wingyaan – Girls Education and Employability Promotion Program

An empowered Girl is an empowered Society

Girls Education and Employability promotion program

WINGYAAN is a project between Symbiosis Open Education Society and Fiat India Automotive Private Limited.

about

Awareness camp in ranjangaon

WINGYAAN is a project between Symbiosis Open Education Society and Fiat India Automotive Private Limited. It is implemented by Symbiosis Skills and Professional University (SSPU), Pune. The first batch of WINGYAAN was launched in May 2019.

The project consists of imparting skill based Diploma in Manufacturing Excellence to girls from underprivileged sections of the society. It is a residential program conducted at SSPU campus in Pune as well as factory premises of Fiat India. Training is conducted in the university campus as well as at factory premises of Fiat India in Ranjangaon Pune. Training pedagogy involves minimum 70% training through hands on skill training and practical.

Objectives

Provide best of training and education facilities to girls from underprivileged sections of the society.

Impart hands-on skills training to girls using the most contemporary training facilities.

Provide gainful employment opportunities to girls in mainstream industry sectors

Increase participation of girls and women in the workforce, especially in sectors like automobile and manufacturing

Influence the thinking of the orthodox families and the society at large on girl education and empowerment

Features

WINGYAAN focuses on education to girls who have completed their tenth standard. It is one of its kind project that not only focuses on education to underprivileged girls but also makes them skilled to be able to work in mainstream sectors.

The diploma program gives necessary exposure to industry practices and machinery. Projects that are part of the curriculum also focus on industry demands. Girls of WINGYAAN get the right industry skills during the two years of program and make them industry ready by the time they complete the training.

Selection of girls is a very comprehensive process that involves awareness camps and sessions, communications through Gramseveks and Anganwadi Sevikas as well as counselling by SSPU and Fiat staff who do the selection and mobilization jointly. Procedure also involves entrance test followed by an interview and counselling.

Girls stay on campus in SSPU that has state of the art facilities in the region. SSPU is India’s pioneering skill university and offers best in class learning and residential facilities. By staying along with other university students, girls get to experience the best practices in learning as well as extra curricular activities of the university. It certainly helps boost their confidence.

University professors and staff implement the training program of WINGYAAN. All expert faculty members of School of Automobile carry out lectures and practical at the campus and skill centers of the university

The project intends to achieve more participation by girls and women in mainstream industries like automobile, manufacturing etc. It also aims at bringing more opportunities to girls for their education. The project will lead to develop skilled girls, make a positive impact on the society at large and improve the financial conditions of families in the process