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Puneites mentor their professional growth up north
The young engineer, 27-year-old Chetan Giram, has now been working as a team leader in the car body analysis department of a reputed automobile company.
For 27-year-old Chetan Giram, life took a 180-degree turn when he took admission for mechanical engineering diploma course at Yashaswi Institute of Technology, Pune. The young engineer has now been working as a team leader in the car body analysis department of a reputed automobile company.
Chetan said, “The skills and knowledge acquired from the institute not only helped me bag a good job but has also equipped me stand out among others. Whatever theory or practical I learnt there has come in handy on job. I have implemented everything I learnt at work.” Chetan graduated from Yashaswi in 2014 and has been working since then.
Like Chetan, several others have benefitted from skill and entrepreneurship programmes at the institute. Vishwesh Kulkarni, president, Yashaswi Group said, “The schemes under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana are doing very well pan India. We should focus on employment rather than just skilling.”
Highlighting the challenges in the field, Kulkarni said, “One should give dignity to skilled labour. We need to respect their work and treat them as equals. For example, chefs and those in cooking industry are now getting a lot of respect because of celebrity involvement and exposure. We need to see other skills attract more respectability.”
Homemaker Bhagyashree Mohite, 36, is pursuing a fashion designing diploma and has completed a bag making course from the institute. Mohite said, “I knew how to stitch, but the institute taught me how to use my potential to the fullest. I now not only make cloth bags but also teach the neighbourhood women. The learning has guided me in terms of new designs and new market trends.”
On Saturday, the institute is holding a ‘Working Model Exhibition’ where trainees have prepared engineering working models.
The exhibition will be open for all at the Maharashtra State Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, SB Road, from 10 am-2 pm.
Affairs & Sports Ministry, government of India.
