Schneider Electric India Foundation is committed to bridging the skilling gap
Schneider Electric is supporting the skilling initiatives at Government of Karnataka I.T.I. Belavadi by providing smart infrastructure and plans to increase women hiring for its manufacturing facility in Mysuru.
These initiatives were discussed by Deepak Sharma, Zone president Greater India and MD & CEO, SEIPL, and Amit Kumar, Vice president and Head, Mysuru campus at a meeting with Manjula. S, Joint Director, Mysuru Division, Industrial Training & Employment Department and Lalitha M.R, Principal Govt I.T.I Belavadi and training officers.
Sharma also visited the Electrical lab set up by the company, which provides exposure to students towards new technological developments within the electrical field. Schneider Electric has supplied latest digital and smart energy meters, MCB’s, switches and modern house wiring models which will familiarize the trainees with the recent technological developments in the electrical field.
Schneider Electric trains 3,375 youth every year across ~ 45 skill development centres, including 16 women in Karnataka. The company also operates a Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru, established in partnership with Karnataka Skill Ministry and Ministry of Education, France.
In this COE, training is provided to trainers from ITI, Polytechnic Institutes in Karnataka, and other states.’
Sharing his thoughts on the occasion, Sharma said on 19 Oct 2023, “Schneider Electric India Foundation is committed to bridging the skilling gap in the field of electrical and energy management, and sustainability.
“I am elated to meet the leadership and the students at Govt ITI, Belavadi wherein we are currently providing latest technology & infrastructure support. I am committed to improve the gender diversity in these fields, hence we have announced plans to hire ~ 200 women ITI pass out students of Electrician & Electronics stream every year for Schneider Electric Mysuru Campus.
“This will make them economically stronger in the society and in future, we will set up similar electrical lab facilities in other Government I.T.I’s across the Mysuru district.”
Schneider pointed out that the Indian Government has a vision to replace 25 crore conventional meters with smart meters in India. Schneider Electric aims to support the Government’s Smart Meter National programme (SMNP) through its state-of-the-art energy meter manufacturing facility in Mysuru.
Spread across 54,000 sq. meters, the facility has supplied more than 80 million electricity meters across the country. The facility offers an integrated digital manufacturing system that can ensure process compliance, quality checks, traceability, and supply.
Schneider aims to set up electrical lab facilities in ITI’s in Mysuru district while it has 45 skill developments centres, including 16 women ITI’s, where 20,000+ youth have been trained in the field of electricity, automation and solar energy
Through various CSR initiatives, the group has trained 193000+ youth in 469 training centres across 27 states and aims to train 350,000 youth by 2025. Fiinews.com
