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Samsung announces to set up Samsung Technical School at Women’s ITI

Samsung under its CSR initiative has signed MoU with Bihar government. Under the agreement Samsung will Samsung Technical School at Women’s Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Dighaghat in Patna. It will be in collaboration with Directorate General of Employment and Training, Labour Resource Department, Government of Bihar.

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Samsung under its CSR initiative has signed MoU with Bihar government. Under the agreement Samsung will Samsung Technical School at Women’s Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Dighaghat in Patna. It will be in collaboration with Directorate General of Employment and Training, Labour Resource Department, Government of Bihar.

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Samsung Technical School will train young women with ‘industry-ready skills

Initiative’, a part of Samsung’s national effort to create pool of talented workforce with hands-on experience

The Technical School will run Samsung’s Advanced Repair and Industrial Skills Enhancement (A.R.I.S.E.) program, providing students trade-specific training on various aspects of repair and troubleshooting for consumer electronics products such as mobile phones, televisions, home theatres and home appliances. Students will also get real time working experience at Samsung authorized service centers. Other than technical skills, as part of the course the students will get a chance to learn soft skills which will further enable them to provide exemplary customer service.

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Rajiv Mishra VP, Media & Spokesperson and Head of CSR Initiatives of Samsung India, said, “Samsung believes in the power of technology in shaping a future that opens new possibilities for people everywhere. Over the last year, we have collaborated with central and state governments to open Samsung Technical Schools, to provide youth with the opportunity to gain skills that make them industry-ready, and the choice of many employment avenues. We are confident that with the Samsung A.R.I.S.E. program training, these students will complement India’s vision to be a global manufacturing hub.”

The A.R.I.S.E. training at the Samsung Technical School will last three months with graduates getting an opportunity to be placed in the consumer electronics servicing industry post evaluation. The first batch at the Samsung Technical School in the Women’s ITI, Patna, will begin training soon.

The proposed MoU with the government of Bihar will be the latest of Samsung’s partnerships with the state to address the critical need for a large pool of talented manpower with practical know-how and relevant industry experience in India.

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