Orion Educational Society Joins Hands with Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre to Strengthen Skills and Innovation
This October, Orion Educational Society (OES) and Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC) have formalised an association that brings skill development one step closer to the bio-innovation ecosystem. The collaboration combines OES’s experience in skilling and programme implementation with BBC’s technical expertise, industry connections and innovation ecosystem. The two organisations have come together to explore programmes that […]
Orion Educational Society Joins CSRBOX’s One Purpos India Forum 2026
India’s development sector is increasingly looking at impact as a connected journey rather than a series of isolated interventions. Education matters, but so does what a learner is able to do with that education. Skill training matters, but its value becomes clearer when it improves access to employment, entrepreneurship or a sustainable livelihood. Community development, […]
Women Empowerment Through Skill Training: 5 Career Paths Changing Lives Across Rural India
Shasmita Swain grew up in a community where a woman’s place was understood to be the kitchen or low-paid daily labour. Today she is a Relationship Manager at Shriram Finance Limited, earning ₹25,615 every month. Digeswari came from a farming family of seven in Chhattisgarh, surviving on a combined household income of roughly ₹40,000 a […]
CSR and Skill Development in India: How Companies Can Maximise Impact and Compliance
India’s corporate sector spent a record ₹40,794 crore on CSR activities in FY 2024–25 — a 17% increase over the previous year, and more than four times what companies spent when the mandate first came into force in 2014. That is a significant amount of capital moving toward social development. The question that matters for […]
What is an NCVET Awarding Body? A Plain-English Guide for Employers and Students
If you have recently come across the term “NCVET Awarding Body” on a certificate, a training brochure, or a company’s CSR report you are not alone in wondering what it actually means. The phrase sounds technical. In practice, it describes something straightforward and important: an organisation that has been officially authorised by the Government of […]
How Skill Development NGOs in India Are Closing the Employment Gap in 2026
India enters 2026 with a paradox at the centre of its labour market story. On one hand, the country holds one of the youngest populations in the world — over 65% of Indians are under 35, and the working-age population is projected to rise from 62% to 68% by 2030. On the other, the Periodic […]