Another Feather in Adani’s Hat: Skill Development Honour with Stevie Award 2022

This is going to be the first Indian organization to receive this prestigious overseas award. Development Center run by Adani Foundation has hoisted the flag of success across the globe

Being an important initiative of the Adani Foundation, Adani Skill Development Centers (Saksham) runs under the component Sahyog of Sustainable Livelihoods. Working across the country with 30 centers in 19 cities including Varanasi which has recently launched 55+ vocational courses benefiting more than 90,000+ people in remote rural India.

The Adani Foundation provides a platform to the marginalized, vulnerable members to revive the society and transform their livelihood. As the CSR, Sustainability and Community Outreach arm of the Adani Group, Adani Foundation was established in 1996. Today the Foundation aligns its mission with the group philosophy of ‘Growth with Good’.

The foundation is proud to be committed to the underprivileged and the underprivileged and is continuously working in 2,250 villages across 18 states including Uttar Pradesh

On Saturday 15^th of October, United Kingdome’s capital witnessed Adani Skill Development Center being accolade with the Stevie Award in the category of “Non-Profit Organization of the Year”. Significantly, the  ASDC is the first Indian organization to receive the award in the Gold category.

The proud verdict came through a panel of 35 judges who declared ASDC the winner after evaluating organizations such as Junis Global of the United States of America, TM Forum of London, the Cement Industry Employers Association of Turkey and Life Services Alternatives of the USA.

Contributing vibrantly to the social and economic upliftment of the backward classes through skill development centers in the country, the ASDC institute provides high level skill enhancement training to the students to make them self-reliant. The ASDC provides job oriented training through more than 75 courses in more than 20 sectors in 11 states of India. As a result of the activities of the organization, more than 1 lakh youths have been rendered employed, of which more than 60% are women. Some of them have also been  placed internationally in the field of skill development by the institute.

The ASDC runs the largest simulation-based training program in the country, where augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) based training and assessments take place. The Multi-Purpose Crane Operator Program through simulators, also provides skilled manpower to over 200 ports in India.

Renowned as the Premier Business Award, the International Business Awards (2022 IBA) received entries from public and private organizations from 67 countries around the world. Among them over 3,700 nominations were submitted this year from organizations of all levels. Several new categories too were created for social media and thought-led organizations, as well as individual achievements.

Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, German Stevie Awards, Middle East and North Africa Stevie Awards, American Business Awards, International Business Awards, Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Great Employers and Sales Stevie Awards and Stevie Awards for Customer Service – are the prime categories the awards are given in. Each year the Stevie Awards contest receives over 12,000 nominations from organizations in over 70 countries. Stevie recognizes excellence in the workplace around the world. For more information about the Stevie Awards, the readers can go at www.StevieAwards.com.