India movement. This occasion underscored the necessity of providing youth with skill development opportunities, preparing them for secure employment or entrepreneurial ventures.
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A CSR Commitment: Aligning with National Agendas
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts, Bharat Forge has shown active support for the national agenda on Skill Development. The company has embarked on a journey to empower India’s youth by implementing a diverse array of initiatives. This not only indicates their involvement in societal growth but also reveals a purpose-driven business model that aligns with national priorities.
Centre of Excellence & Incubation Centre: The Future-Tech Training Ground
Bharat Forge has instituted a Centre of Excellence at Vidya Pratishthan, Baramatito turn aspirations into reality. This innovative hub ensures maximum participation of girl students with an opportunity to learn and master new-age technology skills such as Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, and Data Science. The Centre of Excellence represents a progressive stride towards bridging the digital skills gap, thus enabling the Indian youth to thrive in the global digital era.
Bridging the Industry-Academia Gap
The company’s partnership with four Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for its development. This facilitated the vocational training to rural youth thereby helping for employability. An ongoing endeavour is to set up a CNC simulation lab at ITI Khed. This initiative highlights the company’s commitment to enhancing practical know-how, thereby reducing the industry-academia gap.
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Mentorship Programs: Guiding the Torchbearers
In an effort to boost professional expertise among the youth, Bharat Forge undertook a mentorship program for the girl students who are either pursuing engineering or diploma. Providing professional exposure and personalized guidance, these initiatives prepared the youth for driving innovation and contributing to India’s economic prosperity.
Skilling the Farmers: Imparting training to make farmers entrepreneur
Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy. The skilled farmers contribute a lot to boost the agrarian economy. Different entrepreneurship training programs like food processing, preparing dairy products, techniques of goat rearing, organic farming etc. were organized for the farmers to make them entrepreneurs.
Community Development: Imparting vocational skills to community women
Bharat Forge believes that women play an important role in community development and to make them self-sufficient, women are encouraged to acquire various skills, become socially aware and participate in small scale business. Community development initiatives include vocational training to women from different communities with an aim to enhance their self-dependency and develop entrepreneurial skills in them.
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Shaping a Skilled Workforce for India
Bharat Forge, through its diverse initiatives, is shaping the future of the Indian workforce, aligning with the vision of India emerging as a global skills provider. With a deep-rooted belief in nurturing talent and encouraging entrepreneurship, the company plays an instrumental role in shaping the future job market in India.
CSR in 100 Villages
The CSR footprint of Bharat Forge is far-reaching, with the intervention in more than 100 villages across Maharashtra for comprehensive long-term development through focused interventions in education, health, livelihood, and infrastructure development. The journey started for transforming these villages into green villages for a brighter and more sustainable future of villagers.
Key Highlights:
- Bharat Forge actively supports the Skill India movement as part of its CSR initiatives.
- The company has established a Centre of Excellence in Baramati to equip the youth with new-age technology skills. This initiative is focusing on women empowerment.
- Bharat Forge partners with four Government ITIs to facilitate practical training opportunities.
- The company has mentorship programs aimed at upskilling budding engineers.
- Bharat Forge up skills the farmers to make them entrepreneurs.
- The company imparts vocational skills to community women to develop entrepreneurial skills in them.
- Bharat Forge is actively shaping a skilled Indian workforce and fostering a culture of entrepreneurship.
