IIT Gandhinagar-NEEV skill development courses train 150 rural youth & women

IIT Gandhinagar’s NEEV trained a total of 145 participants in this edition of Summer Skills Courses, including 26 in Stitching Skills course, 30 in Beautician Skills course, 34 in Basic Computer Skills course, 26 in the Spoken-English Skills course, 16 in Tally Skills course, and 13 in Vocational Skill course of wiring and CNC machining.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar’s community outreach programme, NEEV, has successfully trained nearly 150 rural youth and women in six skill development courses from April to June 2022. In order to award course certificates to participants for successful completion of the courses, IIT Gandhinagar organized a valedictory event for the participants on June 10, 2022.

IIT Gandhinagar’s NEEV trained a total of 145 participants in this edition of Summer Skills Courses, including 26 in Stitching Skills course, 30 in Beautician Skills course, 34 in Basic Computer Skills course, 26 in the Spoken-English Skills course, 16 in Tally Skills course, and 13 in Vocational Skill course of wiring and CNC machining.

Professor Sharad Gupta, In-charge Dean, R&D, was present on the occasion to encourage the participants.

Many of the trained participants have already started earning after gaining these skills. The institute offers these courses entirely free of cost with philanthropic support from the Desai Foundation Trust.

Course requires security deposit of INR 500

A refundable amount of INR 500 per participant is charged as security deposit by NEEV. The amount is refunded to the participant after they complete the course. Moreover, the courses such as stitching skills and beautician skills, which are exclusively organised for women, are conducted in their village itself.

Free of cost lodging and boarding facilities

With the increasing popularity of IIT Gandhinagar NEEV’s courses, it attracted five outstation participants, mainly from the South Gujarat region. Lodging and boarding facilities were also provided to the participants in the IITGN hostels for the duration of their courses that too free of cost.

NEEV Coordinator, Soumya Harish said, “Through these projects, NEEV aims to empower women and youth from underserved communities to gain skills that can make them confident about moving forward in their life. At IIT Gandhinagar, we extend our institute’s resources as much as possible for the benefit of our neighborhood communities.”

Launched in 2014, this programme so far has conducted more than 90 entrepreneurship and skill development projects and activities for 3000+ youth and adults from Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar areas, including 15+ villages near IITGN.

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