Telangana government, HCCB renews agreement to skill college students

NEW DELHI: The Telangana government has announced the renewal of the agreement with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) to upskill an additional 10,000 college students by 2023-24. The Department of Industries and Commerce Telangana has trained as many as 10,196 students in the state in the first year of their partnership in 2022.

The programme, also known as “Campus to Corporate” aims to upskill and make the college students industry-ready, an official statement said.

While the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) works on creating batches of students, identifying locations for the physical classroom sessions, and the calendar for these training sessions, HCCB works towards developing the content, identifying the trainers, conducting the Train the Trainers program (TTT) to create and expand a pool of expert trainers, and conducting the virtual and physical classroom sessions, it added.

Reflecting on the significance of the agreement, Ch Malla Reddy, minister for labour and employment, factories, skill development, Telangana government said: “We endeavor to create a synergy among institutions of Government, Industry and Academia to provide a pool of trained graduates for suitable roles in different corporates and I am happy to say that TASK is actively leading the way in preparing quality human resources in our state.”

“I also congratulate Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages for partnering with us in our efforts to enable and empower the underserved youth to join the productive workforce. Strategic partners such as HCCB help us remain steadfast in our vision of “Innovation, Infrastructure, and Inclusive Growth” for Telangana,” he added.

Referring to the association as a major landmark, Shrikant Sinha, CEO, of TASK, said, “It has been a great experience partnering with HCCB. Together we have been able to train more than 10,000 students in the first year of our partnership itself and we are looking forward to achieving similar results going forward. Sure enough, we will establish a benchmark for other organizations to join us in our journey of creating a skilled workforce in the state.”

As part of the initiative, HCCB and Telangana Government also give joint certification to the students that complete their training from the Career Development Centre (CDC) – skill development centres operated by HCCB in partnership with NIIT Foundation.

HCCB and the Government of Telangana will also involve manpower resourcing companies in further strengthening the curriculums that will be run at the Career Development Centres to help these manpower resourcing companies source talent directly from the Career Development Centres. This intervention, as per the official statement, seeks to improve the rate of placements of the trained youth from the Career Development Centres. The two parties, it added, will also partner to further spread programs and curriculums that provide financial and digital literacy to the population strata that are yet to be enrolled in such programs in the state.