RI Director Raju Subramanian recently signed an MoU in Bengaluru with Guruprasad Mudlapur, managing director, Bosch Limited, to establish 100 skill development centres in various locations across India to impart the corporate’s Bridge programme.
The Bridge course is a three-month training initiative to empower college and school dropouts with soft and life skills, and thus enhance their employability opportunities. It also includes placement support for entry-level jobs. It is estimated that the 100 centres together will have the potential to create 10,000 job opportunities annually.
RID 3191 DG Srinivas Murthy, IPDG Jeetendra Aneja, PDG K P Nagesh and members of RC Bangalore Junction were present at the event, along with representatives from Bosch including B R Suresh, country head – HR and CSR head Sakina Baker.