NIIT Foundation, HCCB and Being Human Foundation Join Hands

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCBPL)., has announced their partnership with actor Salman Khan’s Being Human Foundation, to scale up Career Development Centre (CDC), an initiative to empower rural, educated and underserved youth. The initiative, in association with NIIT Foundation and NGO Gram Niyojan Kendra, established its pilot centre near the HCCBPL bottling plant at Dasna and is now set to extend its reach to the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Odisha.

Speaking about the association, popular actor Salman Khan said, “The training provided by CDC is very practical and prepares the youth for entry level jobs. Being Human-The Salman Khan Foundation is proud to partner with this endeavor."

Mr. T. Krishnakumar, Chief Executive Officer, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. said, “Career Development Centre is part of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage’s inclusive growth agenda. Our vision is to bring quality training within easy reach of the educated, unemployed and underserved youth to enhance their employability potential and bring them into the employment mainstream. Over the past 2 years, our first Career Development Centre near Dasna has witnessed commendable success by opening opportunities for over 200 youth with employers across industry. It gives me immense pleasure to welcome our new partner, Being Human and India’s youth icon Mr. Salman Khan. We are confident that this association will be a great facilitator as we endeavour to scale up this initiative and extend its reach across the country.”

“Each partner – NIIT Foundation, Being Human and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages –brings unique strengths to the initiative and I believe the CDCs are now equipped more than ever to enable and inspire the youth to reach their potential,” added Mr. P Rajendran, COO, NIIT Limited

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March 26, 2009

NIIT Ltd, in its attempt to bridge the education‐employability gap and create talent pool in urban slums, and Global Talent Development Corporation today announced the setting up of NIIT Yuva Star, a Career Development Centre, at Jahangirpuri, New Delhi in association with NGO Navjyoti India Foundation. Dr. Kiran Bedi, General Secretary of Navjyoti India Foundation and Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Ltd., inaugurated the CDC. NIIT Yuva Star will serve as a vocational training centre, providing employability skills to youth in the age group 17‐25 years. The CDC will provide relevant skills to the unemployed youth for making them employable for jobs in various industry sectors such as retail, automobile sales, telecommunications, hospitality, healthcare etc. Additional skill sets will be addressed going forward as per requirements of partnering organizations.

NIIT Yuva Star to enhance employability among youth in urban slums

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Thursday, March 26, 2009 (New Delhi) NIIT has announced the setting up of NIIT Yuva Star, a Career Development Centre (CDC) at Jahangirpuri, New Delhi in association with NGO Navjyoti India Foundation Kiran Bedi, General Secretary of Navjyoti India Foundation and Rajendra S Pawar, chairman, NIIT inaugurated the Career Development Centre, Jahangirpuri, Delhi. NIIT Yuva Star, the Career Development Centre (CDC) will serve as a vocational training centre in Juhangirpuri, providing employability skills to youth in the age group 17-25 years.. The CDC will provide relevant skills to the unemployed youth for making them employable for jobs in various industry sectors such as retail, automobile sales, telecommunications, hospitality, healthcare etc. Additional skill sets will be addressed going forward as per requirements of partnering organizations. The students will be provided with internship and placements with the purpose of helping them find employment in the corporate sector. The company made this annou ncement during the trading hours today, 26 March 2009.

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