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Aims to provide training and skilling to candidates from humble background

New Delhi: Centum Foundation, the CSR arm of Centum Learning, a leading organization inthe global skills development and vocational training today announced a strategic partnershipwith ACC limited to provide training to the candidates who are living below the poverty line.

Through this partnership, Centum Learning is not only providing training to candidates in theareas of Retail, Hospitality and Plumbing but also assisting them in getting jobs to earn a betterlivelihood. This is an initiative taken to comply the CSR mandate for ACC Limited.

As of now, three batches with close to 100 candidates have already completed the training. Outof which more than 50% students have already been placed with decent salaries in reputedcompanies like Navakissan Biotech Plantec Ltd, T.V.S. Showroom, Mphasis, VedantaCommunication, Zee Maha sale, Dutta Enterprises, Vishal Megamart.

These candidates are mostly school pass outs coming from different backgrounds. This

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programme is being done under the leadership of Pratyush Panda, CSR Head, ACC Cementsand Dr. Pranav Arya, Skill Development Head for ACC. Active business support from leaders likeSunil Gupta, Cluster Head, Jamul Cement Works had added the required vigour to theprogram.

“I am overwhelmed with the response to our joint initiative with ACC Limited to skill the poorcommunity, to eliminate poverty and vulnerability in a sustainable manner and improve theirquality of life. With such partnerships we are sure to achieve our vision to bring a sustainabletransformation in the employment landscape of the country” said Sanjeev Duggal, CEO andDirector, Centum Learning. 

On the occasion Sunil Gupta, Cluster Head, ACC Cement said, “We are committed to contributetowards social and economic development of the backward and underprivileged communityresiding nearby Plant and mines through effective implementation of various communitydevelopment Interventions under its CSR wing DISHA Our objective is to develop IntegratedSustainable Livelihood approach for community members and make them self reliant throughensuring employability for youth and establishing backward and forward linkages for womenenterprises for sustainability.

ACC has undertaken various social volunteering practices almost from its inception and itsearliest initiatives in community development date back to the 1940's in a village on theoutskirts of Mumbai while the first formal Village Welfare Scheme was launched in 1952. Thecommunity living around many of our factories comprises the weakest sections of rural andtribal India with no access to basic amenities.

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