Fast-Tracking Careers Through High School Internships
Overview
Tech Mahindra Foundation has launched 20 new training centers in 17 smaller cities, preparing thousands of young people for health care jobs close to home and helping meet India’s rising demand for skilled workers.
India’s health care sector is rapidly growing, creating new jobs that don’t require medical degrees, such as hospital front-desk assistants and home-health aides. These roles offer young people meaningful careers and opportunities for professional growth. However, most training programs are based in large cities, making them difficult to access for students who can’t afford to relocate or have family commitments.
In response, Tech Mahindra Foundation is expanding health care training from its five established metro-based academies to 20 new centers in smaller cities. Each new center is directly supported by one of the five metro-based academies, which provide faculty, curriculum, job connections, student outreach, and oversight needed to ensure consistent quality training and strong placements at every location. With training closer to their communities, young people can conveniently gain practical, job-ready skills without needing to move.
Training 12,000 Health Workers in 3 Years
The model is already delivering results. In just the first few months of expansion, nearly 500 students have completed training, and more than 70% are now working in meaningful health care roles. At full scale, the initiative will train 4,000 students each year — putting nearly 12,000 young people on real career pathways in the next three years, all without leaving the communities they call home.
By moving beyond big cities, Tech Mahindra Foundation is bringing career training to young people’s doorsteps, making it accessible, practical, and possible to work where they live while strengthening their own communities.
Meet Sumitra
After graduating, she wanted a career that supports her family and serves others. A Tech Mahindra training center close to her hometown in Odisha put health care training within reach. She learned patient care and first aid alongside doctors and nurses. Today she’s a patient care attendant at a nearby cancer hospital, earning a steady income and supporting her family. Now she’s taking the next step, continuing her studies to become a nurse.
