A National partner of AIESEC India. Skill development has been identified as a priority Group CSR Programme (GCP) at the Tata group. Tata STRIVE will address the pressing national need of skilling India’s youth for employment, entrepreneurship and community enterprise. It will aim at creating training capacity in select sectors and trades for which there is a clear need, aligned with the 25 sectors of focus identified by the Union Government as well as skill gaps identified by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). Tata STRIVE will optimise and scale up the various skill initiatives currently being undertaken across Tata companies, aligning them with national and global occupation standards. The knowledge expertise within Tata companies will bring in quality into the training programmes, besides appropriate certification and measurement of outcomes. An integrated web-based portal will serve as a platform for collaboration among Tata companies as well as external stakeholders with the objective of matching demand with supply. The initiative will require that Tata companies work together with non-Tata companies, NGOs, foundations, Union and State Governments, and, in particular, the Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports. The initiative will ensure appropriate representation for marginalised youth in the skilling programmes.