Partners & Programs
IR 4.0 Skills
Gateway to global careers
Lifelong Skills
For future career preparedness
Pathway to Industry
For enhanced employability
What is Tech Saksham
By making the ecosystem gender inclusive, the STEM ecosystem itself benefits manifold
The country has one of the youngest workforce in the world but with a large skill-gap with regards to the jobs of the future, and an even higher gender disparity when it comes to STEM careers. To address this issue and attempt to turn this impending adversity into an opportunity, the Tech Saksham program aims to equip women with skills of the future and encourage them towards tech careers.
- Build Skills of the Future
- Establish college to industry linkages
- Build scalable ecosystems for sustenance
- Engage in a cultural relook
- Build Capacity of the support system
- Project based learning with local context
With content that imparts IR 4.0 tech skills such as AI and cloud computing and teaches how to create value with it in the real world with lifelong skills such as problem solving, collaboration, communication etc.
With activities such as expert talks, hackathons, bootcamps supplementing the course content, students learn the concept in a practical manner
Students get to apply all their learning to practically come up with demonstrable, scalable solutions focused on challenges faced by their local communities
For the qualified students in the program, constant placement support will be provided in the form of preparedness for the recruitment process, access to job fairs, support in preparing a resume, counselling support etc
TechSaksham Program, in numbers
From Leader's Desk
Powering opportunity through digital inclusion” is our enduring purpose. By democratizing technology education “inclusively” and “sustainably”, we can bring purpose to life. To achieve scale, partnership and collaboration with private sector is the key. SAP is pleased to collaborate with Microsoft and Edunet Foundation through Techsaksham initiative. Under this initiative, we aim to train young women with advanced IT skills leading to workforce readiness and employment. Both SAP & Microsoft will be able leverage our thought leadership, ecosystem and network to realise equitable growth opportunities for young women.
We are committed to enabling inclusive education for all sections of the Indian society. Sciences & technology innovation are the keys to our collective future. The Tech Saksham Program promotes careers in science and technology for women, especially those in underserved communities. This program will work with thousands of young women, equip them with skills that are relevant to the market place and assist them with employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. Academic and financial success of our participants will, in the medium term, increase the participation of girls and women in technology and sciences. We thank Microsoft Corporation & SAP for their support and active participation in the program.
