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Mphasis and The/Nudge partner to skill and place ~4000 underprivileged women in service-sector jobs

By: Issuewire

The/Nudge CSDE to deliver the program over 3 years, with a grant of 4.6crores from Mphasis

Bengaluru, Jan 13, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - Centre for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (CSDE), an impact steam of The/Nudge Foundation, a Bengaluru based non-profit, today announced a three-year partnership with Mphasis, an Information Technology Solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, to skill ~4000 young women from underprivileged backgrounds for a career in the services sector. Mphasis, through its CSR initiative, has made a grant of 4.6 crores to CSDE to support this program.

The program will enable learning English language, digital literacy and life skills for women from government and low-income private colleges and helping them prepare for jobs in customer service, retail sales, and BPO.

"Skilling has been a key factor within organizations given the competitive nature of businesses, across sectors. The need for skilling is no longer limited to an organizational aim but, extends beyond the employees to society at large. There exists a dominant need to prepare young minds to ensure that they are industry-ready before they become contributors to the workforce of the future. The three-year deal with CDSE will not only drive representation of women at the workplace but will also equip them with the necessary skills required to support themselves professionally," said Srikanth Karra, Chief Human Resources Officer, Mphasis. CSDE plans to reach three lakh students across colleges, ITIs and other aggregated environments over 5 years. At the end of the program, students will be placed in service sector jobs such as customer service and retail. Mphasis had also supported The/Nudge Foundation's flagship residential program at their Gurukuls which has graduated more than 5000 youth with a track record of 100% placements. "The National Employability Report - Graduates 2013 reveals that nearly 47% of the graduates were found not employable in any sector, given their English language skills," said Ram Ramalingam, Director - Innovation, CSDE. "There is an urgent need to accelerate English language learning that will make today's youth fluent in workplace communication. What makes this program unique is its use of human-centric design to make India's youth future-ready."

About CSDE:

The Centre for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (CSDE) is an impacted stream of The/Nudge Foundation, a Bangalore based non-profit on a mission to alleviate poverty at scale. CSDE is India's first institution for research, innovation and practice to accelerate the scale and impact of skill development and entrepreneurship initiatives across India.

About Mphasis:

Mphasis (BSE: 526299; NSE: MPHASIS) enables customers to reimagine their digital future by applying a unique formula of integrated cloud and cognitive technology. Mphasis X2C2TM formula for success, (anything to cloud-powered by cognitive), drives multi-dimensions of business value with an integrated consumer-centric Front2Back Digital Transformation, enabling Business Operations and Technology Transformation. Mphasis applies advancements in cognitive and cloud to traditional application and infrastructure services to bring much-needed efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Mphasis' core reference architectures and tools, combined with domain expertise and hyper specialization are the foundation for building strong relationships with marquee clients.

For further information, please contact:

Mphasis Corporate Communications

Deepa Nagraj

Phone: +1 (347) 268-0661 |

+1 (646) 424-5160; +91 9845 256 283

Email:Deepa.Nagaraj@mphasis.com;

Sumana Bhat

Phone: 09902980980

Email: Sumana.bhat@mphasis.com

Media Contact

Mphasis


Sumana.bhat@mphasis.com

Mphasis Corporation 460 Park Avenue South Rm 1101 New York - 10016 USA

https://www.mphasis.com/

Source :Mphasis Corporate Communications

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