BPO training empowers a helpless woman
Wednesday, 02 February 2011 05:21
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The Hindu 02.02.2011 BPO training empowers a helpless woman
G. Ravikiran
K. Dhanya Lakshmi, 27, lost all hopes of standing on her own feet after
her husband's death, but a three-month-long training course in BPO jobs
has changed her life altogether. She is now happy working as a customer
relations officer drawing about Rs. 7,000 a month.
Dhanya Lakshmi, who hails from Pedana in Krishna
district, was lucky to get this chance as she fully utilised the
opportunity that came to her in the form of a training centre opened at
Pedana under the Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas
(MEPMA) of Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP).
Many such disadvantaged but educated youths have got a
lifetime opportunity through the training centres opened by Trimentus
Technologies, Chennai, in partnership with the MEPMA project. The
agencies are mobilising interested educated youths in municipal areas
and identifying serious candidates with 95 per attendance and above for
further training for a fulltime career.
P. Venkata Kiran Kumar, centre head, Trimentus, says
training centres have been opened at Pedana, Machilipatnam, Nuzvid and
Gudivada with Vijayawada as the district centre. Training is being given
in soft skills and computer programming, depending on the aptitude of
the candidates.
Last year 350 candidates were trained and the number has increased to 1,400 this year.
Mr. Kiran Kumar says that some students are being
absorbed in the company itself if they could show excellence and
diligence during the training period. P. Jyotsna Rani initially enrolled
for training and later showed interest in graphic designing. As she
showed promise of a good career, she was taken as an administrator at
Trimentus itself.
High motivation
For the candidates to achieve success under the MEPMA
training programmes, they should have to show total interest and ensure
attendance of above 95 per cent. The level of dedication among the
candidates would be examined and then they would be selected for full
time training. The project aims at preparing the youngsters to seize
good jobs as more jobs in BPO and software sectors are expected to open
up in the next few years.
Module to empower women who represent local bodies
Wednesday, 15 December 2010 10:48
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Indian Express 15.12.2010
Module to empower women who represent local bodies
Nisha Nambiar Tags : state election commission empower women, Neela Satyanarayan Posted: Wed Dec 15 2010, 04:54 hrs Pune: A move of the state election commission empower women in local self government bodies to function with more confidence and remove their “rubber stamp” tag, kicked off in Pune on Tuesday.
It’s part of the training module designed for 76,585 women from the total 2.29 lakh representatives in local self government bodies in the state. With a budget outlay of Rs 2.75 crore, a three-tier plan for training women representatives has been rolled out through the programme, Kranti Jyoti.
“I want these women not just empowered by position but also with knowledge to carry out their duties effectively,” says Neela Satyanarayan, state election commissioner and the brain behind the initiative.
Ten districts, including Pune, will participate. Training of core trainers kicked off in Pune on Tuesday. A pilot run carried out in Wardha and Thane formed the base of the programme. “Of the 11,529 representatives in the district, 4258 are women and all of them are set to undergo training. The first phase will include training for master trainers,” said Pune Zilla Parishad CEO Sanjeev Kumar.
Thane, Sindhudurg, Nashik, Solapur, Kolhapur, Nanded, Amravati, Wardha and Satara, besides Pune, are participating. Around 70 women from each will train as master or core trainers and they in turn will reach out to others in their districts.
With 50 per cent reservation expected soon, Satyanarayan wants all women representatives to take up the responsibility more efficiently.
Satyanarayan stresses capacity building, improving self confidence, leadership skills, gender equality, administrative efficiency and participation in governance as prime focus areas of the programme.
The aim, she adds, is to make training simple, interesting and effective. “Through dramas, pictorial representations as well as participation we want women representatives armed with all rules and regulations,” she adds.
The women tend to shy away from handling functioning of gram panchayats, making the minutes and budget allocations, leaving most of it to their husbands, says panchayat samiti member Vaishali Nagude who attends all meetings. She says training will help women representatives to use their positions appropriately and execute perform their duties well.
Sayana Singh of the Research and Support Centre for Development, who is coordinating the project, says the core trainers will train 50-100 women from their districts. “The training will be conducted with the help of the government machinery,” she says. The schedule which is also supported by the UNICEF.
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Three SHG women make a profitable presence at international trade fair
Thursday, 09 December 2010 04:47
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The Hindu 09.12.2010 Three SHG women make a profitable presence at international trade fair
Staff Reporter
Women power:Self-Help Group members
TIRUPATI: In spite of hailing from lower middle economic group, the
three stood as the epitome of ‘women power' and proved their mettle at
the national capital.
SHG members B. Nagarathnamma (Nayudamma), V. Sarojamma and R.
Nagarathna took part in the 30th India International Trade Fair held at
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi during the second fortnight of last month and
brought home not just fame, but also made good money. They won an award
under the category ‘Best Decorative Stall' for aesthetically decorating
and exhibiting their products in the crammed little stall at the expo
‘SARAS 2010'.
Under Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA), a
unit of the Department of Municipal Administration, the three were
handpicked by the Indira Kranti Patham (IKP-Urban) to be sent to the
national-level exhibition. The three women make a living by selling
artefacts made of shell, framed photos of Lord Venkateswara and the
‘Ananda Nilayam', the famous canopy over the Tirumala sanctum sanctorum,
artificial garlands etc. to wholesalers in Tirumala/Tirupati, but what
they gain at the end of the day is peanuts. But, when they took these
products to Delhi, they could almost sell the entire stock worth Rs.1.5
lakh and also make a net profit of Rs.45,000. “Rs.15,000 per head means
Rs.1,000 per day for a fortnight, which is a dream figure for a middle
class housewife”, says IKP Project Director S. Lakshmi, who strove hard
to get them entry at the event.
The three women feel enchanted at the recognition. “We got an idea of
such large scale events and how we can benefit from them”, says
Nayudamma. While many women came with their husbands or brothers in tow,
the trio went all alone by train and managed the show with their little
knowledge of Hindi.
Now, they are bubbling with confidence to take part in more such exhibitions and melas!
Focus on empowering women for better governance
Tuesday, 07 December 2010 05:07
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The Hindu 07.12.2010 Focus on empowering women for better governance
Special Correspondent
KANNUR: Speakers at a seminar on decentralised governance and women
empowerment, here on Monday, highlighted the importance of empowering
women elected to local bodies in the State to help them utilise
administrative powers given to them.
The two-day seminar being organised by the Institute of Parliamentary
Affairs (IPA) and the Sree Narayana College Department of Political
Science and History on the college campus here was inaugurated by Kannur
University Vice-Chancellor P.K. Michael Tharakan.
In his inaugural address, Dr. Tharakan noted the key role played by
the late Chief Minister and communist leader E.M.S. Namboodiripad in
launching decentralised governance in the State. He hoped that
decentralised democracy would be strengthened in future. In his keynote
address, State Finance Commission Chairman M.A. Oommen said that while
many States were lagging behind in fiscal decentralisation, Kerala had
taken some crucial steps in this regard. IPA Director-General G.
Gopakumar said thefunction of the institute was to disseminate awareness
of parliamentary democracy among the common people.
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