An Initiative of Dalmia Bharat Foundation

A Dalmia Bharat Foundation Initiative

Skill. Empower. Transform.

DIKSHa — Dalmia Institute of Knowledge and Skill Harnessing — trains India's youth for meaningful, dignified careers. In partnership with the National Skill Development Corporation and four state skill missions, we deliver industry-aligned skilling and entrepreneurship training across twelve centres.

NSDC-certifiedJob Roles

Free of CostTo Trainees

PlacementAssistance

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DIKSHa trainee at a Dalmia Bharat Foundation skill development centre

DIKSHa Centre

Skilling India's youth,
one trade at a time

Photo · Dalmia Bharat Foundation

60,000Youth Target with NSDC

2016MoU with NSDC signed

12DIKSHa Centres

4+State Skill Missions

Our Mission

Why DIKSHa exists

High rates of unemployment amongst youth in India stem from a gap in knowledge, skills and access to opportunity. DIKSHa exists to close that gap — with trainings that lead directly to formal jobs and dignified livelihoods.

Skill

Deliver NSDC-certified training in trades where employers are actively hiring — healthcare, retail, IT-enabled services, personal grooming, garments, safety and electrical work.

Empower

Prepare trainees not just technically, but with the life skills, confidence and workplace readiness needed to sustain a career and build a future.

Transform

Connect certified trainees to placement partners and self-employment opportunities — transforming individual lives and, through them, the households and communities around them.

About the Programme

Building resilient communities through skills

Dalmia Bharat Foundation has been working on improving the skills of the neighbouring community to ensure better livelihoods. Our focus is to make communities more resilient and sustainable with additional avenues of income — through skill trainings in farm and non-farm sectors, community-based organisations, and access to finance.

DIKSHa stands for Dalmia Institute of Knowledge and Skill Harnessing

DBF signed an MoU with the National Skill Development Corporation in 2016, with an aim to train 60,000 youth in ten trades through eight skill development centres. The first centre was set up in Trichy, Tamil Nadu; today the network spans twelve centres across India.

With the success and happiness of our trainees, and the positive reinforcement of our placement partners, DBF continues to skill India's youth — and set them on a path to a bright future.

Read on DBF site ↗

DIKSHa skill development classroom · Dalmia Bharat Foundation

On the ground

2016 Partnership with NSDC

12 Centres · 9 Trades

The Journey

From mobilisation to placement

Every DIKSHa trainee moves through four stages — a structured journey that turns interest into skill, and skill into employment.

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Mobilise

Field mobilisers meet youth in the community — assessing interest, aptitude, and family support to enroll the right candidates.

Step 01

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Train

Trainees join a batch and complete the trade curriculum — classroom sessions, hands-on labs, soft-skills modules, and industry exposure.

Step 02

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Certify

Every trainee sits an NSDC-aligned assessment. On passing, they receive a nationally-recognised certificate — a credential valid across India.

Step 03

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Place

Placement officers connect certified trainees with employer partners in their sector — with post-placement follow-up to ensure retention.

Step 04

What we teach

Nine industry-aligned trades

Every DIKSHa job role is certified against NSDC standards. Curriculum, assessment and certification are all mapped to the National Skills Qualification Framework — so a certificate earned at DIKSHa is recognised across India.

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Assistant Beautician

Salon skills, personal grooming, hair and skin care, customer service — into India's fast-growing beauty and wellness sector.

Beauty & WellnessNSDC-Certified

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Domestic Electrician

Household wiring, appliance servicing, safety practices and fault diagnosis — a trade never out of demand.

ElectronicsNSDC-Certified

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Sales Associate (Retail)

Store operations, product knowledge, customer engagement and sales closing — the backbone of India's organised retail.

RetailNSDC-Certified

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Sewing Machine Operator

Garment stitching, machine operation, quality control and productivity — a proven route to formal employment, especially for women.

ApparelNSDC-Certified

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Home Health Aide

In-home patient support, personal hygiene assistance, basic care and companionship — an emerging profession as India's population ages.

HealthcareNSDC-Certified

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General Duty Assistant

Hospital patient care, ward assistance, vitals monitoring and infection control — a first, stable step into a healthcare career.

HealthcareNSDC-Certified

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CRM Domestic Voice

Customer support, call handling, resolution and empathy training — the entry ticket into IT-enabled services.

IT & ITeSNSDC-Certified

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Data Entry Operator

Typing accuracy, spreadsheets, records management and workplace software — the quiet engine of every modern office.

IT & ITeSNSDC-Certified

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Unarmed Security Guard

Access control, patrol duties, emergency response and reporting — a stable trade with formal employment terms.

SecurityNSDC-Certified

Our Impact

"To ensure this, the foundation is actively involved in imparting skill trainings — making our communities more resilient and sustainable, with additional avenues of income."

— Dalmia Bharat Foundation · Mission Statement

Our Ecosystem

Partners & Collaborators

— National Anchor —

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)

— State Skill Development Missions —

Odisha

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

West Bengal

— Financial Institutions —

NABARD

NSFDC

NBFDC

— Industry Partner —

Schneider Electric

The Foundation

About Dalmia Bharat Foundation

A registered not-for-profit organization set up under the Indian Trust Act, 1882. Dalmia Bharat Foundation — popularly known as DBF — carries forward the seven-decade long legacy of the Dalmia Bharat Group through conscientious corporate citizenship.

Our mission is "Creating opportunities, achieving potential" — transforming households by adding unemployed youth to the skilled workforce, harvesting and conserving water for productive use, ensuring access to clean cooking and solar lighting, and fulfilling basic health, sanitation, education and rural infrastructure needs of the communities we serve.

1882Indian Trust Act

7 decadesDalmia legacy

3 pillarsProgramme focus

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Beyond DIKSHa

Other DBF programmes

Alongside skill development, the Foundation runs integrated programmes across climate action and rural social infrastructure — because livelihood, environment and community wellbeing are inseparable.

Flagship

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Skill Training & Entrepreneurship

Equipping people from our programme area with new skills, or upgrading existing ones — both aimed at enhancement of their income. DIKSHa is the flagship initiative under this pillar.

Farm and non-farm skill training
Community-based organisations
Access to finance for micro-entrepreneurs

Climate action — water and energy programme

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Climate Action — Water & Energy

Enhancing agricultural productivity and rural growth sustainably. Water harvesting and conservation, and renewable clean-cooking and solar-lighting solutions.

Water harvesting for productive use
Clean-cooking solutions
Solar lighting for rural households