Need for Skilling Youth for a Brighter Career
As you might be aware, the Foundation runs SMART Academies for Healthcare and Digital Media with a vision to create world-class skilled professionals. Currently Tech Mahindra Foundation has SMART academies for healthcare in New Delhi, Mohali and Mumbai and one upcoming academy in Bhubaneshwar. These academies focus on skilling youth in both theory and practice, along with IT and soft skills. These include paramedical skills such as Medical Laboratory Technology,X-Ray and Imaging Technology, Cardiac Technology,Home Health Aide, etc. After the course is over, the academy also helps students with job opportunities in paramedical or allied health professions with different hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and laboratories. For skill building courses in digital media, Tech Mahindra Foundation right now has a SMART academy for digital media in Vishakhapatnam and will soon open another academy in Hyderabad. The training modules include Graphic and Web Designing, 2-D Animation, Web Development amongst others. You could check out all the courses here. Source: https://www.smart-academy.in/blog/skilling-youth/