Shadowfax ties up with ASSOCHAM to upskill 1.5 lakh youth

January 13, 2020: Shadowfax, has joined hands with the Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in an exclusive partnership to promote micro-entrepreneurship in the gig economy by upskilling more than 150000 youth under the Government of India’s Skill India Mission initiative.

Under this partnership, ASSOCHAM will work closely with the government to create awareness about the benefits of working in this attractive sector and the right candidates shall be trained as per government standards to make them employment ready for the delivery & hospitality sector. Once trained, these fully skilled human resources will be provided business and entrepreneurship opportunities in the delivery sector through the crowdsourced Shadowfax logistics platform.

This first-of-its-kind socio-economic association is expected to create an additional resource pool of 1.6 lakh trained delivery personnel in the course of next two years across India including metros, tier 2, tier 3 cities and even rural areas.

Saurabh Sharma, V.P. growth & expansion, Shadowfax said, “We are privileged to partner with ASSOCHAM in this socio-economic initiative under the Skill India mission. The Shadowfax delivery partners are all microentrepreneurs who, if they choose to, rewrite their destiny a little better every day. This partnership which seeks to upskill more than 150000 youth to make them employable, is in line with our corporate social mission to create a million microentrepreneurs by 2023. It is also in sync with our business goal to increase our footprints to 600+ Indian cities and towns as the project will provide us a ready pool of trained delivery partners from across India including metros, tier 2-3 cities and towns and even rural areas including parts of J&K and North-East India. We expect this Shadowfax-ASSOCHAM partnership to set an exemplary instance of the best kind of socio-corporate tie-up.”

Maninder Singh Nayyar, co-chairman, Skill & Entrepreneurship ASSOCHAM, said, “ASSOCHAM has found a worthy partner in Shadowfax, a company which believes in not only providing gainful employment but also in sowing the seeds of entrepreneurship in its workforce. Upskilling alone does not help our youth, they need enough business opportunities to prove their mettle. Our partnership with Shadowfax will provide our trained youth right and ample opportunities to make their mark. The project alone is expected to add approximately 20% more delivery personnel to the existing pool with reputed organizations like Bal Bharti Academy also supporting this initiative at pan India level.”

Ajay Sharma, assistant secretary-general, ASSOCHAM, added, “GOI has allocated handsome amount for skill development under various programs. ASSOCHAM will identify and train each selected youth as per standards set out by the government under the aegis of this initiative. The project is expected to add approximately 2 lakh delivery personnel to the current 10 lakh+ community.”

Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 July 2015, Skill India Mission aims to train over 40 crore people in India in different skills by 2022.