NEWSLETTER Issue 8 | October-December | 2017

NEWSLETTER Issue 8 | October-December | 2017

over soon and I am sure you will

take the happy memories and the

learning forward into 2018 and

welcome it whole heartedly - for

realizing the hopes and promises

it holds for each one of us. As B-

ABLE enters another New Year, it

will seek new opportunities and

milestones through you. It will

bring you a new set of challenges

to deal with, learn from and grow.

I hope with each day and year this

journey will be will takes us

closer to realizing our vision. I

convey my heartiest good wishes

to you, your families and B-ABLE

for a joyous and fulfilling 2018.

sector and moving to post a

positive net worth for the

company. I am confident that,

with your commitment, we will

emerge as one of the leaders in

the sector.

with renewed energy and direction.

I am confident that seeds planted in

previous year will bear the fruit in

coming year.

I am determined to make the very

best of the upcoming year. With our

strong, determined and motivated

team working together we can

surely make our goals happen

Once again, on behalf of our

company, I wish you and your

families, a happy and successful

2018

Welcome to

2018, B-ABLE.

We have big

opportunity in

front of us this

year and we are

kicking things off

with renewed

energy and

direction. I am

confident that

seeds planted in

previous year

will bear the

fruit in coming

year

Pankaj Jindal

COO, B-ABLE

Sushil Ramola

Chairman, B-ABLE

Dear B-ABLErs,

As I write these

lines on the last

day of 2017, the

trials and

tribulations of

this year will be D.Sattaiah

CEO & MD, B-ABLE

Dear B-ABLErs,

We have been

making steady

progressing ove-

rcoming the

challenges in the

evolving skill

NEWSLETTER Issue 8 | October-December | 2017

culture and Travel & Tourism trades in 63 schools spread

across 13 districts.

B-ABLE school program is

now expanded to 13th state

with the inclusion of

Jammu and Kashmir in

November 2017.

In Jammu and Kashmir

B-ABLE is imparting

vocational training in Agri-

B-ABLE NSQF Now in J & K

On 14th December 2017, B-ABLE 8th

Anniversary was celebrated with great

zeal. B-ABLE is incredibly proud of what

has been achieved over the past 8 years,

which is testimony to the commitment of

our past and present employees.

BASIX-Academy for Building Lifelong

Employability Limited (B-ABLE), a group

entity of BASIX Social Enterprise Group,

was established in 2009, with a vision of

skilling people, enhancing livelihoods &

transforming lives.

B-ABLE is Now 8 Years Old

B-ABLE EyeMitra Team

to celebrate the

importance of good

vision - and to help

others in need, had

organised free eye

check-up camps in

approximately 500

villages and places of

Kanpur, Jaipur, Kota,

Bareilly, Rampur,

Etawah, Bahraich,

Mathura etc. on

WORLD SIGHT DAY

(12th October 2017).

The team has created

awareness regarding

World Sight Day and

value of vision

corrections in villages

and also provided

spectacles at affordable

cost to villagers. World

Sight Day is an annual

day of awareness held

on the second Thursday

of October, to focus

global attention on

blindness and vision

impairment.

Eye Mitra Team Organized Free Eye Check-Up Camps on World Sight Day

Job Fair in Dungarpur, Rajasthan

B-ABLE organised job fair in Dungarpur, Rajasthan. On this

occasion Shri Shrichand Kriplani, honourable Urban

development and Housing (UDH) minister Rajasthan

distributed course completion certificates and job offer letters

to DDU-GKY pass out candidates.

Quality Training in 5 Job Roles at B-ABLE Jakaram Centre

B-ABLE is imparting quality Training at its Jakaram Skill Development Centre in Telangana. Here we

are focusing on equipping learners with focused technical skills to build their capabilities for lifelong

employability. and making them dearn their own sustainable livelihood. From August 2017 total 301

candidates have completed their training in diverse sectors as, Computing and Peripherals – 66, Self

Employed Tailor – 102, Beauty Therapist – 53, Quality Seed Grower -57, Mobile Repairing – 23.

B-ABLE Jakaram centre has well-furnished classrooms and fully equipped labs.

COO Visit : B-ABLE NSQF Schools Chhattisgarh

B-ABLE Chief Operating Officer Mr. Pankaj Jindal along with Field Manager-School Program: Ms. Jyoti

Sharma, visited B-ABLE NSQF schools in Chhattisgarh in November. B-ABLE s work in the space of Agriculture has been applauded, as Vocational Trainers have contributed immensely in making field

visits of the students innovative. The efforts taken by the Vocational Trainers of B-ABLE have also been

appreciated by the principals of their respective schools and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

(RMSA) Chhattisgarh officials. B-ABLE is imparting skill training in 83 schools across Chhattisgarh in

two trades Healthcare and Agriculture.

Shell Naya Daur Training Programs in Hyderabad

To enhance the skill set of Spectranet India

household drivers, B-ABLE DomesteQ and

QA Team conducted life skill and technical

training program at Gurgaon. Mr. Bhagwan

Pandey and Ms. Chaarvi Mohan made these

trainings commendable. Their innovative

training techniques make the participants

understand the importance of right work

ethics, time management and team work.

Domain Specific and Life Skill Training to Spectranet Drivers

B-ABLE's Shell Naya

Daur training programs

started at 2 locations of

Jay Lakshmi Hyundai,

one at Kukatpally & the

other at LB Nagar

Hyderabad from

December 19, 2017. This is a 46 hour life Skill Training programme focusing on

re-visiting the value

system and making an

attitudinal shift towards

positivity, commitment

and ownership not only

at their work place but

also of their personal

lives. The trainees

include technicians,

customer care

representatives,

supervisors, managers

and the like.

B-ABLE Eye Mitra

team organized

Vision Screening

Event (VSE) on

Home Guard Day at

home guard

ground Arodram

city , Kota -

Rajasthan on

request of

commanding officer

Ms. Seema Pareek.

Eye Mitra Co-

ordinators- Pramod

Goswami, Manoj,

Meena & Amit with

Optum-Anurag &

Ravindra organized

the event.

Eye Mitra VSE on Home Guard Day

For the capacity

building of its

Vocational Trainers

State RMSAs

organized ToTs

(Training of

Trainers) in four

states. B-ABLE was

an important

participant in ToT.

The time and place

NSQF ToTs in Four States

of the conducted

trainings:

-In October

(a)Andhra Pradesh

in the trade of

Agriculture.

-In December

(a)Haryana in the

trade of retail.

(b)Punjab in the

trade of Agriculture.

B-ABLE & RMSA Bridge Course in Automobile Sector

Aiming at enhancing the skills of the students, B-ABLE along with

RMSA Maharashtra conducted a 45 days Bridge Course in

Automobile trade for three schools in Nagpur division.

The completion certificates were also distributed to the students

at the end of the course.

New batch of

Hospitality Assistant

started at B-ABLE

Beawar center under

DDUGKY project.

Earlier a total of 120

candidates in

Hospitality Assistant

and 165 candidates in

retail sector have been

successfully trained

under this project at

Dungarpur center.

DDUGKY Hospitality Assistant New Batch Started

COO Visit at B-ABLE Opsan Angira CNC Centre

To examine the growth of the project and interact with

students, B-ABLE COO Mr. Pankaj Jindal visited Opsan

Angira CNC Centre on November 15, 2017. This B-

ABLE centre has a record of 100% placement for the

past two years. Candidates here get free training,

lodging and placement support under Nalanda

Foundation CSR skill initiative.

New Course Started Under

Nalanda Foundation CSR

Initiative

B-ABLE with Nalanda Foundation

started a new course of Assistant

Beauty Therapist with 30 women at

MHFA, Noida centre. Batch

inauguration was done by Mr. Nikhil

Chandra, Business Head-MLP.

Minimum 8th standard pass women

candidates above 18 years of age are

eligible for this 2 months course. The

course is funded

by The Nalanda Foundation with 70%

placement target. Candidates receive

B&WSSC certification + Rs. 1500/-

stipend after successful completion of

course. Mr.Kuldeep Singh, project

manager and Mr.Bhagwan Pandey, Co-

ordinator are very much careful for

the successful execution and

completion of the course.

Record Placement at B-ABLE Opsan Angira Centre

CNC operator fifth batch of Nalanda Foundation at

B-ABLE Opsan Angira Centre got graduated on December

17, 2017. All the 22 candidates now have the opportunity

to work in reputed automotive companies like SPM

Automotive, Tasa Automotive and Kapbros Engineering Industries Ltd. The Nalanda Foundation s program here is mainly focused on training and placement with

residential facility for the underprivileged and

unemployed youth of rural and semi urban areas.

B-ABLE under Reliance Foundation's

Skilling Initiative project,

conducted campus interview for its

Seelampur & Sangam Vihar

Centres' retail students at Baburpur. The

interview was conducted for

the recruitment of online grocery stores

of New Delhi, Faridabad,

Ghaziabad & Gurgaon. HR persons

from Reliance Mr. Naresh Kumar and Mr.

Devendra conducted the interviews.

B-ABLE is successfully running the

Reliance Foundation project in Rajasthan,

Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,

Haryana and Delhi NCR.

Campus Interview for Reliance CSR Project Students

Dr. Rana Singh, Co-

Founder of India

CSR News Network

conducted a zealous

session on CSR for

Sustainable

Business and Best Practises at B-ABLE

NEC office. His vast

and diverse

experience was

inspiring and a

value addition for

the employees. Dr.

Rana gave deep

insights on the topic

and discussed the

key points of

making effective

proposals, business

development and

creating presence in

the ecosystem.

B-ABLE s Chief operating Officer

Mr. Pankaj

Jindal organized this

talk for the capacity

building of the

middle and higher

level management.

On the occasion of Children s Day B-ABLE & Govt. Higher

Secondary School

Bhansuli, District

Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

organized Krishi Mela.

The school students

showcased their talent

and creativity through

different models which

they had prepared with

the help of vocational

training in the

agriculture trade.

Krishi Mela Organized at Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

Mr. R. Modi, Subject

Matter Specialist-Krishi

Vigyan Kendra,

Bemetara Chhattisgarh

was invited

as Chief Guest.

The event was a huge

success with

appreciable efforts of

the Vocational Trainer

Yuvraj Singh Rajput. Mr.

Amitabh Das Gupta is

the B-ABLE Co-

ordinator in

Chhattisgarh State.

Session on CSR for Sustainable Business and Best Practices

Maharashtra

Schools - 66

Total Visits - 36

Trades - MSFC

Punjab

Schools - 48

Total Visits - 8

Trades - Agriculture

Telangana

Schools - 28

Total Visits - 26

Trades - Agriculture

Rajasthan

Schools - 109

Total Visits - 144

Trades - IT/ITes, Retail,

Automobile

Agriculture

Chhattisgarh

Schools - 83

Total Visits - 35

Trades - Agriculture,

Health Care

West Bengal

Schools - 33

Total Visit - 13

Trade - Retail

Madhya Pradesh

Schools - 48

Total Visits - 79

Trades - Travel &

Tourism & Health Care

Delhi

Schools - 45

Total Visits - 29

Trades - Travel &

Tourism

B-ABLE NSQF Schools’ Field Visits

A great achievement

for the Eye Mitra team

to have provided

sustainable livelihood

to 354 EMOs from

October-December

2017. This makes a

cumulative figure of

3124. The program

with visioncare also

helps in generating

livelihoods through

self-business in rural

and semi-urban areas

that today suffer from

a drastic shortage of

primary eye care

providers. These Eye

Mitra shops are

proving to be a very

good source of eye-

care solutions and

awareness in the

required areas.

Currently running

from Up & Rajasthan,

B-ABLE is also

planning to expand

the Eye Mitra project

in Orissa.

354 New Eye Mitra Shops in Last Quarter

B-ABLE in Vocational Education Fair

In the Vocational Education Fair conducted in Guntur on November 3, B-ABLE demonstrated Charts

& Models and also teaching methodologies & activities. AP s Social Welfare Minister was the Guest of Honour there in the event.

B.Ravindra Kumar and M.Vivek from APSWRS-Krishnaraopalem

School Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh made their entry to the

state level science competition. They reached this place after

winning FUTURON-2017 Zonal Level Competition and Science Fair

Exhibition Competition under RMSA.

They got the second prize in the zonal level whereas made it to the

1st place in Science Fair Competition.

The students owe their success to the guidance of B-ABLE

Vocational Trainer Muppa.Venkatadri. Nodal Officer M.Anil Kumar

is the vice-principal and M.Venkateswararao is the Principal of their

school.

B-ABLE NSQF Students Qualified for State Level Science Competition

Hard Work of the Team-Makes a Project Successful

A team of tireless and innovative minds having a well-defined goal along with series of small wins,

set the foundation to a grand success. This Eye mitra Team 26 with the support of trainers, co-

ordinators and mobilizers is executing B-ABLE Eye Mitra project-the best skill development

programs for creating employment.

With the funding partner Essilor (2.5 New Vision Generation), Eye Mitra entrepreneurial program

has now been scaled up with 15 operational centres - 11 in UP and 4 in Rajasthan. Approximately 4.7

million refractions have been done till December 2017. 7.4 lakhs people have availed the services of

vision testing in the villages itself in the last quarter whereas3.3 lakhs people purchased quality

spectacles on affordable prices. In the month of December, 354 new EMOs opened their shops which

make the cumulative figure of 3124 Eye Mitra Opticians till date.

SKILLING PEOPLE ENHANCING

LIVELIHOODS

TRANSFORMING

LIVES

Jammu and Kashmir

B-ABLE conducted

recruitment drive in

two phases in J & K:

On December 24 & 26,

2017 for the position

of 43 Vocational

Trainers in the trade of

agriculture and Travel

& Tourism. The drive

was conducted in

Srinagar.

On December 21, 26 &

30, 2017 for the

position of 21

Vocational Trainers in

the trade of and Travel

& Tourism. The drive

was conducted in

Anantnag.

B-ABLE Recruitment Drives for NSQF Project

West Bengal

B-ABLE organised Lab

Assistant Recruitment

Drive under NSQF

West Bengal for Retail

Sector schools at

Jalpaiguri, Bardhwan &

Kolkata centres on

October 14, 2017.

Several candidates

appeared in the

examination and 10

qualified for B-ABLE

schools in West

Bengal.

State co-ordinator Mr.

Vikash Pandey

managed the whole

process.

Madhya Pradesh

Recruitment of

Healthcare Vocati-

onal Trainers in

Bhopal on

November 27 for 25.

Telangana

B-ABLE conducted

recruitment drive for

Vocational Trainers in

Telangana on

November 26, 2017

for 16 positions.

B-ABLE Project Manager-NSQF Madhya Pradesh Schools’ Visit

To check the progress and

development of the students

and to ensure that high

standards are maintained in

imparting vocational

training, B-ABLE Project

Manager-NSQF Ms. Jot

Prakash Kaur visited Madhya

Pradesh Schools. She

conducted evaluation

meetings with staff and

management, school and

classroom visits of the same.

These types of actions create a positive impact for the future progress and motivate the trainers and

students too.

B-ABLE NSQF Videos Appreciated

AP: The fiels visits in Andhra Pradesh were captured in a video. The video got appreciation in the

education fair conducted by RMSA AP.

Punjab: A rose cultivation video captured by Mr. Beant Singh. Vocational trainer, GSSS Sandehashim

was showcased in ToT held in Chandigarh and got immense appreciation from RMSA officials.

B-ABLE PMKVY 2.0 at Tripura

Basix Academy For Building Lifelong

Employability Limited (B-ABLE) in the line of contributing to the Mission Skill India impacting the lives of rural youths of the country through

conducting trainings for Organic

Grower in Agriculture Sector at

Boxanagar - Tripura under PMKVY 2.0.

Mobilization ensures that the project, programme or portfolio has appropriate organisational and

technical infrastructures and mechanisms for putting resources in place. Along with other teams,

appreciable mobilization activities were done by B-ABLE EyeMitra and DDU-GKY Project teams to

motivate candidates to get skilled for earning their sustainable livelihood.

Mobilization Activities by B-ABLE Project Teams

Children’s day celebrations at B-ABLE NSQF

Schools

Wonderful celebrations and activities were done by

B-ABLE NSQF students PAN India on Children s day. All

B-ABLE NSQF schools celebrated this day by organizing

cultural programs. It was the day when all children got

engaged in fun and frolic.

The celebration involved various events, such as dance,

singing, reciting poems, exhibition of articles and

drawings made by children & many more.

B-ABLE celebrated Diwali Festival with a complete traditional feel. The office was

decked up with bright and colourful lights & Diyas. Everyone came dressed in their

ethnic best. The colleagues wished each other and shared the month watering

traditional sweets. A few games were also organized for fun.

Christmas was celebrated with great fun and Secret Santa at B-ABLE this year. The

preparation started with the office décor that was done according to the occasion. A

proper medium sized Christmas tree that was placed in the reception area. Everyone

was uniformly dressed in red colour and the celebration ended with the cake cutting

ceremony for employees

village Bahuaa Bajar in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Before becoming an EMO,

Shailendra Singh was working as a photographer & was just able to meet his basic

livings. Being in a small village he never thought his life will get completely transformed

after becoming an EMO & this was made possible after he joined the program in Kanpur

training center. Today he is working with full enthusiasm & a source of inspiration to many youths in his community. Shailendra s journey is a true impact story of EMO program on the changing lives of many such young entrepreneurs every year.

Ankit Dubey-Retail

B-ABLE is proud to share the success story of

Shailendra Singh, an Eye Mitra Optician (EMO) from

Ankit Dubey from Faizabad (UP) after completing his training

from BASIX Academy for Building Lifelong Employability is now

well placed at Reliance Trends, Lucknow. He got admission in

Retail Trainee Associates course under Reliance Foundation

project after getting information from B-ABLE mobilizer.Ankit

had a family income merely of 5000/- pm from which they

hardly earned his livelihood. After completing this training from

B-ABLE he has now started earning 8500/- pm. Presently he is

working as Customer Sales Associates at Reliance SMSL Limited

(Reliance Trends) at Lucknow. Ankit is so pleased and thankful

for the training which he had attained via B-ABLE. He expressed, I am very happy after getting job with the help of B-ABLE and

Reliance Foundation. I am now extending financial support to

my family and capable of sending 4000 rupees to my father. I

want to move ahead in the industry in future. I am very thankful to both.

Shailendra Singh-Eye Mitra

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