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100-cr skill development programme from HSBC
Banking major HSBC has announced a skill development programme for India, entailing an investment of Rs 100 crore, which will impart skills to more than 75,000 people.
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London: Banking major HSBC has announced a skill development programme for India, entailing an investment of Rs 100 crore, which will impart skills to more than 75,000 people.
The programme aims to provide more than 75,000 young people and women with requisite skill sets, over the next five years, to enable them to earn a sustainable livelihood.
The programme would also facilitate exchange of learning, innovation and best practices and engage various stakeholders to broaden the ambit of discourse around skills and align it with the government's vision of Skill India, it noted.
HSBC Skills for Life would support non-profit organisations in three focus areas -- employment-linked skills development of disadvantaged, upskilling of educators and teachers and women's empowerment through livelihood enhancement, according to the release. "The first vertical will be launched in 2015 in partnership with Swades Foundation while the other two verticals will be initiated from 2016 onwards in partnership with other NGOs," it said.
According to the banking major, India is poised to become the world's youngest country by 2020, with an average age of 29 years.
"Skill development will play a significant role in ensuring sustainable development and will also serve as a powerful instrument to reduce poverty and inequality," it added.
HSBC India Group General Manager and CEO Stuart P Milne said it believes that financial institutions have a role to play in building the capacity of disadvantaged young people and women, and enabling them to contribute to the economic prosperity of their local communities.
