Category: youth livelihoods

  • This NGO develops the right skills, behavior and attitude in underprivileged youth to help them get a job

    “In India, we have a quarter of a billion young people looking for jobs. But there are more jobs than people available to fill them. There is also a skill mismatch between what the industries are looking for and what is available. ETASHA works with young, underprivileged youth, to train them – to help develop…

  • How it began at ETASHA

    ETASHA, which is an acronym for “Enabling and Training Adolescents for a Successful and Healthy Adulthood,” has been set up by Ms. Meenakshi Nayar. Ms. Nayar began her career in the 1980s, after completing her Masters in Psychology followed by a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. After 25 years…