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Lakshmi Foundation
Papilo, Tisri, Giridih, Jharkhand 815317
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Young trainees learning circuit-board repair in an electronics workshop
Skill development

Training designed backwards from a paycheque

We start from what local employers and local markets are actually paying for, then build the course. Not the other way round.

An instructor teaching electronics repair at a training institute
Our approach

A certificate is the halfway point, not the finish line.

Most skilling programmes are measured by how many people enrolled and how many completed. Those are easy to count and always flattering. Neither tells you whether anyone is earning.

We design each course around a specific outcome, an employable role or a viable micro-enterprise, and keep working with people after the course ends, because that is where the pipeline usually breaks.

  • Curriculum built from current local employer and market demand
  • Taught by people who have done the work, not only studied it
  • Workplace readiness and interview practice built into the course
  • Follow-up measured in income twelve months later, not completions
What we train in

Skill families we build courses around

Course availability varies by district and intake. We currently train in digital marketing, business skills, artificial intelligence tools, website development, personality development and communication skills, with batches running in Giridih and Ranchi.

Technical & electrical trades

Wiring, appliance and equipment repair, and allied technical work with steady local demand.

Construction & finishing

Skilled site work, fitting and finishing roles that pay above unskilled daily wage work.

Tailoring & textile work

From machine skills to small-batch production, feeding both employment and enterprise routes.

Computer & digital skills

Digital confidence, functional literacy for banking and services, and job-ready software skills.

Retail, hospitality & service

Customer-facing skills, workplace communication and the professional literacy employers assume.

Allied agriculture & rural trades

Skills that create income without requiring anyone to leave the district they live in.

A craftsman at work on metal structures in a workshop in Varanasi, India

Practical repetition on real equipment, not demonstrations.

Course fees, duration and eligibility. Courses run between three months and one year, depending on the subject and how far you want to take it. They are free for people who genuinely cannot afford to pay and subsidised for everyone else, decided case by case rather than by a form. No prior qualification is required for any of them. Ask us and we will tell you exactly what is running in your district right now, and what it would cost you.

A trainee practising air-conditioner repair at a training centre in New Delhi

Start from what you can already do.

You do not need experience or a formal qualification to begin.

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