IIM Kozhikode, Kozhikode Corporation sign MoU to develop job opportunities

The MoU was signed between Corporation Secretary KU Bini and Deepa Sethi, Dean (Programmes and International Relations), IIM-K, in the presence of Mayor Beena Philip and Welfare Standing Committee Chairman P Divakaran at the Corporation office.

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K) has collaborated with the Kozhikode Corporation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for an integrated livelihood generation project titled ‘We-Lift’ on Tuesday.

The MoU was signed between Corporation Secretary KU Bini and Deepa Sethi, Dean (Programmes and International Relations), IIM-K, in the presence of Mayor Beena Philip and Welfare Standing Committee Chairman P Divakaran at the Corporation office.

Identify 5,000 jobs within four years

The objective of the project is to identify at least 5,000 job opportunities within four years focusing on women empowerment under the segment of wage and self-employment for marginalised people residing in the city.

Besides, Divakaran said, the project would ensure job opportunities through skill training and self-employment opportunities through entrepreneurship development programmes.

The beneficiaries include members of the Kudumbashree, Kudumbashree auxiliary groups, Gulf returnees who lost their livelihoods due to COVID-19, candidates who have completed basic education, professional courses and seeking employment, school dropouts, and other youths who were not able to complete primary education and qualified, trained or untrained homemakers.

IIM-K to make the project viable

The role of the IIM-K will be to prepare a detailed project report based on the needs assessment study to make the project viable and also to prepare a market study report and develop marketing strategies for branding and marketing.

Further, it will also identify capacity-building requirements and suggest areas for training, and develop training modules besides identifying and recommending viable micro enterprises for which banks and other financial enterprises provide adequate loans.

Three-tier system for project implementation

Divakaran said the project would be implemented through the three-tier system of Kudumbashree, namely Neighbourhood Groups, Area Development Society, and Community Development Society; and City Mission Management unit, National Urban Livelihoods Mission, Kudumbashree auxiliary groups, NGOs, and youth forums.

Kudumbashree livelihood programmes, Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, drinking water projects, National Urban Livelihoods Mission, social security projects of urban local bodies and the State government and Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission have been chosen as areas of convergence.

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