IWSB Competitors

Larsen & Toubro is an Indian multinational engaged in EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing and Services. It operates in over 50 countries worldwide. A strong, customer-focused approach and the constant quest for top-class quality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership in its major lines of business for over eight decades. Corporate Sustainability: L&T was the first company in India in the engineering & construction space to publicly disclose its sustainability performance. Our Integrated Report, which tracks the sustainability performance of the organisation and its inter-connectedness with the financial performance, showcases how L&T is adding value to its stakeholders. Our technological capabilities enable us to reach various nodes and build a network spanning products, processes, employees, environment and community. This enables a more holistic consideration of actions, outcomes and impact, which in turn accelerates and amplifies returns across all capitals - Financial, Natural, Human, Manufacturing, Intellectual and Social & Relationship.

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a one-of-its-kind, Public Private Partnership (PPP) model in India, under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). It aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality and for-profit vocational institutions. NSDC provides funding to build scalable and profitable vocational training initiatives. Its mandate is to enable support system which focuses on quality assurance, information systems and train-the-trainer academies either directly or through partnerships. NSDC acts as a catalyst in skill development by providing funding to enterprises, companies and organizations that provide skill training. It will also develop appropriate models to enhance, support and coordinate private sector initiatives. The differentiated focus on 21 sectors under NSDC’s purview and its understanding of their viability will make every sector attractive to private investment.

The Tata Institute of Social Science(TISS) is a premier institute of Social Work in India. It was established in 1936 and was recognized as a Deemed University by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India in the year 1964. In December 2011, Tata Institute of Social Sciences set up the School of Vocational Education(SVE) to provide immediate and definite interventions to improve the lives of the disadvantaged and marginalized youth, especially who are excluded by the formal school education system, through appropriate vocational training programmes. SVE has been set up with a vision of creating an ecosystem that would bring back the dignity of labor for blue collar streams of work and create sustainable sources of income for the marginalized youth in the country. The School has been incorporated to spearhead the Vocational Training envisaged in the initiative proposed by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India whereby TISS has been selected as nodal point to implement the said initiative. Tata Institute of Social Sciences - School of Vocational Education V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088 Telephone : 91 22 2552 5601, 02, 03 Fax : 91 22 2552 5050 Email : partners@sve.tiss.edu