Hyderabad, December 27, 2021 : GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF) – the CSR arm of GMR Group, has been recognized as a Nodal Training Institution (NTI) under the Agri Clinic & Agri Business Centre (AC & ABC) scheme of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Govt of India. The scheme is managed by ‘National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management’ (MANAGE), Hyderabad. Under this scheme, Agri and Allied stream graduates will be trained in entrepreneurship through a course conducted by the NTI. GMRVF, Shamshabad (Airport campus) centre and GMRVF centre at Rajam, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, have been selected as Nodal Training Institutes for conducting this course under AC & ABC scheme.
The course will intake 35 trainees for each batch. Unemployed agricultural graduates, agricultural diploma holders, students who have completed their Intermediate in Agriculture and Biological Science, graduates with PG in Agri-related courses with at least one-year gap after the education can apply for this new course. The selected trainees will undergo a 45-day training at the Nodal Training Institute (NTI). The training includes specific technical skills, entrepreneurial and management skills, and extension strategies for the Agri-Entrepreneurship.
Dr. Avanish Kumar, Director – CSR, GMRVF, said, “Skill development and entrepreneurship will ensure employment growth among the youth. Entrepreneurship in Agriculture is limited in our country. Taking a significant step, GMRVF has partnered in this new Agri-course, which will provide a learning platform and an opportunity for unemployed youth to learn and hone entrepreneurial skills.”
The Nodal Training Institute will focus on Agriculture and Agri-allied activities like Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries, Beekeeping, Mushroom cultivation, Sericulture, Forestry, Poultry and Farming to name a few. The NTI will work with MANAGE and other nodal technical and financial institutions for setting up business units by trained candidates.
GMRVF will provide free training as well as boarding and lodging to all selected candidates during the training period. A separate hostel facility will be available for women candidates. GMRVF will guide the trainees in preparing Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) that will facilitate to get them bank loans and government subsidy.
The first batch of this course is planned to start from 1st January, 2022.