National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has partnered with Delhi based NGO, Udayan Care, to provide upskilling courses to the underprivileged youth, making them employable and financially independent. Under the partnership, the latter will offer courses on BFSI, IT-ITes, Logistics, Retail and Telecom at a very nominal fee, within the range of Rs. 300-500 per month for each course. There is also a provision of freeships for students coming from deprived households. The courses will be available on different criteria for students within the age group of 18-25. The beneficiaries will be identified from the resettlement colonies and slums communities in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).
Manoj Shrivastava, Asst Director-UCIT Programme, Udayan Care says, “ We are targeting to train 5000 youth in the next three years. Udayan Care will also enter new sectors of employment such as IT-ITes, banking and finance, retail, logistics and telecom. Through this partnership, we will be taking our IT centreprogrammes to new heights and provide a variety of skill training to the youth, making them employable and capable of contributing to the Skill India mission.
Who can apply?
- Graduate or enrolled in 2nd or 3rd year of Graduation. Consideration for youth enrolled in 1st year of graduation who shows high creative skills and/ or in exceptional circumstances
- Youth from low economic background with family income not more than Rs 2.5 lac annually.
- Consideration for youth from family monthly income above 2.5 lac in exceptional circumstances.
- Keen to learn and ready to do a job after course completion.
Courses offered and eligibility criteria
| S No | Sector | Center Name | Eligibility Criteria |
| 1 | BFSI Sector Skill Council Of India | Accounts Executive (Recording, Reporting) | Graduation in commerce or allied subjects/Diploma in commercial Practice |
| 2 | IT-ITes Sector Skill Council | Domestic Data entry Operator | Min Qual – 10th Max Qual – Diploma in computer science & technology |
| 3 | IT-ITes Sector Skill Council | Associate – Desktop Publishing(DTP) | Min Qual – Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline Max Qual – Master’s Degree in any discipline |
| 4 | Logistics Sector Skill Council | Receiving Assistant | Min Qual – 10th Max Qual – Diploma/Degree (Engineering, Arts, Commerce, Science) |
| 5 | Retailers Association’s Skill Council of India | Retail Sales Associate | Min Qual – 10th |
| 6 | Telecom Sector Skill Council | Customer Care Executive – Call Center/Relationship Center_v2 | Min Qual – 12th Max Qual – Graduate In any stream |
NSDC Approved Udayan IT Centres
Delhi: South – Badarpur, Govind Puri l East – East Vinod Nagar, Vinod Nagar Graphics Center l, West – Uttam Nagar, Nangloi
NCR: Noida – Noida Yuva Kendra HCL, Bhangel l Ghaziabad – Vijay Nagar, Loni Center l Gurugram – Manesar
