YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM


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About

The fourth industrial revolution technologies are being adopted by multiple public sectors and private companies worldwide. Students as the future workforce, need to get skilled in these technologies and this has become a great challenge because of their region's affordability, access, and availability of infrastructure.

To train students from Arts, Science and Engineering colleges in employability skills that are crucial in industries today, Atos Prayas Foundation in association with ICT Academy organizes the Youth Empowerment Program. This initiative will train students of higher education institutions across India in IT, KPO, BFSI, Retail, E-commerce and Logistics skill-related courses and facilitate employment opportunities.

Features

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100 hours of training (80 hours Technical Skills + 20 hours Soft Skills)

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Hands-on experience with industry requirements

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Assessment & Joint Certification by Atos Prayas Foundation and ICT Academy

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Placement facilitation for the students certified

Courses

1. IT/ITES (80 hours)

Course name: Data Analytics

2. KPO (80 hours)

Course name: Business Accounting Process - Executive

3. BFSI (80 hours)

Course name: Programme in Premier Banker

4. Retail (80 hours)

Course name: Retail Team Leader

5. E-commerce (80 hours)

Course name: E-commerce Team Lead

6 Logistics (80 hours)

Course name: Warehouse Supervisor

Soft Skills (20 hours)

Modules

Selection Criteria

Students who are +2 passed with no ATKT, Final year/Graduates pursuing any stream - B. Com, B.A, B.Sc. and/or Master's degree (No ATKT) from underprivileged communities under any one criterion mentioned below

  • Student with a family income less than INR 4.5 lakhs per annum
  • Students with single parents
  • Physically challenged students
  • Student supported by a guardian
  • First-generation graduates

Expression of interest for institutional partnership

Higher Education Institutions across India can partner in this initiative. This training program will be fully sponsored under the CSR initiative of the Atos Prayas Foundation and will be implemented by ICT Academy. For enquiries write to

ICT Academy

ICT Academy is an initiative of the Government of India in collaboration with the state Governments and Industries. ICT Academy is a not-for-profit society, the first of its kind pioneer venture under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model that endeavours to train higher education teachers and students thereby exercising on developing the next generation teachers and industry-ready students

ICT Academy was started to meet the skill requirements of the industry and generate more employment, especially in tier 2 and 3 towns, the rural parts of the country. The organization was formed with representations from the State Government of Tamil Nadu, leading companies in the ICT industry and the National Association of Software Services Companies (NASSCOM) in India

Through its various initiatives, ICT Academy has been part of strengthening India's four important visions on Skill India, Digital India, Startup India, and Make in India

To know more visit www.ictacademy.in



About Atos Prayas Foundation

Founded in 2006, Prayas is Atos' Corporate Social Responsibility vehicle. With the mission of "Enriching Young Minds", Prayas has created new opportunities for many bright, underprivileged children in the communities we call home

As a technology company, they believe in holistic enrichment and imparting knowledge through the power of computer learning. Over their 12+ year journey, Atos has set up computer labs at NGO centres across India, and their volunteers have worked tirelessly to help children in these communities develop life skills and become responsible and productive members of society

Prayas leverages Atos' most important resource - their people - and their collective knowledge to help these children enrich their lives. Their volunteers contribute their time, skills, and experience to work with local outreach programs to drive social change. Their commitment to innovation is reflected in the Prayas' computer-based learning approach, which incorporates the latest educational thinking and digital tools to prepare disadvantaged youth to join tomorrow's workforce

For more information, please visit www.atos.com