TMI joins hands with Confederation of NGO’S of Rural India to bring employment

New Delhi,September29, 2013: In a novel venture to address the issue of unemployability in rural India , TMI Group has announced their partnership with CNRI (Confederation of NGO’s of Rural India) to be a part of the movement that is touching the lives of the unemployed youth in India. NIRMAAN is a joint-initiative to provide jobs to the youth in rural India through counseling, coaching and training. TMI Group is an active member in the Skills Development Sub-committee of CII, AP and the Southern Region and has tied up with CNRI to provide the training and employment opportunities to rural youth.

NIRMAAN was inaugurated by Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member-Planning Commission, Government of India & Member, National Advisory Council, and Government of India.

“Many formal studies & reports have been prepared to assess the growth and employment potential in India' formal private sector, less attention has been given to the conditions and strategies to promote rapid expansion and job creation in the rural and informal sectors. It’s time now to focus on strategies to increase employment opportunities in India's informal sector, with emphasis on providing skilled training. The most effective strategy for employment generation in the rural areas will be to create opportunities to accelerate this natural process of employment generation,” said Mr. LV Saptharishi, Co-Chairman, Confederation of NGO’s of Rural India.

“Several reports argue that the rural India suffers from a severe shortage of employable skills at all levels and that intensive development of vocational skills will act as a powerful stimulus for employment and self-employment generation” Mr Saptharishri added.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr T Muralidharan, Chairman of the TMI Group said, “While the number of employment opportunities is rising more or less as required to keep pace with the growth of the workforce, the type and quality of these opportunities does not match the expectations of many educated job seekers, which reflects inadequacies both in the type of employment generated and type of education being imparted to youth. Ironically, despite the surging number of graduates, many firms report difficulty in recruiting educated persons with the required work capabilities to meet the growth in demand for business process outsourcing, automotive component production and many other fields.”

“To facilitate this, TMI e2E, a part of TMI and a NSDC funded Organization has set up a wide network of Youth Employability Services (YES) Centers across the country. These YES Centers aim to help young Graduates from urban and semi-urban areas by identifying the RIGHT jobs for them and making them “job ready” through counseling, coaching and training”. They empower candidates with the “Power of Five” (the Job Information Zone, Job Readiness Zone, Counseling Zone, Interview Zone and Training Zone). We have successfully trained and placed 8536 candidates so far up to April 30^th 2013”, added Mr Muralidharan.

Headquartered in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, it is all set to inaugurate it’s YES Centre in Noida on 1^st October 2013. There are plans are to have a presence in 20 cities in the next two years.

Speaking on the occasion, LV Saptharishi, further added, “We are delighted and honored to be a part of this venture, both TMI Group and we have come together to provide a helping hand to the rural youths who are struggling each day for a better source of employment. We strongly believe that even after 66 years of Independence, the potentiality of rural India in terms of employment is still untapped. Through NIRMAAN our objective is to create a platform for the young generation to make an effort of honest livelihood”.

Like price hike and inflation unemployment is also an area of concern.  In rural areas, the unemployment rate for both male and female is almost at the same level, 2%. But, in, urban areas, women are more unemployed than men. The rate is 5% for women and 2% for men. This is a crucial scenario that needs to be addressed. NIRMAAN is an endeavor by TMI Group & CNRI to make an unemployment free India.