New Delhi, May 7 -- ITC Limited is expanding its skilling initiative for persons with disabilities (PwDs) across multiple Indian cities and helping over 2,300 differently-abled youth secure formal employment opportunities.
The programme has now expanded to seven cities, including Bengaluru, Mysuru, Lucknow, Howrah, Kolkata, Pune and Bhubaneswar through eight centres operated in partnership with organisations such as Youth4Jobs, Anudip Foundation, Cheshire Disability Trust, Sarthak Educational Trust and Dr. Reddy's Foundation.
Over 2,370 differently-abled youth have been trained under the initiative in less than four years, with women accounting for over 30pc of the participants. Trainees have secured employment across sectors, including r...