STRIVE@PUNE
THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVELY PUBLISHED FOR PUNE APRIL 2019 | YEAR 2 EDITION 4-14
The Solar Panels installed at TSSDC Pune.
Guests with TSSDC Pune team at the 6th Graduation Day..!
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From the desk of Editor Hi Friend, As we step into a month full of Scorching Sun, I must share the news of our 1st Solar PV Installer Batch which kick-started in the peak of summer. Started with a batch size of 22 promising learners, we look forward to completing the batch by July 1st week with lot of excitement besides activities! The content partner is Tata Power and the course has been sponsored by Tata Capital at the Pune Center. Switching to Solar is like going back to basics. Solar is considered to be the most sustainable sources of energy today. The country's solar installed capacity reached 28.18 GW as of 31 March 2019. The Indian government had an initial target of 20 GW capacity for 2022, which was achieved four years ahead of schedule as per sources. We also organised the 6th Graduation Ceremony event last month with close to 200 Certificates across 6 courses at the Center. Check out for more in this edition as we invite writers to write for us on skilling, environment, sustainable sources of energy, Water conservation and about anything on this earth that will trigger our grey cells. Happy reading...! - Sameet Joshi
6 Graduation Day th
Pune Center was abuzz with excitement again with the 6th Graduation Ceremony which was held on 3rd April 2019. 177 learners across 6 courses were awarded Certificates on this day and the event was held on the ground floor of the Center. Snehal Darwatkar, Facilitator YDM. the host for the evening welcomed the Alumni & guests and set the tone for the event. Center Manager, Sameet Joshi gave a brief on Tata STRIVE & the performance of the Pune Center. Our funding partner Tata Communications was present with many team members lead by Jyoti Meena, Prashant Kumar, Ashish Khadse, Romesh Bhatt, Karuna Akurathi, Other guests included Mr & Mrs Malothi from Adventist Hospital, Dr Jyoti Godge - Educationist & Researcher, Sangita Nair from CIPLA, Biman Gandhi from BYST, Nandan Vaidya from Chiristine Valmy & representatives from Lighthouse foundation, Mukul Jyoti Meena (Tata Madhav Foundation & BARTI. Sudhakar Gudipati, Head Programme Communications) ad& Partnerships development and Samir Nabar from Tata dressing the audience STRIVE were present at the event. Learners received Certificates at the hands of the guests and also clicked photos. The March newsletter was unveiled at the hands of Sudhakar Gudipati & Prashant Kumar. Anurag Salve, Facilitator who is the creative mind behind the newsletter presented the same. The learners were quite excited as always and they also received a thank you Card made by the learners from the existing batches. There was a dance perSudhakar Gudipati formance by Hemanjali Kamble from the Solar batch which received a huge applause. (Tata Strive) address- Sudhakar spoke of the successful partnership with Tata Communications and also appreing the audience ciated the Alumni - Anirudha Gongade owner of 43AppMart - which is a start up at the Incubation Center at TSSDC Pune. Jyoti Meena spoke about what energy and motivated they feel whenever they visit the Center for Volunteering sessions with the learners or such events. The event ended with a Vote of thanks from Apurva Fursule, Facilitator - Beauty Advisor.
Been there done that
Bhaskar, Apurva, Vishwas & Shruti at New Vision NGO, Undri
Amrita & Suvarna at Wagheshwar Highschool
Shruti at Bopodi Job Fair
Vishwas at Police station Kondhawa
Pravin & Subodh at Tata Motors Gate
Amrita & Suvarna at Satav Highschool
Subodh & Vishwas at Social Welfare Office Pune
Sagar at Lighthouse Yerwada
figuratively Date
Activity
Location
Learners Outreached
April 3rd 2019
Course Orientation
Satav Highschool wagholi
170
April 10th, 2019
Gate activity
Tata Motors, Pimpri
23
April 17th, 2019
Course Orientation
Light House, Yerwada
28
April 17th, 2019
Gate activity
Tata Motors, Pimpri
39
April 20th, 2019
Course Orientation
Light House, Bhawani Peth
18
April 26th, 2019
Job Fair
Bopodi
15
April 30th, 2019
Course Orientation
Tata Foundation, Yerwada
26
Kalam se column tak
Industry seeds the need for Skills? Belonging to the Telecom Industry all these years, I wonder sometimes the speed at which the Telecom Industry grew and shrunk in a span of 2 decades has never ever been seen in any other Industry. We have been fortunate to witness such a huge technology leap in our times while other Industries also benefitted from this Industry to a large extent. Where on earth (in context of India) did we imagine having to speak to our beloved 1000 miles away during the peak time of the day without having to worry about the bill? Not to forget to see the caller on the Video call on our Mobile phones? So when I say grew, it will mean in terms of the number of players, the subscribers, the number of cell sites, the mobile phones and so on & so forth. And the 'Shrinking' of the Industry refers to the Lesser number of players (Consolidation & merging), reduced Tariff rates, Lesser revenue per subscriber and fewer JOBS! I do not want to get into the Market share or the ARPU nor the Bears & the bulls of the stock market but I would certainly like to draw your attention to the last word in my last sentence. More Jobs. When this Industry began as early as 1996, young graduates were hired as the Call Center trainees, Showroom executive, Network engineers, After sales service staff and the Industry grew. There were manpower trainings, call drops, rates fluctuations, technology changes, Skill based training, Dealers & distributors, More trainings, More manpower (skilled & unskilled), Rates drops, more stores, More Call Centers, More Customers, More complaints, Network outages, Mobile number portability, Buy outs, Consolidations and Lesser demand for manpower, Retrenchment & lay offs, shutting down of shops & Lesser JOBS. Nobody could have laid down the blue print of this entire fast paced Industry trend in which both skilled & unskilled manpower were equally impacted. While lot of people were churned out with no jobs in their hands, the market accepted a few with similar skills in need, a few went on to start a business of their own and many are still searching for one. Ironical as it may sound, as a fallout of this Telecom explosion (if I may call it), the user will always now have a mobile phone to his rescue while he is searching for a JOB. So would you call it a blessing in disguise? The question which troubles me the most is the kind of skills that were needed by this Industry were quickly brought on to the table and demand for the same was fulfilled but today we still have millions of Job opportunities but not having enough skilled manpower to fulfil the demand. The reasons could be manifold, not being able to cater to the relevant Industry, the demographic challenge, the absence of the need to get skilled, the gap between the needy and the provider, the geographic adversity and the list goes on. A start has been made and in the right direction. Howsoever small it may be, but it will eventually lead to a big change. The need for skill development is here to stay for making the progression that the country needs. And people like us who have come together to make it happen. It is not a revolution but a make-over in the understanding, the mind-set and a different perspective to view the things beyond today that will bring about the change in us and the community at large. -
Sameet Joshi (Regional Cluster Manager— West) Tata STRIVE
This is how we do it
April 9th, 2019 : ABT 13 SME—Rohini Dalvi (Pratham NGO)
April 11th, 2019 : ABT 13 Employer Meet—Nahida Mahadik ( Beauty Pride Salon)
April 10th, 2019 : ABT 13 Alumni Interaction—Urmila Dhangar (ABT5)
April 17th, 2019 : AAD 12 Parent Engagement
April 26th, 2019 : GDA 9 Employer Meet—Prashant (Jupiter Hospital)
April 29th 2019 : GDA 9 On Job Training
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BFSI—Business Development Executive
May 6th, 2019
Shruti Rajurkar
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Android App Developer
May 13th, 2019
Sagar Sawant
Human Interest Story
Born in a middle class family, Sneha hails from Beed, Maharashtra. Her family includes her parents and 3 siblings. Her father is a police constable and her mother is a homemaker. Her parents work very hard to provide their children a good life, however, it is not sufficient to afford the education of all the four children. Knowing her weak economical conditions, Sneha decided to support her father by taking up a job after her 12th board exam. She was looking for a job that could give her a source of income. As she started to explore more she got to know about Tata Strive from the Police Job Fair conducted at Pashan in Pune. She decided to grab the opportunity. During her classroom trainings, Sneha was very energetic and curious. An ever- Sneha Waghmare ready learner to absorb and imbibe the skills as much as she could, she also showed interest in drawing, acting and painting. YDM helped her to value her life also gave her strength to make her own path. She also felt that this was a good platform to learn English. The lessons on grooming have helped her in her personality development. She improved her self-confidence by actively participating in all the classroom activities. She was an excellent performer in all the roles assigned to her during her OJT at Ginger Hotels. She has completed the course successfully and currently working at Alcott Town Planners Private Limited (Oyo Rooms) as a Guest Relation Executive earning around Rs. 1.6 LPA. Yet she is not ready to stop here and shows her willingness to study further. Sneha dreams to give her parents a good life in their old age and sup-
Sneha Waghmare at port her younger brother with his education. We wish her all the best Alcott Town Planners Pvt Ltd for her future endeavors. What’s new
Solar Lab goes live... April 10th, 2019
TSSDC Pune is now fully equipped with Solar lab. Solar Lab Inaugurated by Pradeep Lingawat, Regional lead South - Tata STRIVE. Lab has become fully functional.
Alumni Speak
Guest Speak
Lovely centre. Hand a wonderful time interacting with learners. All the best.
My communication skills have improved and grooming standards have raised. I did not know anything about hotel industry but after joining Tata STRIVE I have learnt a lot. I feel very confident today.
-Sapna Mudgil NIIT Foundation Excellent work done by Tata STRIVE. Debveloping careers of learners is a life long gift. Nice to come here. Best wishes.
My family is very happy with me as I am selected by Oyo Town House as GRE and this will give me a good start in the industry.
-Nahida Mahadik
Beauty Pride Salon
-Krinjal Bhagat (FOA 1)
Think about it No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better. -
Jim Yong Kim
Welcome on board
Loknath Patel Loknath is native of Chattisgarh and has joined TSSDC Pune as Solar PV Domain facilitator. He is a BE (Mech) Graduate and pursuing PGDM. Loknath is NSDC Certified Trainer for Solar. He has 2.5 years of experience as a facilitator with Surya Wires Pvt Ltd. Loknath’s hobbies are swimming and learning new things.
Galleria
Welcome
Prashant Kumar addressing the audience
Amrita Fernandes, Shruti Rajurkar and FOA learners welcoming the guests and learners.
Prashant Kumar & Sudhakar Gudipati unveiling the Newsletter for March Month.
The stakeholders present for the ceremony
A token of gratitude to the guests (from left) Jyoti Meena, Prashant Kumar, Karuna Akhurati, Yogesh Khadase, Romesh Bhat (Tata Communications) and Sudhakar Gudipati (Tata STRIVE) by the hands of Samir Nabar.
A token of gratitude to the guests (from left), Dr. Nitin Hande (BARTI), Nandan Vaidya (Christone Valmy), Pramod (Light House—PCC), Sister Malati (Adventist Hospital), Biman Gandhi (BYST), Babulal Mokale (Mukul Madhav Foundation) and Ms Sangeeta (CIPLA) Guests received the 2019 Calendar designed & created at TSSDC Pune which feature the Stories of Learners who have made their mark in 2018.
Certificate distribution
ABT 9
ABT 10
ABT 11
BFSI - BDE 15
AAD 9
BPO 11
BFSI - BDE 16
BFSI - BDE 17
ASC 10, 11, 12
GDA 6
GDA 7
AAD 8
Hemanjali performed on a song. Ashwini and Pravin shared their views about Tata STRIVE.
AAD learners after completion of chart making task.
Tata Strive Skill Development Center, Chandrakant Chambers, Opp. Madhuban Restaurant, Dhole Patil Road, Pune | Contact: 020 66869100 For any feedback or suggestions write to sameet.joshi@tatasustainability.com Content – TSSDC Pune Team • Design – Anurag Salve • Editor – Sameet Joshi