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Amway India signed an MoU with Retailers Association’s Skill Council of India (RASCI) renewing its partnership for empowering its direct sellers with credible certification under National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF).
In a statement, Amway said that the renewal of the association with RASCI, which started last year, is in alignment with Government’s Skill India initiative.
The MoU was signed in presence of Union Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan on the occasion of 3rd anniversary of Skill India.
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The MoU enables Amway India to extend the free training for upskilling of its direct sellers for the second year in a row.
According to the company, 51,000 direct sellers and retailers will be benefitted and certified under two categories: Individual Sales Professional and Retail Sales Associate. In 2017, over 6,000 Amway direct sellers were certified as Individual Sales Professional under this programme.
Anshu Budhraja, CEO, Amway India, said, “The tie-up with Retailers Association’s Skill Council of India (RASCI) is focused on building skills and competencies of our direct sellers to help them compete in an evolving entrepreneurship landscape. We have also aligned our training strategy by focusing on enhancing skills and competencies of our direct sellers.”
Amway India conducts more than 18,000 free training sessions for its direct sellers every year.
In 2017, Amway India also partnered with IIM-C to offer a special course focused on entrepreneurship and leadership for its identified high potential direct sellers.
RASCI is an autonomous industry-led body that is chosen by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and is responsible for creating National Occupational Standards (NOS) for retail industry, developing competency framework, conducting Train the Trainer (ToT) and Assessor (ToA) Programs, conducting skill gap studies, and assessing and certifying trainees on the curriculum aligned to the National Occupational Standards.
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