ICICI Academy to skill 1 lakh youth by 2017

The Academy, with 22 centres across the country, has already trained 25,000 youths

ICICI Academy For Skills, an arm of ICICI Foundation, will definitely achieve its target of training 1 lakh youths by 2017, a top official said today.

ICICI Academy For Skills had launched 'Gift A Livelihood' in October 2013.

The Academy, with 22 centres across the country, has trained 25,000 youths last year and expected to train another 40,000 this year – 25,200 trained till December 2015, its Chief Operating Officer Chinmay Sengupta told reporters, who were on a visit to the Centre here.

In an audio conference from Mumbai, the COO said since the training programmes were going as per schedule, it was certain that the academy would achieve the target of training one lakh youths by 2017.

Stating that the academy was aiming to provide relevant and practical training to the underprivileged youth in 13 disciplines, he said it has tied up with various industry leaders and co-created the course curricula and content.

Of the 22 centres, there are 10 exclusively for training women, including one in Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, he said, adding as usual there were one to two per cent drop outs during the training programme.

Stating that Coimbatore was among the flagship Centres of the Academy, Sengupta said it has trained 2,880 underprivileged youth and currently offer residential course to 638 students in six disciplines, including electrical and home appliance repairs.

Besides, the trainees, who have completed the course and interested in securing a job, have received 100 per cent placements, he said.