Ahmedabad: The Self-Employed Women’s Association (Sewa) will break ground on Monday on “Kaushalya”, one of the country’s largest residential institutes set up to prepare young informal sector women as “future workforce” and the demands of Industry 4.0.
The campus covers 8.15 acres at Manipur in Sanand . It will train 1,000 women a year in 20 technical laboratories, four digital labs and specialised simulation yards. How do you equip with relevant skills so that the younger women in the informal sector find better and decent and dignified work.”
“The foundation chose Sewa for its shared vision, execution capacity, scalability and governance,” states a press release. Reema Nanavaty, of Sewa said training must match economic growth. Susmita is the former chairperson of Odisha’s Mo School Abhiyan and a Social Stock Exchange board member. “India is throwing up so many opportunities. How do you make them future ready? We call it future of work for young informal sector women workers.
The institute will focus on the 40% of Sewa members aged 18 to 35 across the country. Susmita Bagchi said, “My association with Sewa began more than 30 years ago when I discovered the organisation through a Chikankari exhibition. In 2023, after meeting Sewa leaders through Ahmedabad University, our conversations on women’s skilling gained momentum and ultimately evolved into the Sewa-Bagchi Skill Institute initiative.
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Subroto co-founded Mindtree and previously chaired the Odisha Skill Development Authority.