GE Healthcare Tata Trust Partnership

GE Healthcare Tata Trust Partnership
October 17, 2016
Tata Trusts and GE Healthcare partner to skill 10,000 youth for jobs in the healthcare sector.
The partnership will focus on bridging the skills gap in healthcare technical or operating staff. The announcement was made in the presence of Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Trusts, Terri Bresenham, President and CEO, Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, GE Healthcare and Banmali Agrawala, President and CEO, GE South Asia.
In the next three years, 10,000 candidates will receive loan scholarships from Tata Trusts upon qualifying for the course. GE will also fund certain candidates on the basis of their eligibility.
GE Healthcare Institute (GE HCI) will design, develop and execute these courses through a mix of both classroom training and interactive training exercises. The courses will help people graduate as X-ray, radiography, medical equipment, anaesthesia, operation theatre and cardiac care technicians, as well as diabetic education counsellors. The candidates will also undergo continuous assessment and internships during the course of this program. The successful candidates, upon clearing the Healthcare Sector Skills Council (HSSC) exam shall be granted a certification from HSSC.
WIPRO GE HEALTHCARE PVT LTD
No. 4, Kadugodi Industrial Area,
Bangalore 560067,
Karnataka, India
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