EMPOWER: RETAIL SKILLS FOR SUCCESS

About

One of India’s greatest challenges hindering its growth is the difficulty of attaining industry-relevant skills through traditional education. To address this, efforts must focus on providing access to skill development initiatives, which serve as crucial foundations for progress.

To enhance the employability of graduating students, the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu, in collaboration with Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), has launched the “Empower: Retail Skills for Success” initiative. This program aims to train 500 students from Government & Private Arts and Science Colleges in North Chennai, equipping them with advanced Retail and Soft Skills, thereby laying a strong foundation for a career in the rapidly growing Retail sector and providing skills that focus on securing employment.

Project Features

100 hours (70 hours of core skills + 30 hours of soft skills) of training.

Hands-on Training and e-course materials for the students enrolled.

Assessment and joint certification by ICT Academy and CPCL

Facilitate placement drives for certified students

EMPOWER: RETAIL SKILLS FOR SUCCESS

Who can enrol?

Final-year students from government and private arts and science colleges in North Chennai.

Course

Students will be trained in retail leader along with soft skills with a total of 100 learning hours.

Retail Team Leader (70 Hours)

Modules:

Course Modules will be shared later

Soft Skills (30 Hours)

Modules:

Course Modules will be shared later

EMPOWER: RETAIL SKILLS FOR SUCCESS

Selection Criteria

Students, especially women in their final year of Government & Private arts and science from underprivileged communities who match any of the criteria mentioned below, can apply:

Students whose family income is below the threshold for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category.

Students with single parents

Student supported by a guardian

Differently abled students

First-generation graduates

EMPOWER: RETAIL SKILLS FOR SUCCESS

Expression of Interest for Institutional Partnership

This program is supported by CPCL under their CSR Initiatives and implemented by ICT Academy. Arts and Science colleges located in North Chennai can partner with us for this initiative. For Enquiries, write to: Projects@ictacademy.in

EMPOWER: RETAIL SKILLS FOR SUCCESS

About CPCL

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), one of the leading group companies of IndianOil’s, was conceived in the 1960s as a 2.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) refinery designed to produce fuels and lubes base stock. At CPCL, the past five decades have had an eventful, growth-oriented phase as the CPCL family built the organisation to reach the present stature of 10.5 MMTPA capacity.

Today, CPCL stands tall among the public-sector refining companies in India, with one of the most complex refineries of its kind in the country, producing an array of value-added petroleum products. It also pioneered key initiatives in several areas such as process optimisation, technology absorption, energy conservation, wasteland reclamation and environment management.

To know more, visit: https://cpcl.co.in/connect/social-responsibility/corporate-social-responsibility/

About 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.

With the training of teachers and students as the primary objective, ICT Academy has been working through a seven-pillar program in the areas of Faculty Development, Student Skill Development, Entrepreneurship Development, Youth Empowerment, Industry-Institute Interaction, Digital Empowerment and Research & Publications.

In the last 14 years, ICT Academy has strived in every aspect to provide a holistic service to every stakeholder of the education ecosystem in developing the next generation of the talent pool in India to make them industry-ready employees, innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders.

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

For more information, please visit www.ictacademy.in

Contact Us

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IIT Madras Research Park
Kanagam Road, Taramani,
Chennai 600 113
Tamil Nadu, India