IIT Gandhinagar-NEEV has empowered about 150 rural youth & women through skill development courses- Education News
NEEV, a community outreach programme of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT GN), successfully trained nearly 150 rural youth and women in six skill development courses during April to June 2022.
The Institute organized a valedictory event for the participants on June 10, 2022, to award course certificates for successful completion of the courses. Professor Sharad Gupta, In-charge Dean, R&D, was present on the occasion to encourage the participants.
A total of 145 participants were trained at NEEV-IIT GN 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 Spoken-English Skills course, 16 in Tally Skills course, and 13 in Vocational Skill course of wiring and CNC machining. Many of them have already started earning after gaining these skills. These courses are offered entirely free of cost with philanthropic support from the Desai Foundation Trust.
NEEV charges only a refundable security deposit of Rs 500 per participant, which is refunded to the participant after they complete the course. Moreover, the courses such as stitching skills and beautician skills, which are exclusively organized for women, are conducted in their village itself.
The popularity of NEEV’s courses has grown beyond Gandhinagar or Ahmedabad, and this time they hosted five outstation participants, mainly from the South Gujarat region. NEEV also provided them with lodging and boarding in the IITGN hostels for the duration of their courses, and did not charge anything from them.
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