Livelihood Advancement Business School

PROBLEM STATEMENTA large number of youth in India miss out on educational

opportunities

 They find themselves out of place in the increasingly competitive employment market in the light of changing economy in India

There is a gap between the market demand and their skills

Despite 12 years of schooling a large number of youth end up engaging in unorganized and unskilled livelihood options minimizing returns on their labor

Lack of sustained source of livelihood results in distress, migration, social deviation. Social and economic disparity increases as a result

INTRODUCTION: KOTAK-LABS Kotak Education Foundation (KEF) in collaboration with Dr.

Reddy’s Foundation (DRF) started the Kotak-LABS programme on a one year Build-Operate-Transfer’ model in Jan 2007.

DRF has 12 years of demonstrated track record of training over 150000 youth from different parts of the country and a placement support record of 85%.

 KEF partners with schools or NGOs who provide infrastructure support, to train high school / college drop-outs in the age group of 18-25 years, who belong to the economic lowest 30% of society, defined at a monthly family income of less than Rs. 4000.

% MUMBAI RAIGARH

Illiteracy 10 15

Below primary

6 11

Primary 17 18

Middle 18 21

Secondary 22 18

Higher Secondary

14 10

Graduate & above

13 7

Some facts from TISS Report

OBJECTIVES To cater to youth from economically and educationally weak

backgrounds

To be responsive to the youth’s emotional and development needs

To improve the quality of life of such youth and their families

To foster an environment of learning and mentoring

To establish strategic tie ups with industry and business establishments in order to provide market based opportunity / access to opportunity

KOTAK-LABS TRAINING  The training is for a period of 3-4 months

 The focus of the training is on:

 Life Skills

Technical Skills – Theory & Practical

On-job Training

Personality Development

Work Readiness

Communicative English

Computer Literacy

Placement Support.

KOTAK-LABS TRAINING Training is presently given in Hospitality Services, Customer

Relations & Retail Sales, ITES and BPO.

The knowledge and skills enhanced through this initiative would help the youth to acquire sustainable livelihood.

Each domain has maximum student strength of 35, in order to maintain quality and a reasonable facilitator-student ratio.

 At the end of the training period attempts are made for placement at a remuneration of above Rs. 5000/- per month.

 Placement in industries which are non-exploitative and those that provide opportunities for career growth.

THE LABS PROCESS

BUSINESS 2 YOUTH (B2Y) NETWORKING WITH CORPORATES

Guest lectures on specific topics

Permitting students to visit their facility for industry exposure

Providing opportunity for one week on-the-job training

Providing opportunity for part time jobs.

Providing infrastructure to conduct the training programme

 Helping to develop appropriate and updated curriculum

Imparting training related to the specific industry

Providing equipment for practical training

Mentoring support for candidates on a regular basis

Recruiting students from Kotak-LABS

Financially contributing towards training cost for self sustainability of  Kotak-LABS

BUSINESS 2 YOUTH (B2Y) NETWORKING WITH CORPORATES

PROGRESS TO DATE Concluded the BOT [Build – Operate - Transfer] agreement with Dr

Reddy Lab in Feb 2008.

DRF will continue to support the programme through training and

quality audit

Certificates will be issued jointly by DRF and KEF.

Set up 5 centres, Trained 220 aspirants & Placed 170 aspirants.

240 aspirants are currently under training.

Recruited 18 professionals in the team.

Have experienced the learning curve through 1-2 cycles.

Established relationship with 15 plus employers.

Established relationship with NGOs

Some of our students have excelled in their job front

SOME OF OUR CORPORATE ASSOCIATES

McDonald’s Shoppers Stop Café Coffee Day Hypercity Foodland Fresh Unisol ISS

Raymond Retail Pizza Hut Tata Trent Big Bazaar Globus Spanco Adventiti Sparsh BPO

THE LABS IMPACT Has given aspirants a sense of direction and purpose in life

Created role-models for other underprivileged youth in the communities

Channelized energies of youth towards socially purposeful and economically

beneficial directions

Provided exposure to various employment options outside their communities

Reduced gender inequality by providing equal opportunities

Increased confidence levels and instilled a sense of achievement among the

youth

Increased income levels on a regular basis leading to improved quality of life,

better lifestyle and standard of living

Facilitated the process of easy entry into the industry

Created first generation of people working in the non-traditional sectors of

economy thus giving them alternate sources of livelihood

PLANS FOR 2008/09 Add 2 more centres in Parel and Dadar.

Each centre will have 2 batches of 30 participants [CBD will have

120 participants] .

Total participants nearly 500 students every 3 months and 1500

plus students during the year.

Domain knowledge –Hospitality, CRS, ITES and BPO.

Will consider adding Construction, Para medical and Automobile at

a future date

Will consider increasing the number of participants to 150 in each

centre.

Research in Tara and Shivkar to establish demand.

WE MOVE ON…

WITH HOPE & ENTHUSIASM

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THANK YOU !