MP, IBM and REACHA's Association
Mr Nikhil Pant, CEO, REACHA and Mr Hitesh Goyal, Head, Projects & Partnerships met Hon'ble
Minister Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Minister of Technical Education and Skill Development and
Employment, Government of Madhya Pradesh. She welcomed our proposal to sign an MoU
with IBM for IBM SkillsBuild with REACHA as implementing partner on lines of the Government of
Goa Model.
MoU was signed between IBM India Private Limited and Directorate of Technical Education and
Directorate of Skill Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh for IBM SkillsBuild Programme on
10 th May, 2022, with REACHA being the implementing partner.
Directorate of Skill Development, Madhya Pradesh organized an 'ITI and Industry Linkage Meet,
Madhya Pradesh' on Wednesday, 25 May 2022. Mr Nikhil Pant, CEO, REACHA and Mr Hitesh Goyal,
IBM Project Head, REACHA, represented REACHA and IBM SkillsBuild at the platform.
Mr Jitendra Singh Raje, IAS, Director, Skill Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh, delivered
the welcome address speech and Mr Akash Tripathi, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of
Technical Education, Skill Development and Employment, Government of Madhya Pradesh, shared
the opening remarks. Mr Hitesh Goyal presented a detailed overview of the IBM SkillsBuild
programme.
Rollout of MoU in MP with REACHA
- We have conducted 73 IBM SkillsBuild Orientation sessions (29 physically).
- We have covered 27 ITIs, a total of 7155 students attended the session.
- A total of 15427 learners have onboarded on IBM SkillsBuild portal.
- Total 3932 trainees have joined the portal. Learning Hours completed- 39473 and Course completed- 9044.
- We have registered Training Placement Officers (TPOs) and trainers as well on IBM SkillsBuild portal for orientation sessions and briefed them about the courses.
About REACHA
REACHA is a community-based Non-Government Organisation (NGO) with a mission to deliver high impact to human development sectors like education, health, skilling of youth, women's empowerment etc. To do this, it works closely with beneficiary underprivileged communities on need- based projects- partnering Govt, CSR, Civil Society and Academic Institutions, leading to optimum outcomes. A key approach is to get all stakeholders together-for co-creation, convergence and collaboration. REACHA is the implementing partner of IBM SkillsBuild program.
