Urban Livelihood

URBAN LIVELIHOODS 

Youth Skilling 

India is said to have the world’s largest workforce by the year 2031. However, it is reported that the current unemployment rate in the economy is still approximately 6.4% (as of June 2022). Employability challenges are especially acute for youth from disadvantaged communities, which constitute an important segment of the rising workforce. The leading causes for youth unemployment  include limited access to skills training, placement support, and career guidance; limited technical and cultural understanding required to integrate into the workforce successfully. The problem disproportionately affects youth from low-income settings, who face a range of obstacles to employment based on their networks, resources, educational options, and family backgrounds.

TNS India Foundation has developed a Campus to Corporate Careers Program which aims to usher under-resourced college-going youth into the formal workforce by upskilling them in 21-century , advanced technical, digital and industrial skills and thereby unlocking their economic potential. This intervention dramatically affects the lives of the students, their families and community by helping them break out of the poverty cycle.The program includes components on Career Readiness (strengthening job-readiness by rigorous training), Career Counseling (developing student orientation towards corporate careers), Career Access (supporting youth to enter high-potential corporate careers), and Wrap-around support (like alumni and parent engagements to enable holistic progress, remedial classes and upto one year of post-placement support).

The program diversifies into three learning pathways: Campus to Digital Careers (C2DC) program, Campus to Technical Careers (C2TC) program  and Campus to Industrial Careers (C2IC) program.


  • Campus to Digital Careers (C2DC) program: Upskilling disadvantaged youth from non-technical streams (B.Sc, MSc. B.Com, BMS, BBA, BBI, BAF, BAFI) to build careers in the BFSI/BPO/KPO/Support service sectors.


  • Campus to Technical Careers (C2TC) program: Upskilling disadvantaged youth from technical streams (B.Sc., B.Tech, Mathematics, BE, MCA) to build technical careers in the IT/ITeS sector.


  • Campus to Industrial Careers (C2IC) program: Upskilling NEET (not in education, employment or training)  individuals enrolled in ITIs (trades like COPA, Stenography, Sewing etc.) to build industrial careers.

Urban
Entrepreneurship 

Urban Entrepreneurship 

The micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) sector has played a significant role in India’s growth through innovation, diversification, and employment generation. An estimated 63 million MSMEs in India contribute 37.54 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), and employ nearly 110 million people. India has the potential to create over 30 million women-owned enterprises, of which 40% can be more than self-employment. According to a Google-Bain report in 2019, women only account for 20% of the total entrepreneurs in India. A part of the reason for slow growth of India’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is its failure to harness the potential of women as business leaders. They face issues as they lack access to capital, markets,information and networks to establish an enterprise. This also comes with lack of skills, knowledge and exposure to women. To address the issues faced by urban women entrepreneurs TNS India Foundation has developed a high-touch business advisory and coaching program which aims to bridge the knowledge, skills and mindset gap for growth-constrained women-led SMEs. The main objectives of this program are to

  • Improve management capacity by improving the technical and managerial capacities of SGB management teams through use of digital platforms for inventory management, ERP systems, etc.

  • Improve tech-enabled processes and products by helping beneficiaries gain knowledge about the automations and technology which inturn can improve their product/service offerings which will help them compete more  meaningfully in domestic and international markets.

  • Support in creating robust business models by creating an advisory support in developing realistic and forward-looking business models, and testing them to arrive at the right product-market fit.

  • Providing help to access credit for operational scale-up and financial viability by equipping beneficiaries with adequate knowledge about the businesses to access credit to scale up business operations, capture large market share and attain financial visibility which also helps them gain transition to digital banking and book-keeping systems which can boost their creditworthiness.
Our entrepreneurship approach goes beyond training and skilling to ensure tangible outcomes for beneficiaries. We target relatively small numbers of carefully-selected entrepreneurs, and we provide them with intensive training. This individual support is critical to the success of a new or budding enterprise, and ensures that training translates to improved practices, stronger businesses, and improved incomes for women and their families.

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Deepak Kamble

Associate Director – Programs

Deepak Kamble serves as the Associate Director – Programs at TNS India Foundation. With over 18 years of experience spanning both corporate and development sectors, Deepak brings a wealth of expertise in Corporate Social Responsibility, NGO Management, Program Management, Operations, Business Development, and Strategy.

In his role, Deepak oversees the Financial Careers programs, demonstrating his commitment to empowering youth and children to reach their full potential. He has led programs across multiple states of India in leadership roles and has collaborated extensively with international teams in the development sector. Furthermore, his background includes valuable experience in education and ed-tech organizations, where he contributed significantly to business development initiatives.

Deepak holds an M.Sc. from the National University of Singapore (NUS), with his thesis work conducted at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. Additionally, he is a graduate of Pune University, having earned an MBA degree.

Driven by a passion for people and team development, Deepak focuses on designing and implementing processes to effectively execute projects, thereby ensuring the delivery of impactful outcomes.

Roshan Shetye

Lead - Human Resource

Roshan comes with 15+ years of experience in Human Resources, primarily in social sector in different thematic areas like education, woman empowerment, anti-human trafficking. Roshan holds a postgraduate degree from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management studies and is a trained personal counselor. Roshan is also trained in human behavior analysis through ISABS and various other workshops. She is a certified member for POSH law and has been on the panel of various organizations. She hailed from corporate, heading the HR Banca channel with Aviva Life Insurance and eventually entered the social sector and has worked with organizations such as Dasra, Educate Girls, Justice and Care, Samhita, Sol’s ARC and Consulted with Piramal Foundation, Masoom, Antarang Foundation to name a few.

Shaminder Kour

Associate Director - Curriculum

Shaminder leads the Curriculum and Quality practice at TNS India Foundation as part of which she spearheads the e-Learning component of the Future Skills Program, which is aimed at empowering underprivileged youth towards gainful employment.

Shaminder has over 18 years of experience in training, learning and development, and eLearning. She is an ex-Byjus and an ex-IBMer.

 

Reshma Bhatkar

Director - Finance, Legal & Compliances

Reshma is responsible for TNS India Foundation’s financial and grants management portfolios. She also looks after secretarial and audit matters. She has over 22 years of experience in NGO sectors, with nine years of senior management experience in development organisations.

Before TNSIF, Reshma headed Finance and Operations at Educo, a Spanish Donor Agency and has worked with organisations like Catholic Relief Services, a U.S. based Donor Agency and the ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth as Grants Manager.

She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Wellingkar’s Institute of Management Studies and an MBA-Finance from Pondicherry University.

 

Rupa Bohra

Managing Director


Rupa currently serves as the Managing Director at TNS India Foundation.

Through her role, Rupa provides strategic guidance, design and implementation leadership to unlock the economic potential of India’s most vulnerable.

Under her diligence, the team has grown to 200+ individuals across more than 18 locations in the country. She has built and developed partnerships with corporates such as Accenture, Capgemini, HDFC Bank, HDB Financial, Moody’s, IDFC Asset Management Company, Lenovo, Motorola, and foundations such as the BlackRock Foundation, Lenovo Foundation, Reliance Foundation and Pernod Ricard India Foundation.

As a well-connected member of the development community, Rupa represents TNS India Foundation’s interest in economic transformation. She has over 21 years of experience across the financial services, technology, banking and development sectors and has managed multi-locations across India and the Asia-Pacific region.

Before TNSIF, Rupa headed corporate partnerships at Magic Bus India Foundation. She has also held leadership positions at organisations such as JP Morgan and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.

 

Padma Parthasarathy

Senior Vice President,
Tech Mahindra

Padma Parthasarathy is a Senior Vice President at Tech Mahindra, where she has led digital business growth. She is currently engaged in Sustainability and Social Change initiatives, assisting Mahindra University in setting up centres of excellence in these areas.

She has also led the global consulting team at Tech Mahindra, which is engaged in business consulting, and digital transformation services. She’s been featured on Forbes India’s W-Power 2020 list of self-made women leaders and in the Top 75 Women in STEAM list by the Government of India in 2022.

Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan

Founder and CEO, Peoplescape

Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan is the CEO and Founder of Peoplscape, an Executive Coaching and H.R. Consulting company. She is an alumnus of The School of Coaching, London, where she was trained by Myles Downey, one of the world’s leading practitioners and thinkers in business coaching.

She authorised the international bestselling Modern Effective Coaching and founded the School of Coaching as well. Human resources strategy, change management and leadership training are some of her areas of expertise.

She has 11 years of leadership experience at Merrill Lynch as Director and Head of Human Resources. With years of expertise also comes a sheer passion for empowering growth by moulding the leadership curves of senior executives from across industries.

Pramod Singh

Head-Legal and Compliance, DSP Investment

Pramod Singh is a legal and compliance professional with four decades of experience. A qualified lawyer who worked at SEBI as Deputy General Counsel, he was instrumental in framing regulations for various intermediaries.

He has spent a considerable amount of time at large MNCs such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, and has handled compliance for not just India but also South Asia. Currently, he works with DSP Investments and oversees the legal and compliance matters for the Family Office of Mr Hemendra Kothari.

Geetanjali Jha Chakraborty

President, Apnalaya

Geetanjali comes with extensive experience in the development sector. She has spent nearly 15 years in the development sector and has held leadership and CEO-level roles in Concern India Foundation, CHILDLINE India Foundation, and ARMMAN.

She is on the board of the Foundation for Mother and Child Health and Vihaan. She is also the President of Apnalaya and is on the Global Advisory Board of Tech Care for All. She is passionate about child protection, urban equality, and mental health. Geetanjali has a Master’s in Social Work and a Master’s in Human Rights and Criminal Law.

Kartik Kini

Chief Operating Officer, Waterfield Advisory

Kartik Kini is a Certified Chartered Accountant and a Chief Operating Officer with Waterfield Advisors. In his current role, he has been instrumental in driving business strategy and organisational growth. He has played a vital role in setting up all the core functions – H.R., Brand Management & Marketing and has driven digital transformation for the firm. In a career spanning 25 years, Kartik has worked in leadership roles in organisations like- Avendus Capital, Deutsche Bank and DSP Merrill Lynch.

Charulata Sippy

Financial Services

Charulata Sippy is an Independent Director on the BofA Securities India Ltd board. As an independent director, she is also a member of the company’s Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC) and the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (CSR).

Before her role as an Independent Director, Charulata spent 21 years in the BFSI sector. She was also appointed the India Representative for the Diversity and Inclusion initiatives in 2007 and was on the Regional Diversity and Inclusion Council in Bank of America Group companies.

Hitungshu Debnath


Chief Business Officer
Sundaram Alternate Assets Ltd.

Hitungshu is a professional in the BFSI sector with over 2.5 decades of experience. He is a Chevening Scholar from the London School of Economics and a CFP from the Financial Planning Board of India. He also holds a Masters’ degree in Marketing Management and CSR and Sustainability. He has been associated with reputed brands such as HDFC AMC, TATA MF, Motilal Oswal, Angel Broking, and Arthayantra.

He is part of a new management team in Karvy Group which has taken over post the debacle, and is the Director & COO for Karvy Capital—an alternate asset manager.