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            Initiatives for Women                                                                                                                                   Skill Initiatives                                                     PIDILITE ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20

            The Company helped to form,       force for self-development       unit, aloe vera unit,  khakhara                                                      The Company has continued         exercise, sample survey was
            nurture and develop 190 new       of each SHG woman member.        units, pickle unit, masala unit,                                                     its collaboration with            undertaken of 3,000
            Self Help Groups (SHGs) -         In addition to this saving and   bio phenyl unit, jute and cloth                                                      Directorate of Employment         apprentices and
            Mahila Mandals in Bhavnagar       credit initiative, SHG women     bags unit, bio-pesticide unit,                                                       and Training (under Labour        200 establishments along
            and Amreli districts of Gujarat.   were encouraged and             plant nursery, Gram Haat, etc.                                                       and Employment Department),       with a secondary literature
            More than 2,200 additional        provided with di†erent types                                                                                          Government of Gujarat for the     review. The narrative report
            women became members of           of livelihood training, which    A massive event with                                                                 sixth year, to strengthen the     with the findings and
            these SHGs. With this, the total   further translated into di†erent   participation of over 1,000                                                       skill ecosystem in the State.     suggestions was appreciated
            number of SHGs reached 440        mini businesses like khakhra     women was undertaken on                                                              During the current year, a total   by the Government.
            with 4,900 women members’.        production, honeybee farming,    the occasion of Womens’ Day,                                                         of 13,000 trainees from 185
                                                                                                                                                                    ITIs were benefitted from
            These SHGs serve as a             pickle making, seaweed           with Collector of Bhavnagar,                                                         carpentry, plumbing, electrician,   The Company has also
                                                                                                                                                                                                      continued its collaboration
            platform for the women to gain    banana pseudostem                Shri Gaurang Makwana                                                                 and construction technician       with Kaushal Vardhan Kendras
            financial freedom, to have a       processing and bio-pesticide     and DDO Bhavnagar                                                                    courses supported by              (KVKs), providing skill training
            source of credit that can be a    production. Cumulatively,        Shri Varunkumar Barnwal                                                              the Company.                      mainly in 10 sectors covering
            stimulus for their income         SHGs now run and manage          as Chief Guests.                                                                                                       75 courses. Major sectors are
            generation activity and a         sanitary pad unit, wooden toys                                                                                        Under Public Private              garment, beauty and wellness,
            bu†er to absorb various                                                                                                                                 Partnership (PPP) scheme of       agriculture, electrical, IT, life
            household financial needs.                                                                                                                               the Government, the Company       skills and soft skills. Since
                                                                                                                                                                    has been Industry Partner in      inception, more than 18 lakh
            To make these SHGs                                                                                                                                      4 ITIs for the past 4 years,      trainees have benefitted from
            self-sustainable, institution                                                                                                                           where e†orts are focused on       these KVKs of which about
            creation was necessary. Hence                                                                                                                           strengthening training            10 lakh are women trainees.
            the Company helped to create                                                                                                                            delivery, both in scale and       During the year 2019-20,
            one cluster federation with                                                                                                                             quality. This year also, we have   more than 17,000 trainees
            12 village organizations.                                                                                                                               been selected by the              have availed of skill training
                                                                                                                                                                    Government  of Gujarat as         so far  out of which 13,000
            An ecosystem has been                                                                                                                                   industry partner in five ITIs      are women.
            developed in which basic                                                                                                                                under World Bank funded
            SHGs, village organization                                                                                                                              project Skills Strengthening for   The Company, based on past
            (VO) and federation work in                                                                                                                             Industrial Value Enhancement      performance, has also been
            harmony to create a positive                                                                                                                            (STRIVE), which aims at           assigned the role of Third
                                                                                                                                                                    integrating and enhancing         Party Inspection Agency for
                                              1,000+ SHG WOMEN AT WOMEN’S DAY EVENT                                                                                 delivery quality of ITIs. The     KVKs for the financial year
                                                                                                                                                                    Company is providing support      2019-20. Special KVKs have
                                                                                                                                                                    as an industry partner in         been started to cater to the
                                                                                                                                                                    Gujarat World Skill               skill needs of jail inmates.
                                                                                                                                                                    Competition 2021 in cabinet       A total of 10 such KVKs are
                                                                                                                                                                    making, joinery and plumbing      operational in Gujarat. New
                                                                                                                                                                    and heating trades. The           initiatives have been taken
                                                                                                                                                                    support is provided in terms of   to start KVKs in State Armed
                                                                                                                                                                    mobilising candidates,            Police campuses to benefit the
                                                                                                                                                                    screening them and facilitating   families of police personnel by
                                                                                                                                                                    their assessment at Zonal and     bringing them under the ambit
                                                                                                                                                                    State levels.                     of skill training.

                                                                                                                                                                    During the year, on request       On 19  September 2019, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                           th
      PIDILITE ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20                                                                                                                                Government of Gujarat, an         Hon’ble Chief Minister of
                                                                                                                                                                    from Directorate of
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Company was awarded an
                                                                                                                                                                    Employment and Training,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Appreciation Letter from
                                                                                                                                                                    assessment study to identify
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Gujarat, Shri Vijay Rupani,
                                                                                                                                                                    various enabling and hindering
                                                                                                                                                                                                      for its several initiatives and
                                                                                                                                                                    factors for e†ective
                                                                                                                                                                                                      performance as a knowledge
                                                                                                                                                                    implementation of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      partner in enhancing skills and
                                                                                                                                                                    Mukhyamantri Apprenticeship
                                                                                                                                                                                                      strengthening skill ecosystem
                                                                                                                                                                    the Company. Under the
                 TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAMME                                                                                                                        Scheme was undertaken by          in Gujarat.
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