Empower Pragati
Rajiv Sharma is a seasoned professional with extensive leadership experience across various sectors. As the Founder and Chairman of Empower Pragati Vocational and Staffing Private Limited since June 2008, Rajiv has demonstrated a commitment to vocational training and staffing solutions. Prior to this venture, Rajiv served as CEO at Bharti Airtel Limited from 2000 to 2008 and held the position of CEO and President at GMS Technologies, a unit of Kodak, from 1996 to 2000. Rajiv's career in the corporate sector began at HCL, where the role of National Sales and Marketing Head was undertaken from 1987 to 1996. Rajiv holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Delhi University, a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Faculty of Management Studies at the University of Delhi, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Allahabad.
Empower Pragati
Empower Pragati was amongst the first set of companies to become funded partners of NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) in 2010. Our plan to impact the lives of lacs of poor youth over the next few years by providing them skills, employment and livelihood is on track. In the last 10 years we have trained over 4.5 lacs youth in both formal and informal sectors. Along with implementing large scale government projects like PMKVY/PMKK, DDUGKY, NSQF etc., we also help corporates to strategise and execute their CSR initiatives. We have taken up CSR projects for companies like Aircel, Pernod Ricard, Interglobe Technologies, Castrol, etc. We work with vulnerable youth, women, juvenile delinquents, specially-abled, school/ college drop-outs in both rural and urban India. We believe that scale with sustainability is important to make any visible impact on the lives of the numerous unemployed and underprivileged youth in our country.