Issue 1 January 2014

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Partner of the Year AwardPartner of the Year Award

The Cover Story

In Picture : From left to right Munish Kumar, VP Sales & Alliance, LabourNet, George Menezes, Employability task Force Chair & COO-Godrej Appliances, Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan, CEO, LabourNet & Navroze Godrej, Executive Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Godrej - Partner of the Year Award !!The year 2014 started with a big bang for us! Labournet was awarded the prestigious “Partner of the Year- 2014” by Godrej & Boyce at their employability meet. It was indeed a proud moment for us when Mr. Navroze Godrej, Executive Director of the Godrej & Boyce handed over the award to our CEO Gayathri Vasudevan. LabourNet was unanimously voted by the internal business verticals of Godrej.

The project involved creating a robust and replicable on-site training model to deliver simple & unswerving teaching methodology to carpenters, masons, bar benders etc. across arduous locations throughout the country. A diverse participant group from East to West and North to South were mobilized, registered, trained, assessed and certified over a period of one year at various Livelihood Centres of Labournet as well as Client-partner venues. Construction Technician training, Interio Carpentry Training, Lock Technician Training, Sales Training, Fork Lift Operator, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning were some of the projects that were introduced during the year. These courses were short-term training programs which were conducted over a period of 1 to 3 months. 30503 candidates were registered for these training courses. All in all, a project becomes a success story because of collective efforts. The electrifying camaraderie of the employees and the undaunted support of the top leaders forged together changed a Mission Impossible assignment into an Award Winning story of Triumph and Glory!

LabourNet has for the first time in India introduced Beauty and Wellness & Physical Education and Sports as an Optional Vocational subject for Grade IX, in 90 government schools across Harayana, as per the new National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF). The program

has widened the scope, for a highly potential target segment, namely Schools, where vocational education and training can be conducted under the new School Learning Solutions for thousands of students.

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*for the month of Jan-2014 Biju Kumar, GM - Operations, Audit & Compliance

Cover Story

In this Edition Editor’s Desk

Dear Reader,

We at LabourNet are excited to release our first edition of – An e-Newsletter for “Trumpet”the month of January 2014 .

On the cover we have the story which we received from Godrej & Boyce. “Best Partner award” This edition also carries write-ups on our new initiatives, learning’s, awards & events. We appreciate and thank our Partners and students for sharing their testimonials.We hope you will enjoy reading about us and share your valuable feedback.I shall leave you with this thought, until we meet again next month “ We need to create Transformation today, so we can create new ideas about ourselves tomorrow”

Happy Reading!Highlights

Highlights

Cover Story

New Initiatives

Awareness & Learning

Awards & Events

Testimonials

HR Opportunities

New Initiatives

Breaking barriers for a brighter tomorrow

Award Trophy

Presently the Beauty and Wellness program is being conducted in 71 schools across 22 districts training 2088 girls of class IX. The Physical Education and Sports program is being conducted in 19 schools across Haryana for boys of class IX. LabourNet is conducting the physical education and sports programme in partnership with Edusports. LabourNet has been part of this project from the very beginning, i.e. from the time of initiation, to conceptualization, to project planning and implementation and now, even project monitoring. None of this would have been possible without the emboldening and motivation provided by the Department of School Education and the Board of School Education, Government of Harayana. To increase employability and to make students employable the Harayana board and the Department of Education in accordance with the NVEQF have chartered this ambitious program. The success of this program has encouraged Labournet to introduce Beauty and Wellness, Electrical and Electronics and Tailoring as optional vocational courses in other schools across 37 different districts in Harayana.

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- Anand Srinivasan, Editor

17Sectors

5869Trained

23States

37Centres

68Sites

58Trades

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Awards & Events

T h e a w a r e n e s s p r o g r a m w a s conducted at the Bangalore City institute jointly by the Council of Leather Exports and Leather sector skill council with the support of Karnataka Leather Garment Exports association on Dec 05th 2013. Our CEO Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan, had a d d r e s s e d t h e p a r t i c i p a n t t o understand the nuances of STAR Scheme. The development of NOS for the industry, all aspects of training,

reward and merits of the scheme was explained so that the industry can embrace the scheme and both companies as well as worker can reap its benefits.

Editorial CommitteeEditor

Anand SrinivasanHead - HR

Copy Editor

Jyothi S RaoManager - L&D

Fact Finder

Ajay B Chowdary Manager - Finance

Feature Journalist

Tahaseena Client Relations

LabourNet was awarded "Best Practice Recognition" for Assessment Tools at the NSDC Bi-Annual Partner Meet held in C h e n n a i o n 2 0 D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 3 . LabourNet has one of the best Recognized Pr ior Learn ing (RPL) a s sessment methodology as well as Exit Level Assessment (ELA) methodology to assess the quality of the training imparted to the participants.

Kushi Utsav 2014We were proud to be associated with the Annual event celebrat ion of Sambhav Foundation “A LabourNet Initiative” on the 25th of January, 2014 at Bangalore. Kushi Utsav is a fun-filled event, celebrated every year by the foundation, to showcase the talents of Children who are differently able. The event celebrated the triumph of humanity over the unfair laws of nature by appreciating and honoring these tiny wonders in the presence of their near and dear ones.

Photo courtesy Shashank Bhosale

Awareness / Learning

Asian Development Bank to give $100 million loan for skill training in Meghalaya

NEW DELHI: Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $100 million loan for vocational and educational training to youths in Meghalaya. "The ADB and the Government of India signed an agreement for a $100 million loan for Meghalaya, aimed at enhancing the employability of the state's youth through improvements in secondary education and vocational training programmes," Source - TOI

Online registration for skills programme

LUCKNOW: The district administration on January 10, 2014 would be undertaking free online registration of youngsters in the age group of 14-35 years to make them employable under the state government's Skill Development Mission.As per official reports, as many as 7014 unemployed youngsters are likely to benefit from the mission. The online registration would take place at www.upsdm.org for students belonging to urban and rural areas for 283 courses under 34 sectors. Some of the courses under this mission pertain to electrical repairing, motor vehicles, information technology and hospitality.

Learnings

Source - TOI

LabourNet initiated a skill gap mapping and challenges associated with it, in the Rubber Sector at various manufacturing units in Ludhiana. Based on the survey conducted and after innumerous interactions with the participating companies, the helper level role, specific to cycle tyre man u f a c t u r i n g was identified, analyzed and developed to be incorporated within the STAR Training scheme. A f t e r c a r e f u l

compi lat ion of data co l lected f r o m v a r i o u s sources like the HR, Shop floor Managers, Line M a n a g e r s a n d

worke rs, a deta i led repor t was d ra f ted w i th recommendations for the development of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for additional job roles to be validated and recognized by the Sector Skill Council (SSC). The aim is to create an integrated approach and complete alignment of the NOS with the training provided. This will enable in creating a skilling eco system to meet industry needs as well as benefit the prospective learner.

Job Role Level No. of learners

Helper - Extrusion, Calendaring, Building

Helper 266

Operator- Tire Building

Operator 228

Operator - Monoband Operator 185

Lessons from the field

-Nitin Seth, Head - Work Integrated Learning Solutions (WILS) NSDC Award for "Best Practice Recognition"

Multi Subject Awareness Programme

Source: Leather News India, Jan-2014 Edition

Phot Courtesy by Leather News India, Jan-2014 Edition

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Testimonials

I wish to convey my extreme satisfaction with the training batches conducted by LabourNet for the NSDC’s Star Scheme. The entire program was executed very smoothly and I wish to especially thank Mr. Nitin Seth for his co-operation throughout the entire process. Looking forward to more such endeavors.

JaswinderHead HR - Metro Tyres Ltd.

Being a housewife I always wanted to support my family financialy. To achieve this, LabourNet had played a pivotal role by training me and helping me to get a job which I always wanted to do. I am presently working as a Beauty and Hair Care Trainer at one of the Institute run by a NGO based in Mysore. I thank LabourNet and specially My mentor for their supports and guidance.

‘Thank you’ to Team LabourNet for partnering us in this critical initiative. We look forward to making this a big success in years to come and look forward to your continuous support and great on-ground execution.

AnithaBeauty & Hair Care TraineeMysore Livelihood Centre

I have undergone the carpentry and locks fixing training from LabourNet. I learnt the proper the use of many tool especially the drilling tools, which has helped me work to faster and more efficiently. I was earning Rs.175 per day before the training and now I am currently earning upto Rs.250 per day.

Ajay SharmaCarpentry Trainee

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