| It is aimed at training the disadvantaged youth on ITeS, customer relations, automobile repairs and bed care assistance. The programme, launched in Hyderabad in 2000, was earlier restricted to Mysore, Tumkur, Karwar and Mangalore. |
| The pilot programme for Bangalore, launched under the aegis of the department of municipal administration, has under its rolls 105 students. |
| In Karnataka, about 450 youth have gone through the programme and 320 of them have been placed in corporates. DRF believes Karnataka and Bangalore will be key to achieving their aim of providing livelihood to a million underprivileged youth by 2010. |
| It was through the initiative of Atul Kumar Tiwari, joint managing director, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) and Ashok Jain, GM of KUIDFC, the project was launched in Karnataka. |
| So far, about 15,500 youth have been trained under the programme across the country and some 81 per cent of have been placed with various corporates. The rest have opted for higher education or have become entrepreneurs. |
| The pilot programme in Bangalore has been one of the most successful. Over 75 youths have found placements, said Rumi Rathod, head "" resource mobilisation, Dr Reddy's Foundation. |
| The youth underwent training at the Nettur Technical Training Foundation , sales training in NIS of NIIT and bed assistance training at Kempe Gowda Institute of Medical Sciences. |
| "It is an effective way to meet national objectives as envisaged under the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana," said Tiwari. |
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