Deshpande Foundation to set up India's largest skill development centre

The skill development centre will offer eleven different courses

The Deshpande Foundation, the decade-long philanthropic effort of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Gururaj ‘Desh’ Deshpande, is setting up India’s largest skill development centre in the North Karnataka town of Hubbali that will open its doors in April this year.

Nestled on a seven-acre piece of land that’s on either side of Indian IT giant Infosys’ new Hubballi campus, the centre will be able to train over 5,000 people a year with the ability to accommodate 2,500 students at any given point of time. The three lakh square feet campus is almost complete and will begin dry runs by the end of