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CSR: Tech Mahindra Foundation and GIZ Join Hands to Build a Skilling Ecosystem for the Allied Healthcare Sector Through Technological Interventions | ||
New Delhi, Delhi, India Project (ASCENT) Alliance for Skill & Capacity ENhancement with Technology in joint collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Tech Mahindra Foundation (TMF) to capacitate the skilling ecosystem through technological interventions. The project lies within the framework of the DeveloPPP program, which GIZ implements on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Participants from the event
Project ASCENT aims to train 10,000 urban youth in the sectors of Allied Healthcare, Logistics and Digital Technologies to bring about a transformational change in the lives of the youth, communities and the ecosystem as a whole.
Panellists Left to Right - Pradeep Singh-SBU Health HR- Fortis Healthcare, Akriti Gupta - Founder, Canfem, Kamal Sahani - MD, Tenet Health Edutech Pvt Ltd, Dr. Nidhi Kewalramani - Programme Director - Tech Mahindra Foundation
Speaking about the initiative, Chetan Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Tech Mahindra Foundation, says, “Recognizing the significant need to improve the standards of skilling in Healthcare in India, and to meet the burgeoning requirement for trained paramedics in our hospitals, Tech Mahindra Foundation has set up the SMART Academies for Healthcare in Delhi, Mumbai & Pune. Through project ASCENT, our partnership with GIZ brings in the critical element of technology in our training portfolio, especially since tech and healthcare are rapidly converging in a changing world. We hope to leverage the best of emerging technologies to bring affordable and cutting-edge training for the students of the SMART Academies.”
ASCENT leverages on the German Dual Vocational Educational Training (DVET) and makes youth employable for specific industry requirements. The project aims to enhance the teaching & learning experiences and build the capacity of the enrolled youth and trainers through technological interventions like Pedagogical training of Trainers, Monitoring and Evaluation Portal, Metaverse, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, Learning Management System with self-paced learning content and a job portal dedicated to the paramedic and allied healthcare industry and skilled aspirants.
Mr. Rodney Reviere, Cluster co-ordinator Social and Private Sector, GIZ India says, “The need for technological interventions in training is clear, with advantages such as relevance, customization, accessibility, reach, and keep up-to-date in a dynamic world. Project ASCENT drives these advancements through its German cooperative vocational and educational training system-based pedagogical training, bringing training institutes and industry together to transform skilling through action-oriented teaching and learning to enhance engagement and development.”
The Tech Mahindra Foundation through its SMART initiative focuses on offering intensive, high-quality vocational courses to equip youth with the right skills and knowledge to be an integral part of the allied healthcare services.
About Tech Mahindra Foundation
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