TeamLease-IIJT felicitated with the FICCI-LeapVault Skills Champion of India Award

Updated on: Saturday, September 22, 2012

TeamLease-IIJT, one of India’s fastest growing career skills training organization, has been felicitated with the FICCI-LeapVault Skills Champion of India Award recently for extraordinary contribution in developing technologies, distinctive training solutions, path breaking research and its commitment towards the skilling movement in the country.

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal felicitated Ashok Reddy, MD TeamLease IIJT as the Emerging Warrior in the Skills Champion category at the 5th Global Skills Summit which concluded in New Delhi.

The Skills Champion awards are a celebration of the exemplary work done by leaders, businessmen, bureaucrats, and others in making skill development the fastest growing industry in India.

Speaking at the event, Ashok Reddy, MD, TeamLease-IIJT said that, “This is an honor for us and we are glad that our hard work has delivered fruitful results. I share this award with every member of TeamLease-IIJT who has contributed in developing the skills of many people for better employment. Our aim of bridging the employability gap and supporting the industry’s demand for skilled manpower gets a boost with such rewards and I thank FICCI for recognizing our efforts”.

TeamLease-IIJT is the first vocational training institute to launch a country-wide VSAT facility to enable last mile access to employability enhancement training. The VSAT infrastructure enables IIJT to give quality career skills training to all candidates, even those in more remote locations who may have been limited by lack of access to quality faculty, infrastructure and exposure to industry professionals.

To ensure industry relevant curriculum, the TeamLease National Employment Framework (TNEF) a research and development outfit of TeamLease undertakes studies on entry level ideal candidate profiles (ICPs) across industries.

TeamLease-IIJT is also in the process of establishing TeamLease Skills University in partnership with the Government of Gujarat, while it also operates India’s first Public Private Employment Exchange with the Government of Karnataka and is implanting various skill projects in partnership with various state governments.

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