Ambuja Cement Foundation Advanced Infrastructure to Offer Rural Youth Adanced Skills

Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF) and Sir Mathuradas Vissanji Education Trust installed CNC plasma cutting machine at Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Institute (SEDI) in Ambujanagar and Chandrapur to encourage girls’ participation in machine operations and manufacturing and an AI Lab in SEDI Bhagwanpur offering advanced skills to rural youth. This partnership with Sir Mathuradas Vissanji aims to break gender stereotypes by inviting girls to get skilled in male-dominated areas. SEDI Ambujanagar has already enrolled 15 girls who will be trained on the CNC machine and programming for better job prospects in the industrial sector of the state. On the other hand, mobilization for getting skilled in Future Skills through the AI Lab is also underway in Bhagwanpur with many graduates and professionals seeking enrolments. The CNC Plasma cutting machine value adds training at SEDI, especially in the operating, programing, and drawing sectors. As Gujarat and Chandrapur are hubs of manufacturing on CNC machine and fabrication, companies have also started using CNC plasma in their regular cutting works and ACF saw merit investing in it. With increasing use of technology in the industrial sector, CNC programmers and AI professionals are in great demand as they are employed in almost every industry related to manufacturing. Having a knowledge and skill to manage this machine is a great boon as the machine improves automation and flexibility to the operation process. Sir Mathuradas Vissanji Education Trust is currently supporting the entire project including the purchase and installation of CNC plasma cutting machine and infrastructure setup in the AI lab. Apart from machine training, ACF’s SEDI will also focus on grooming and soft skill training so that the girls and other youth are job-ready and are easily placed in jobs. After completion, ACF will provide them with the required hand-holding support and placement opportunities in and around neighbouring cities. Placement partners are already curious to receive trainees with such operational skills.