Udaipur, 14th March 2023:
- The batch of 1st ever Unarmed Security Guard secured group placements in companies like – Radisson Blu, Zydus Hospital -Ahmedabad and Secure Meters, Udaipur to name a few
21 Women trainees of 1st ever Unarmed Security Guard Batch secures 100 % Placement through Hindustan Zinc’s program – Zinc Kaushal. The objective of the training course was to help women achieve financial freedom and to empower women who have been marginalized due to lack of education, early marriage etc. As part of the three-month training program exposure visits, guest lectures and several engagement activities were conducted to provide a holistic learning opportunity to match the needs of the mainstream industries.
Hindustan Zinc’s skilling initiative provides market-linked skill-based trainings on various trades such as general duty assistant, unarmed security guard, micro finance executive etc thus developing the skills and providing them with employment opportunities. These women trainees of Dariba, Zinc Kaushal Kendra have been placed at several renowned organizations such as Radisson Blu, Secure Meters – Udaipur, Zydus Hospital – Ahmedabad, Cocoon Hospital, Narayana Hospital – Jaipur, and Shree Salasar Balaji Temple.
Zinc Kaushal Kendra program initiated in 2018 focuses on enabling the unemployed youth with opportunities to upskill and pursue a stable livelihood. Strengthening this commitment, the program in last 3 years has indirectly helped industries by providing them with more than 4,500 skilled youth who are now either employed or are entrepreneurs. The programme was initially established with the goal to offer short-duration intensive courses in different trades and profiles.
Expanding the reach of the programme, last year, Hindustan Zinc started the 1st batch of 13 students comprising Hearing and Speech impaired youth to make them independent with employment opportunities in the mainstream industries. Since inception, 4591 youth have been trained out of which 3810 have been placed or have become self-entrepreneurs.
About Hindustan Zinc Limited
Hindustan Zinc Limited (BSE: 500188 and NSE: HINDZINC), a Vedanta Group company, is the world’s largest integrated zinc producer and the third-largest silver producer. The company supplies to more than 40 countries and holds a market share of about 75% of the primary zinc market in India. Hindustan Zinc has been recognized as the world’s most sustainable company in the metals and mining category for the second consecutive year by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2024, reflecting its operational excellence, innovation, and leading ESG practices. The company also launched EcoZen, Asia’s first low carbon ‘green’ zinc brand. Produced using renewable energy, EcoZen has a carbon footprint of less than 1 tonne of carbon equivalent per tonne of zinc produced, about 75% lower than the global average. Hindustan Zinc is also a certified 2.41 times Water-Positive company and is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050 or sooner. Transforming the lives of 1.9 million people through its focused social welfare initiatives, Hindustan Zinc is among the Top 10 CSR companies in India. As an energy transition metals company, Hindustan Zinc is pivotal in providing critical metals essential for a sustainable future.
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