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Monthly News Bulletin of DB Tech Society
Reaffirming Government's Determination to Empower the Youth of J&K Jammu and Srinagar – Valedictory functions of Himayat project were organised at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium of Jammu University (Jammu) on April 3, 2013 and at Jammu & Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (Srinagar) on April 6, 2013. Shri Jairam Ramesh (Union Minister of Rural Development, Govt. of India) was invited as Chief Guest; and Shri Omar Abdullah (Chief Minister, Govt. of J&K) was Guest of Honour for the valedictory functions. From DB Tech, representatives from National Office, State Office, trainers, parents and employers were present at the valedictory functions.
In his keynote address, Shri Jairam Ramesh revealed to an enthusiastic gathering that 5,000 youth from J&K had been trained under the Himayat scheme. He stated that 76.42 per cent of the trained youth had proved their mettle and had been retained by the companies. During the function in Jammu, he announced the distribution of Akash palmtops to 400 beneficiaries, who had completed one year of service in different companies. Addressing the gathering, Chief Minister Shri Omar Abdullah said that Himayat scheme is marching ahead to realise the set goal of providing training and jobs to one lakh youth in Jammu and Kashmir mostly to the school drop-outs and lesser qualified in the period of five years. Over 480 DB Tech trainees from Jammu and Kashmir regions were given job letters by Honorable Ministers. Few of the participants even got the opportunity to share their experience with the Hon. Ministers and other dignitaries. Ms. Firzana Bano, an alumnus of DB Tech (Udhampur) shared, “Before the training, my life was stand still, there was no reason to live. But after the training in Retail domain, I am extremely happy to be capable enough to work in the private sector. DB Tech has nourished and polished me well. Presently, I am working with Vishal Mega Mart located at Udhampur and drawing the salary of Rs. 8000 per month with incentives. ”
Inauguration of 7th Batch of Skill Training at Don Bosco (Trasi)
In collaboration with Accenture and Bosch India Foundation, the 7th batch of the skill development training program was inaugurated at Don Bosco Tech (Trasi) on April 26, 2013. Mr. Vincent Fernandes (State coordinator, Bosco South) was invited as the Chief Guest. Rev. Fr. Anand Noronha (Rector & Principal, Don Bosco School, Trasi), Sr. Rita D'Souza (Principal, Mary Mazzarello-ITI,
Honavar) and Rev. Fr. Leo Pereira (Director, Don Bosco Tech, Trasi) were also present on the dais. Mr. Vincent initiated the program by addressing the trainees with Swami Paramanand's words, “With education if we don't imbibe and inculcate the good values, then your education is a waste.” He briefed the gathering on how Don Bosco Tech, has now grown into a renowned entity to address the problem youth face at various levels. He encouraged the trainees saying Don Bosco Tech would do everything to address their problem, particularly related to unemployment. Rev. Fr. Anand Noronha congratulated Rev. Fr. Leo Pereira for his hard work for implementing BASE program by which 450 needy youth were benefitted. Addressing the trainees, Fr. Anand said, “Give the child a fish and he will live for a day, teach him to fish and he will live for a life time”.
DB Tech has recently conducted its second job fair, ‘Shilpangon 2013’ in Kolkata. It is essentially the advancement of the work DB Tech's founder, St. John Bosco started during his period to meet the demands of the industrial revolution. Today, Shilpangon is one of its kinds wherein wide range of industries come together in one platform and take part in recruiting the youth trained under several Don Bosco Institutions across Kolkata Province. Carrying the theme “Bridging the Skills Gap”, Shilpangon 2013 was organised at Don, Bosco (Liluah) on May 4, 2013. Over 37 companies from 11 technical trades participated in the fair to employ 826 youth trained by Don Bosco institutes of Kolkata Province. The event started with an inaugural function in the presence of Fr. Thomas Ellicherail (Provincial, Kolkata) and Fr. A. M. Joseph (Executive Director, DB Tech) along with some big dignitaries including Mr. P. Roy (Director General, BCC), Mr. Abhinav Chandra, IAS (Dept. of Panchayat and Rural Development, Govt. of West Bengal), Prof. S. K. Sanyal (President, Howrah Chamber of Commerce) and Mr. Sankar Goswami (Regional Head, Siemens). The session started with the welcome note given by the Rector of Don Bosco (Liluah) followed by panel discussion by the dignitaries, who clearly elaborated the need of DB Tech's
Guest Lecture on Personality Development at DB Tech (Patna) On 23rd April 2013, a guest lecture was organized on Personality Development and Moral Values in DB Tech (Patna). With the hope to instill greater motivation among students, Fr. Andrew James SJ was invited to brief the students on some of the important and positive aspects of Personality Development and Moral Values in one's existence. The session started with the individual introduction of the students followed by Fr. Andrew James lecture wherein he discussed the significant moral values a person needs to acquire to lead a fruitful life. Since personality development is equally imperative to sustain a better life, the students were even briefed on topics like positive personality development, self improvement, building leadership and positive attitude, positive thinking, creative intelligence, life style and etc. At the end, he
Review and Planning Meeting with Centre Heads
mentioned, “DB Tech is working for a good cause. I appreciate the change it is bringing in the lives of many”. At last, when students were asked to share their experience, they shared that the lecture was very knowledgeable and informative. They have gained a good understanding from it, which will be helpful to them in the field.
Shilpangon 2013: Don Bosco Tech Job Fair involvement in policy changes and quality enhancement of technical and vocational training in the country. A digital book on Don Bosco Technical Institution (Kolkata Province) was launched by Fr. Provincial of Kolkata Province. Highlighting the figures, it was put forward that DB Tech (Kolkata) has trained more than 9000 youth in vocational training (Formal & Nonformal) and short term programs and has placed more than 75% of it. Every year DB Tech (Kolkata) trains and employs more than 2500 youth across its technical institutions.
Guest Lecture on Life Skills at DB Tech (Perambur) Following the activity schedule, the staff at DB Tech (Perambur) arranged for the guest lecture on Life Skills for the Retail Management and BPO trainees on May 3, 2013. Mr. John Michael Selvaraj (Career Guidance Counselor) was invited to render the dialogue for the same. He has been giving the motivational messages to the students, youngsters and employees of various companies for more than five years. The trainees were strictly instructed to attend the session without any fail. The session started with a video of Mr. Nick Vujicic, a man with no arms and no legs and Mr. Oscar Pistorius, the first amputee to win an able-bodied world track medal. Such videos were shown with the aim of explaining precisely how worthy the life is. Mr. John shared, “We need to understand
the importance of the life given to us by god as a gift.” The session was concluded with trainees sharing their opinions and views about the lecture. They were of the view that, certainly this talk would have a positive impact in their lives and also that such sessions are really inspiring and fruitful.
Batch Inauguration at DB Tech (Asha Deep)
BASE Review Meeting at DB Tech (Phulbani) th
A review meeting was organised at DB Tech (Phulbani) on April 19, 2013. The meeting involved the participation of National Team, Odisha State Team, Centre Head and the DB Tech staff stationed at Phulbani Centre. Fr. Blacius started with the difficulties faced during the mobilization period. Fr. A. M. Joseph (Executive Director, Don Bosco Tech) emphasized that the quality needs to be improved, and it can happen only when everyone owns the programme. To bring a greater sense of responsibility and participation among the trainees, they should be divided into different teams/ministries, such as Food Ministry, Cultural Ministry, Health Ministry, etc. The meeting even addressed the idea of
A 3-day Communicative English Trainers Workshop was organized at Bangalore Provincial House on April 30, - May 2, 2013. Mr Gnanamurali (Asst. Manager, L&D, DB Tech) was the resource person for the workshop. The workshop commenced with the welcome speech by Mr. Vincent Fernandes (State Coordinator, DB Tech, Karnataka). Fr. Jeeson blessed the programme and advised the participants to gain maximum benefit of the programme. Mr. Stanley Jones (Head, Learning & Development, DB Tech) introduced the purpose of the workshop to the participants. Around 22 trainers from four states and from different domains participated in the workshop with curiosity, zeal and spirit of involvement. Every trainer was asked to choose any one topic of their choice and plan to adopt the teaching methods that suit to the topic chosen and the level of their students. Activities in pair and group increased the spirit of involvement among
the trainers. On the first day, the facilitator explained to the trainers 13 different methods of English language teaching, types and kinds of sentence and types of conversation who were then asked to chose one topic and write possible conversations on it at various levels ranging from simple to complex. At last the trainers were asked to give presentation and exchange each other's ideas and views and suggest for the improvement. Last day, the trainers were explained the types of letters and how to analyze parts of letters. The trainers exhibited their talents, abilities, skills, strategies and planted ideas during the session. The workshop ended with Mr. Stanley Jones giving a speech on self esteem, he discussed two short inspirational stories allowing trainers learn new strategies to teach a class of students at various learning levels.
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Plant Your Ideas A Communicative English Trainers Workshop
making learning more enjoyable by organizing quiz competitions. Further the trainers were told the importance of the life and soft skill for the students. The meeting ended with the firm belief that all needs to work not only to achieve their individual target but also to achieve the vision and mission of the organisation.
On 27 April 2013, second batch of BASE program was inaugurated at DB Tech (Asha Deep). Dr. K P Ramaiah (Divisional Commissioner) was the Chief Guest at the occasion. Along with the big dignitaries invited, a group 70 young students and their parents attended the program marking it as a huge success. Beginning with the session, Dr. K P Ramaiah lighted the lamp followed by a warm welcome message by Rev. Fr. Jesuraj SJ (Director, DB Tech - Asha Deep). He highlighted the fact that the program has been introduced to mould and to build the skills of underprivileged youth. In his inspiring speech, Dr. K P Ramaiah mentioned social analysis along with future vision and also shared some of his
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DB Tech organised a review and planning meeting at DB Tech (Hatia) on April 24, 2013. Fr. A. M. Joseph (Executive Director, DB Tech) was invited as animator for the meeting. Centre Heads from Bihar and Jharkhand were invited to discuss the challenges and review the program. Fr. Ranjeet Kendo SJ (Centre Head,
Chaibasa), Fr. Vincent SDB (Centre Head, Hatia), Fr. Robert Kumar (Centre Head, Jahanabad), Sr. Venanee Mary JBS (Centre Head, Patna), Fr. Jesuraj (Centre Head, Muzaffarpur), Fr. Alex T. SDB (Centre Head, Dumka) and Fr. Manoj Jose (Centre Head, Purnea) were invited to Review and Planning meeting. Fr. Vincent delivered a welcome message and shared the youth situation in India. He also appraised how DB Tech is helping those youth to empower themselves. After the welcome speech, all the participants introduced themselves and shared their experiences in association with DB Tech. Fr. A. M. Joseph emphasised about the Post Placement Support to the candidate at every level after the training.
anzin Yangdol, 24 years old girl hails from a remote village Choglamsar in Leh (Ladakh). She is well known among the batch mates by her nickname 'Tani'. She had to say no to her education because of financial issues. Her parents now wanted her to leave the education and support them in earning the livelihood for the family. Being a school dropout, she used to get only a labourer job, which she did not want to do. She was in the search of some better source of income. One day, her close friend informed her about the BASE training programme being offered by DB Tech centre located at Chuchot Yogma (Choglamsar, Leh, Ladakh). Enquiring more she got to know that there is a project being launched by MoRD (Govt. of India) for the needy youth, under which the poor and marginalized youth get free of cost training along with the placement in the entry level job market. Knowing this, she was happy and convinced about joining the training. Tani joined BASE with a hope that she will be able to overcome the financial issues of the family. Since her father is a farmer and mother is a housewife, the family income is quite less according to their requirement. She opted for the Tourism domain, as Leh is a tourist place and she wants to make her living from this sector. On the first day at the training, she was found to be really nervous. It was for the first time that she was asked to give her introduction among large number of students in the class room. During the training, she used to be a very shy and quiet girl who was trying to change herself slowly and gradually. Towards the end of the training, she turned out to be one of the brightest students of the class. She learned several things about the tourism along with how to operate computer and speak in English with great interest. She was a keen learner. After completing the training, she was interviewed by Competent Synergy, a well known BPO situated in Mohali, Chandigarh for which she got selected as a Customer Care Executive on a salary of Rs. 5100 per month. Tanzin says, “I am happy to share that my dreams have come alive. This course has helped me a lot, I had never thought I could achieve what actually I have today; this is really unbelievable. Being eldest in the family, I always wanted to look after my family; DB Tech has made it possible for me. This project is a blessing for many youngsters like me who are in the same situation as I was.”
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experiences. He even focused on the four important aspects of success and sincere hard work i.e. Knowledge, Wisdom, Sincerity and Participatory Hard work. Appreciating the excellence of training, he said that no program offers such assistance in such a short period of time. At last, he thanked DB Tech (Asha Deep) for their efforts to help youth to lead a