Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed an MOA with Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) on 27thAugust, 2018 for imparting job oriented Skill Development and Training to people belonging to marginalized sections in North East Region of India. The project titled “Employment Oriented Training and Skill Development Programme for SC/ST/OBC/Women, Unemployed Youth & EWS of society for 2000 persons under CSR Initiative of Airports Authority of India for North East Region” aims to create a skilled workforce in North Eastern states which will help the local youth gain employment in the Construction Industry.
Faced with a perennial shortage of skilled hands like Plumbers, Electricians, Carpenters etc, this initiative will help create a skilled workforce for the region. After successful completion of training, the candidates can be self-employed or work in wage employment.AAI & CIDC have been working together for the last few years in field of Skill development & training in rural areas.
The MOA was signed by Shri Sanjeev Jindal (GM-CSR), AAI and Shri Ashutosh Bhardwaj, (Director – Corporate Affairs) of CIDC in the presence of Shri Anil Kumar Pathak (Member Planning), AAI and Shri. D. K. Kamra (Regional Executive Director – NER), AAI.
The training will be provided to the beneficiaries in CIDC centres and will help skill rural youth, women, SC/ST/OBC and other marginalized sections in construction trades.
AAI, through this association, has been able to leverage its CSR competence to create a bigger and an effective impact on the livelihood promotion for people from backward sections and remote areas. This initiative not just helps citizens from the marginalized sections to gain mainstreaming by way of imparting life skills and training leading to their future employment, but also makes them self-reliant, thereby ensuring a better future to them.