Microsoft has so far appointed more than seven lakh government school teachers with IT skills across 12 states in India under its project called siksha that is launched in 2003 report from the tech giant, The “Microsoft India Citizenship Report 2015-16” highlights the achievements of Microsoft’s citizenship initiatives that include Project Shiksha, Project Saksham, Project Jyoti and YouthSpark programme.

Aimed at developing skills among youth from under-privileged communities to drive employability and entrepreneurship, Project Jyoti helped establish over 1700 enterprises run by youth in the country.

“In 2015-16, over 30,000 young adults received training, 70 per cent of who got gainful employment or are self-employed and over 900 youth enterprises were established,” the report added.

The company also partnered with several institutions of higher education in the country towards skilling youth for employment. “Programmes like BizSpark, DreamSpark and Imagine Cup have been immensely successful in driving entrepreneurship and innovation among the youth,” Microsoft said.

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