Benefits of industrialisation have started flowing in with the Tata Steel Kalinganagar plant being able to generate direct and indirect employment opportunities for more than 21,000 persons.
A new Skill Development Centre has also been set up at the Capability Development Training Centre located in plot-2 of Tata Steel Kalinganagar. It has started with Suryamitra training on solar panel installation, maintenance and repair for local youths in collaboration with Salt Lake Institute of Engineering and Management- Kolkata.
The company has been adhering to the conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of the Industries Department of the Odisha Government in all its recruitment initiatives. While the terms and conditions laid down in the MoU are strictly followed, first preference is given to local people in all recruitments.
Tata Steel, which always strives for the development of local people, is also promoting employability training of local youths in a major way. Skill Development training for placements and self-employment are being provided through Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS).
Tata Steel is also promoting employability training of local youths. Skill Development training for placements and self-employment are being provided through Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS). In order to provide a source of livelihood to unemployed youths of the Kalinganagar, Tata Steel sends them for skill development training to reputed institutes. In the last four years, 358 youths were imparted skilling across various sectors, said a company spokesperson.
Further, to promote entrepreneurship in Kalinganagar, Tata Steel has partnered with Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST), which has set a target of creating entrepreneurs in eight blocks of the Jajpur district and two blocks of Keonjhar. In the last three years, a total of 524 entrepreneurs were created or promoted through the partnership with BYST, said the company spokesperson.
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