Amrita PMKVY Project Brief 2019

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Amrita PMKVY’s integrated training methodology is inspired by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Chancellor and world-renowned humanitarian, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi’s.

Her vision for education is: “There are two kinds of education: education for living and education for life. While education for living is essential for success in the academic and economic sense, education for life equips young people with the knowledge, skills and values needed to lead an ethical, empowering and socially beneficial life.”

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The project, in brief: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been selected as an implementing agency for the Govt. of India’s Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Special Project initiative. Amrita – PMKVY is now operating its training centers across five states and 6 districts in India, and will train over 1000 students by next year.

Students from underserved communities in remote locations now have access to state of the art skill training in critical, industry-relevant skills at the newly inaugurated centers. The courses include: Automotive Service Technician (Two- and Three-Wheelers), Plumber General, Self Employed Tailor, General Duty Assistant, and Domestic Data Entry Operator. Under the PMKVY Special Project initiative, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has opened, and is operating 8 of 12 planned skill-training centers across five

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states: Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. The currently active centers, as well as the upcoming centers, aim to become leading PMKVY Training centers for underserved youth.

The active training centers are located in the districts of: Kondagaon, Khurda, & Ranchi (in North India), and Wayanad, Kollam & Coimbatore (in South India).

Number and Location of Functional Training Centers (as on date): Location

Course

Students

Amrita-PMKVY Hub Kondagaon

Tailoring

17 (batch1)

Amrita-PMKVY Spoke Kondagaon

Automotive

16 (batch1; w.e.f. 1st Apr, ’19)

Amrita-PMKVY Hub – Khurda

Plumbing & Automotive

30 (batch1)

Amrita-PMKVY Spoke – Khurda

Tailoring

20 (batch1)

Amrita-PMKVY Spoke – Ranchi

Tailoring

16 (batch1)

Amrita-PMKVY Hub – Wayanad

Plumbing, Tailoring

33 (batch1)

Amrita-PMKVY Hub – Coimbatore

Plumbing

15 (batch1; w.e.f. 8th Apr, ’19)

Amrita-PMKVY Hub – Kollam

Automotive, Tailoring

32 (batch1)

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The Amrita-PMKVY project incorporates a unique, blended-learning approach with a focus on soft-skills, entrepreneurship, and financial digital literacy training. Assessments, monitoring, certification, and valuation is also a part of the program.

The Amrita PMKVY Centers follow a “Hub and Spoke Deployment Model� to train, certify, place and empower working-age youth between the ages 18 and 35, struggling to access viable economic opportunities. The Hub of each district will manage the nearby spoke(s).

Towards the objective of establishing a culture of gender equality and equal opportunity, Amrita PMKVY has reserved 50% of all seats for economically and socially disempowered women. The project plans to target over 1000 students in 6 districts throughout India over three phases.

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Training of the Trainer - TTT The TTT is a crucial first step towards the goal of empowering the Trainers, Hub Managers, & Facilitators. While the management and the daily functioning of the training centers will be their primary responsibility, they are also responsible for motivating and maintaining an enthused batch of students working toward the successful completion of the Amrita-PMKVY training course.

The Train The Trainer program was organized for the PMKVY trainers at different districts before the start of the training program. The training included an orientation to Amrita PMKVY Special Projects, Amrita University, and AMMACHI Labs. From AMMACHI Labs they learned how to integrate computerized vocational education and training with Life Skills knowledge.

The TTT was organized to prepare the participants to implement AMMACHI Labs’ unique and world-recognized approach to skill training. In this approach, Life Enrichment Education is given equal importance as the vocational skills, with the aim of tangibly empowering trainees to transform learned skills into a livelihood or income generating activity.

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Project Launch by the Honorable Minister – Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, is Top Private Indian University according to QS BRICS University Rankings & is ranked eighth best university among India’s top 10 universities in the NIRF 2018 Ranking, has set up a state-of-the-art skills training centre in the Khurda district of Odisha under the Govt. of India’s Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). The new facility was inaugurated by Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. It will train over 200 students from underserved, remote locations in Odisha in industry-relevant courses like Automotive Service Technician (Two and Three Wheelers), Plumber General, Self-employed Tailor, General Duty Assistant, and Data Entry Operator. The training will be provided for free. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been selected as an implementing agency for the Govt. of India’s PMKVY Special Project initiative. Under this, the university will open and operate 12 skill training centres across the five states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, aiming to train over 1,000 students in the next one year.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, is Top Private Indian University according to QS BRICS University Rankings & is ranked eighth best university among India’s top 10 universities in the NIRF 2018 Ranking, has set up a state-of-the-art skills training centre

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in the Khurda district of Odisha under the Govt. of India’s Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). The new facility was inaugurated by Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. It will train over 200 students from underserved, remote locations in Odisha in industry-relevant courses like Automotive Service Technician (Two and Three Wheelers), Plumber General, Self-employed Tailor, General Duty Assistant, and Data Entry Operator. The training will be provided for free. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been selected as an implementing agency for the Govt. of India’s PMKVY Special Project initiative. Under this, the university will open and operate 12 skill training centres across the five states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, aiming to train over 1,000 students in the next one year.

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Added Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India: “It is a matter of great pride for Odisha to get this centre which will help impart vocational training to students who were unemployable due to lack of any skill sets or degrees. The Amrita PMKVY Special Project shows great promise to help train and empower India’s youth in the skills they need to succeed.”

Bhavani Rao, Director of the Amrita PMKVY Project at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham discussed the importance of this project for the Nation, saying “Odisha’s Amrita PMKVY centre will enable socially marginalized and economically disadvantaged youth to access skill development that will be free of cost. The methodology that we adopt in providing skill development not only improves accessibility but also raises the standard and quality of vocational education. After completing the course, our trainees gain the technical skills required for employment and receive life skills that transform them into more socially responsible citizens.”

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To develop a training model that can be scaled and replicated, a monitoring and evaluation plan is integrated into the implementation of Amrita PMKVY. Lessons learned, best practices and outcomes will be shared to promote knowledge sharing.

Delivery of Computerized Life-Skills / Life Enrichment Education (c-LEE)

Through our computerized, Life Enrichment Education Program, students are able to learn soft-skills and awareness courses through a tablet. Our LEE program directly addresses the social issues that plague the very communities we are working with, and empower the participants to make lasting change.

The program includes timely courses, such as: cleanliness, sanitation & hygiene and its effect on health, alcoholism & substance abuse, nutrition, women’s health & reproductive issues, child abuse, birth & gender selection, family planning, sexually transmitted diseases, human trafficking, disaster awareness & preparedness, environmental awareness & health, safety and security, civic responsibility & legal awareness, self-confidence & mental health, self help group formation, financial literacy & management, interpersonal skills & interaction training, conflict resolution, managing emotions, awareness of community & available infrastructures and services, how to use & be aware of computer & mobile technology, and more.

LEE session with students at the Khurda Hub, Odisha (Motivational Video on Teamwork). The awareness video is followed by group discussions.

Delivery of c-LEE at Kollam Amrita-PMKVY center (on Gender Equality)

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LEE Session at Dewgain Spoke, Ranchi AmritaPMKVY center.

LEE Classroom Session at Dewgain Spoke, Ranchi Amrita-PMKVY center (on Cleanliness & Hygiene).

So far LEE classes have been conducted on a range of topics focusing on sanitation, hygiene, women’s health, teamwork, gender equality.

LEE community events

were also held on issues such as safe drinking water,

sanitation & hygiene, waste management/disposal, including clean-up drives, etc. led

by Amrita-PMKVY students.

LEE-in-Community Event at Chhattisgarh, Kondagaon Amrita-PMKVY Center [Tailoring students taking part in clean-up drive]

LEE Event at Meppadi, Wayanad District Center (Waste Management & Disposal)

Our PMKVY Students celebrated Republic Day in a meaningful way. They organized an ABC (Amalabharatam) clean-up drive in Meppadi Panchayath. They Cleaned the roadside, Panchayath area, and some public areas. They collected waste plastic and other garbage, and with the help of Panchayath Authorities facilitated its proper disposal.

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LEE Event at Meppadi, Wayanad District Center (Waste Management & Disposal)

The Plumbing students at the Amrita PMKVY Wayanad Hub learned the importance of handwashing and received awareness of hygiene from the c-LEE course. They used their new plumbing skills to install a new pipe connection in the outside area of the center close to their dining area.

The Amrita-PMKVY project is off to an exciting start, and already so much has been accomplished. Our next steps are to continue the progress made at the centers in providing quality training, transformation, and structuring, and continuing the c-LEE classrooms.

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All LEE activities are done initially in the community setting, along with an infrastructure of support and teamwork. Results from the field have shown that this is a powerful way to scale up skill development and respond to the needs of a community.

Both economic and social empowerment are addressed in our two-prong approach: interweaving computerized vocational education and training (cVET) with life enrichment education (LEE). While cVET provides technical skills in competencies to enhance one’s viability in the workforce, LEE provides an all-inclusive set of skills to facilitate the integration and sustainability of the technical skills into one’s life.

Stay Connected!

The progress so far has been greatly encouraging and now hub managers, facilitators and students at local centers are posting their own updates, success stories and progress on a dedicated Facebook Page:

www.facebook.com/AmritaPMKVY We are excited to share the success of this project going forward. For real-time updates and more success stories, please visit our online spaces:

www.amrita.edu www.ammachilabs.org www.facebook.com/ammachilabs

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