Sudeep Sharma, General Manager, The Westin Pune Koregaon Park

Pune, November 2022: With the vision to impart skills and enhance the opportunities available to the youth, Gulson Foundation has undertaken ‘Skills on Wheels’ initiative. Under this initiative, the NGO provides mobile training skills in various programs such as Tailoring, Basic Computer Training, Bakery Training and Beauty and Wellness Training to the underprivileged population, initiating with two districts i.e Satara and Ratnagiri.

Under this project, they have 2 vehicles which are designed and well-equipped to carry out classroom sessions in any remote part of the country. The air-conditioned state-of-the-art vehicle is equipped with collapsible desks, benches, smart tv etc.

The project has successfully partnered with Gold’s Gym Fitness Institute, India and has completed 2 batches (Pune and Nanded) with 28 graduates who have been certified as fitness trainers, and 20 candidates have been successfully placed in various gyms in Pune and Nanded.

This project has created job opportunities for students in the fitness industry and provided the gyms with certified staff thus bridging the demand and supply gap.

Skills on Wheels also conducts courses in the interior parts of India and has completed multiple agricultural and basic computer training courses at Rajapur in Ratnagiri District. In Rajapur, the vehicle has completed 4 batches consisting of 50 students in the Basic Computer Course. Conducted entrepreneurship development project with 4 self-help groups consisting of 400 women from 4 villages.

They have also conducted an agriculture-based training program in 5 villages covering about 250 participants. From the goat-rearing training program in Satara, 11 families have started their own goat farming.

With the aim to build Rural India’s skills and impart wings to make use of those skills, Gulson learning   centre, (Shirdi) has already benefited over 400 people and has multiple courses in the pipeline. They aim to partner with industry to bridge the gap between demand and supply and create opportunities for underprivileged youth.

The Skills on Wheels program team visited The Westin Pune Koregaon Park recently and the hotel is proud to be associated with Gulson Foundation.

About Gulson Foundation 

Gulson Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Mr Gul Advani in the year 1994. Through the foundation, he has touched many lives and extended wholehearted support to various organizations providing support towards terminal and critical illnesses, primary health, education and poverty reduction. 

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