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SMART Academy for Healthcare by Tech Mahindra Foundation

SMART Academy for Healthcare by Tech Mahindra Foundation
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Here is the good news for all who want to pursue their professional career in healthcare!

Tech Mahindra Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) wing of Tech Mahindra Limited (a Mahindra Group company) has launched the Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Healthcare in Delhi. The aim of the Foundation is to set new standards of excellence in the domain of training paramedics in the years to come, and enable thousands of young women and men lead a life of dignity in the healthcare sector.

The inauguration ceremony took place on May 14th in the presence of the foundation’s Vice Chairman Vineet Nayyar and CEO Loveleen Kacker along with the other dignitaries.

“We want to equip youth from low-income families with skills that will help them begin a career in healthcare. There is a huge gap between demand and supply in the field of Allied Healthcare not just in the city of Delhi but the entire country, and the Academy is a small step in the direction of meeting this demand,” said Loveleen Kacker, CEO Tech Mahindra Foundation.

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The Academy marks a major milestone in the journey of expanding the foundation’s ‘SMART’ employability programme. Through this initiative, Tech Mahindra Foundation aims to instill human values, give contemporary knowledge and impart high quality skill training, thereby creating employment opportunities for young men and women in Allied Health Services, across the country. The Academy will train 2000 young boys and girls.

Objectives of SMART Academy for healthcare

The objective of the Academy is to empower young men and women with the requisite skills and capabilities to pursue a professional career in the health sector. The course would enable the students achieve the following:

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1. Ability to apply knowledge and skills to care for individuals, families and communities.

2.  Ability to impart understanding of lifestyle and other related factors that affect health of individuals and groups.

3. Ability to provide care to recuperating, critically ill and terminally ill patients.

4. Develop skills of critical thinking in making decisions in handling difficult situations while caring for patients.

5.  Ability to operate new generation medical equipment.

6.  Ability to practice within the framework of Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and acceptable standards of practice within legal boundaries.

7.  To develop compassion and understanding of respect for life, and for the dignity and rights of patients.

Salient features of the SMART Academy

  • Career oriented courses
  • Participative management and healthy motivating environment
  • High qualified and experienced faculty
  • Rich cultural, recreational and leisure activities
  • Counseling, Training and Placement Assistant
  • Well-equipped Laboratories, Seminar room, Classrooms and Conference hall
  • Well stocked library, a Computer lab and a Cafeteria

The training programme of the Academy is a good blend of theory and practice, with an emphasis on the latter. The theory classes will be delivered by highly qualified and experienced faculty members and guest experts. The Academy has best of its class infrastructure that includes comfortable classrooms, modern audio-visual equipment including teaching aids, demonstration rooms. For practical on-the-job training, the students will be affiliated to different healthcare organizations so that their training experience is rich and dynamic.

The objective is to empower youth with the skills to pursue a career in the health sector. Click To Tweet

The academic environment at the SMART Academy is augmented by a well-equipped IT lab, technical laboratories, a well-stocked library and also an ambulance where the students can gain realistic training on managing emergencies. Students are encouraged to discover their aptitude, strengths, and areas of interest. In addition to healthcare-related courses, the students are also trained on communication skills and work readiness to equip them to face the challenges of competitive work environment.

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The Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Healthcare has been set up in collaboration with the Harijan Sewak Sangh – a social development organization founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932. It will be located at the Gandhi Ashram, Kingsway Camp, New Delhi. “The Tech Mahindra Foundation would like to sincerely thank Mr. S. S. Sanyal and Mr. Laxmi Dass of the Sangh, who have opened the doors of their sprawling campus in North Delhi to us for the Academy,” added Mrs. Kacker.

In coming days, Tech Mahindra Foundation intends to seek recognition from the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and affiliation from the Health Sector Skill Council (HSSC).

Courses for the year 2016-17 at SMART Academy for Healthcare

 

SL. NO. COURSES OFFERED DURATION STARTING DATE INTAKE PER BATCH
BATCH-1 BATCH-2 BATCH-3
1 Home Health Aide 6 Months May 2016 June 2016 Dec 2016 40
2 General Duty Assistant 6 Months May 2016 June 2016 Dec 2016 40
3 Operating Theatre Technician 1 year Nov 2016 40

 

So what are you waiting for? If you want to pursue your career in the healthcare industry, this SMART Academy is the right place for you!

Inputs from techmahindrafoundation.org


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