Fiinovation Assists Skill Council for Green Jobs to Assess Impact of the Renowned Suryamitra Program

FI I NOVATI ON ASSI STSSKI LL COUNCI LFOR GREEN J OBSTO ASSESSI MPACTOFTHERENOWNED SURYAMI TRAPROGRAMME I nnov at i v eFi nanc i al Adv i s or sPv tLt d( Fi i nov at i on) ,ar enownedt ec hni c al r es ear c h agenc yi nt heCSR domai nwasc ommi s s i onedbySk i l lCounc i lForGr eenJ obs ( SCGJ ) ,anotf orpr of i ts oc i et yc r eat edbyt heMi ni s t r yofSk i l lDev el opmentand Ent r epr eneur s hi p,f ort hei mpac tas s es s mentofSol arPV I ns t al l er( Sur y ami t r a) t r ai ni ngpr ogr amme.Sur y ami t r at r ai ni ngpr ogr ammei sapar tofPMKVY andi s s uppor t edbyMNRE(t hr oughNat i onal I ns t i t ut eofSol arEner gy ) ,andai mst ot r ai n under gr aduat es ,I TI / di pl omahol der sasf i el dt ec hni c i ansf ori ns t al l at i on,oper at i on andmai nt enanc et oex ec ut eNat i onalSol arMi s s i on( NSM)pr ogr ammesac r os s t hec ount r y .

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Speak i ngaboutt heas s oc i at i onwi t hSk i l lCounc i lForGr eenJ obs ,DrSoumi t r o Chak r abor t y ,CEO,Fi i nov at i ons ai d,“ I ndi a’ suni quedemogr aphi cdi v i dendl ay sat i t sdi s pos al awor k f or c eunl i k eanyi nt hewor l d,howev er ,i ti smar r edbyunempl oy abi l i t y owi ngt ot hes k i l lgapsandi nadequac i es .Addr es s i ngt hes eadequac i est hr ough hol i s t i cs k i l ldev el opmentpr ogr ammesi st heneedoft hehour .Theoppor t uni t yt o c onduc tt he i mpac ts t udyoft he Sur y ami t r a pr ogr amme of f er ed usa per f ec t c hanc et ous eourex per t i s et omeas ur et hepr ogr es soft het r ai ni ngpr ogr amme ecommendat i onsoni mpr ovi ngt het r ai ni ngdel i ver yundert he andsetoutr pr ogr ammet ocr eat eal ar geri mpact . ” DrPr av eenSax ena,Chi efEx ec ut i v eOf f i c er ,Sk i l l Counc i l f orGr eenJ obss ai d,“ As Sur yami t r ai saf l agshi pt r ai ni ngpr ogr am,SCGJhasbeent r yi ngt oassesst he i mpact si thasmadeac r os sk eys t ak ehol der sgr oupsi nc l udi ngc er t i f i edt r ai nees andt r ai ner s,i nt hel ast4year ssi ncei t si ncept i on.Ther epor tout l i nessome keyi nsi ght st ohel pusr ef l ec tandf ur t hers t r engt hent het r ai ni ngdel i v er ys y s t em t oens ur et hatc er t i f i edt r ai neesc ons i s t ent l ymeett heev ol v i ngr equi r ement soft he s ol ari ndus t r y ” I nnov at i v eFi nanc i alAdv i s or sPv tLt d,aspar toft heas s oc i at i on,c onduc t edt he i mpac tas s es s mentoft heSur y ami t r at r ai ni ngpr ogr amme.Fi i nov at i ons ampl ed 1500t r ai neesf r om 1 1s ampl es t at esofAs s am,NCTDel hi ,Guj ar at ,Hi mac hal Pr ades h,Mahar as ht r a,Raj as t han,T ami lNadu,T el angana,Ut t arPr ades h,Ut t ar ak hand andWes tBengal .Thei mpac tanal y s i swast hef i r s tev erdonef ort heSur y ami t r a t r ai ni ngpr ogr ammes i nc ei twasr ol l edouti nt hey ear2015.

Aspar toft hes t udy ,Fi i nov at i onas s es s edt hei mpac toft het r ai ni ngpr ogr ammeon keyst akehol der s–cer t i f i edt r ai neesandt r ai ner s( ToTpr ogr amme)i nt er msof i mpr ov eds k i l l s ,k nowl edgeandempl oy mentoppor t uni t i es .Fi i nov at i onal s oas s es s ed t hes k i l lgaps ,ups k i l l i ngneedsoft hec er t i f i edt r ai neesandt r ai ner s ,i nl i newi t ht he evol vi ngneedsoft hesol ari ndust r y .Thest udysummar i sedt hatt het r ai ni ng pr ogr ammepr ovedbenef i ci al ,as95% oft het r ai neesand78% oft het r ai ner s r epor t edi mpr ov edt ec hni c als k i l l sandk nowl edgepos tt het r ai ni ng.Al s o,outof t het ot alt r ai neessampl edf ort hest udy ,88% oft hem r epor t edt hatt het r ai ni ng pr ogr ammebenef i t edt hem byi ncr easi ngt hei ri ncomeandi mpr ovi ngj ob oppor t uni t i es.