Looking forward to empower women, Dabur India to set up skill development centre

Tezpur, January 5: With an aim to empower women by instilling the concepts of skill development, India’s leading science-based Ayurveda expert Dabur India Ltd will be setting up a new vocational training centre for women in Tezpur. The centre, set up at Dhekidol village in Sonitpur district, will seek to empower women in the neighbouring areas providing skill development programmes based on the needs of the community.

 

The new centre, inaugurated by Air Commodore MK Gupta along with Dabur India Ltd of Tezpur unit head Alok Gupta in presence of the senior citizens of the area, will start with a six-month course on stitching and tailoring.

“Youths, particularly girls, in villages across India are facing serious problems of unemployment and under-employment,” said A Sudhakar, head of Dabur India Ltd, adding that due to limited access to employment opportunities and skills many youths fail to find a way of livelihood.

“At Dabur, we believe that skill development is a powerful agent of social transformation. Providing vocational training, we feel, will not only bridge the gap between skilled and unskilled labourers but also help the rural women with better employment and self-employment opportunities,” he said.

This centre will be run by Dabur’s CSR arm Jivanti Welfare and Charitable Trust. With the intention of reaching out to the young girls and women in these villages and providing them with an opportunity to grow in life, Dabur has decided to establish this vocational training centre in Tezpur. The programmes that will be offered through this centre have been devised after detailed discussions with the community members and keeping in mind their specific needs and sensitivities. It will provide a platform to the less privileged girls, supporting them in learning the desired skill sets that will make them employable and empower them to earn their living. Jivanti will also help and guide these young girls in setting up small businesses and become local entrepreneurs.

Dabur and Jivanti have a plan to add a number of vocational training courses, like beautician training, computer education and English language speaking, as part of their efforts to develop a social infrastructure and enhance the quality of life of communities.