Bengaluru: Bosch Limited, a leading supplier of technology and services, has developed training programs tailored to address the demands of India’s manufacturing and service industry.
“To build on our expertise in the area of vocational skilling, we expanded the sphere of our influence in the training domain to develop customized programs that are targeted towards making school dropouts employable in the service industry,” Soumitra Bhattacharya, managing director, Bosch Limited, and president, Bosch Group India said in a statement here.
The skilling initiative developed for both industries is different in nature and outcome. The programme for manufacturing industry comes from hard-skills development perspective, while for the service industry it is soft-skills oriented.
“With a combined beneficiary strength of over 11,000, across both programs, Bosch Limited’s skilling initiatives are well attuned to the needs of the industry. We have a job placement rate of over 95 percent and this is a big advantage in today’s volatile business environment,’’ Soumitra Bhattacharya said.
Forthcoming legislation mandates, such as, the leapfrogging to BS VI by 2020, signal the winds of change that will be witnessed across India’s manufacturing ecosystem. Increased levels of automation on the shop floor will necessitate highly skilled workers.
“Over four years, 7,500 youth have graduated from Bosch Limited’s skilling program, BRIDGE (Bosch’s Response to India’s Development and Growth through Employability Enhancement). The primary focus of this initiative is to help school dropout youth reshape their life and help them become financially independent,’’ Bosch Limited said in a statement.
