Digital Skill & Livelihood Enhancement Centre
A twelve-month, 500-beneficiary skilling project prepared for Railway public-sector CSR formats, including RailTel and RITES. The proposal, budget, monitoring plan and beneficiary methodology are written and ready to submit.
CSR support sought: ₹85 lakh. Schedule VII head: employment-enhancing vocational skills.
The project
What the centre delivers
One facility, four tracks, and a single measure of success: how many trainees are earning six months after they finish.
Track one
Digital literacy
Computer fundamentals, internet and digital public services, documentation and basic office tools.
Track two
Employability
Spoken English, communication, interview preparation, workplace conduct and financial literacy.
Track three
Women's trades
Tailoring and allied vocational skills with tool kits, aimed at home-based and micro-enterprise income.
Track four
Placement linkage
Employer connections, self-employment guidance and six-month post-training follow-up.
Prepared documentation
Written to the CPSE proposal format
Railway CPSE formats ask for a specific set of contents. Each of the following is already drafted and submitted with the proposal.
- Objectives, activities, geography and target group
- Need assessment and baseline framework
- Beneficiary selection methodology and eligibility criteria
- Twelve-month implementation timeline with milestones
- Measurable outcomes, performance indicators and expected benefits
- Item-wise bill of quantities with rate justification
- Year-wise budget and proposed payment schedule
- Statutory annexures: registration, PAN, 12A, 80G, CSR-1, audited accounts
Funding structure
How the project is financed
The submitted proposal carries the item-wise bill of quantities, rate justification and year-wise budget in the funder's prescribed format.
Delivery plan
Twelve months, four quarters
Milestones are set so that a funder can verify progress at each release point.
Set up and baseline
Facility readiness, equipment procurement, trainer induction, community mobilisation and baseline survey.
First cohorts
Enrolment and selection, batches commence across all four tracks, attendance and assessment systems live.
Scale and placement
Subsequent batches, employer linkage, self-employment support and mid-project progress reporting.
Completion and audit
Final cohorts, outcome measurement, follow-up on placement and income, utilisation certificate and completion report.
Why this partner
Relevant experience, not adjacent experience
The project asks us to do what the Society has been doing since 2007 — classroom training at batch scale for students, women and unemployed youth, delivered under government and PSU orders.
PSU CSR delivered
NTPC Ltd., Korba
Training for government school children in plant-neighbouring villages, plus soft skills for 180 NTPC employees. Listed in the project record.
Government orders
Missions and districts
Assignments from state education missions and District Magistrates covering KGBV girl students, residential schools and teacher training at block scale.
Current CSR
Sanctions in 2026
Corporate CSR support of ₹8.70 lakh and ₹4.00 lakh received and implemented with full project records. See CSR work already commissioned.