ICICI Academy for Skills: Coimbatore Center launched.

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·    To impart vocational training

·    The Academy will train 5000 youth across the country through its various centers in the first year of operation

ICICI Academy for Skills (ICICI Academy) recently announced the launch of a center in Coimbatore to provide vocational training to the youth from the economically weaker sections to help them earn a sustainable livelihood.

The center will offer courses in four disciplines - selling skills, electrical & home appliance repair, refrigeration & AC repair and pumps & motor repair. ICICI Academy has formalised the content of the courses for electrical & home appliance repair, refrigeration & AC repair and pumps & motor repair with best-in-class knowledge partners namely, Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd., Blue Star Ltd. and Crompton Greaves, respectively. 

M. S. Ramachandran,
Director, ICICI Bank

The Bank will use in-house expertise to impart the training on selling skills. The center in Coimbatore is a residential facility for those enrolled in electrical & home appliance repair, refrigeration & AC repair and pumps & motor repair.

ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth (ICICI Foundation) started the ICICI Academy in line with its plan to promote inclusive growth. ICICI Academy aims to train 5,000 youth at nine training centers across the country in the first year of operation. It aims to train 15,000 youth across the country by the year 2016.

Announcing the launch, M. S. Ramachandran, Director, ICICI Bank said: "The ICICI Group has a long standing tradition of contributing to the nation’s growth through its business and CSR initiatives. We have set up the ICICI Academy for Skills with an aim to equip the youth with the required skill sets needed to earn a sustainable livelihood and participate in the economic opportunities arising in the country. Through this initiative, we are working towards realising the immense potential of India’s demographic dividend."

 

Over the past five years, the ICICI Group and ICICI Foundation’s CSR philosophy has been focusing on four key areas namely education, primary healthcare, skill development for sustainable livelihoods and financial inclusion, enabling people to participate in the economic opportunities arising in India. These initiatives have impacted the lives of more than 10 million people across the country.

About ICICI Foundation:

It was founded by the ICICI Group in early 2008, with a view to carry forward & build upon ICICI Group's legacy of promoting inclusive growth.

ICICI Foundation seeks to promote inclusive growth in India by contributing to the key enablers required for widespread participation in economic opportunities in India. Through focused initiatives in the identified areas including primary healthcare, elementary education, skill development and sustainable livelihoods and financial inclusion, ICICI Foundation is working towards building capabilities and developing innovative models that can be replicated and scaled up in future.

The ICICI Academy operates under the aegis of ICICI Foundation.

ICICI Foundation For Inclusive Growth

ICICI Bank Towers, Bandra-Kurla Complex

Bandra (E) Mumbai - 400 051.

For Press Queries:

Sujit Ganguli ICICI Group, Mumbai

email: ganguli.sujit@icicibank.com

Chinmay Sengupta

Chief Operating Officer

ICICI Foundation For Inclusive Growth

Mumbai

email: chinmay.sengupta@icicifoundation.org

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