ITI Principals Meet to Shape the Future of Vocational Education

1 October 2024

Don Bosco Tech India, Education Technical, Skills Training,

Don Bosco Technical Commission continues to be a leading force in vocational education, producing over 30,000 skilled laborers annually—making it the largest private organization in India after the government in this field. This impressive feat is achieved through the combined efforts of Don Bosco’s formal ITIs and short-term courses offered by DB Tech. To strengthen and advance this mission, the leaders from technical centers across India gathered in Mumbai for a summit from Sept 27-30th for an intense study, reflection, and strategic planning. A total of 33 participants, including 27 ITI principals and several institutional heads, attended the event.

Don Bosco Skill Mission Bengaluru Upskills Graduates for Placement

27 September 2024

Don Bosco Tech India, Education Higher, Skills Training, Youth,

The iconic Don Bosco Skill Centre in Bengaluru, featuring state-of-the-art infrastructure, was established to deliver top-tier Training of Trainers (TOT) programs and advanced upskilling for young talents. This quarter, the vibrant campus welcomes 202 graduates from across India, specializing in Cloud Computing for IT professionals and DCOM for Electrical engineers.

Don Bosco Academy nurtures visual storytelling

21 November 2023

Art Forms, Career Guidance, Skills Training, Youth,

Don Bosco Academy, Nerul, in collaboration with Canon, hosted a two-day free photography workshop on November 17 and 18. A basic course in photography welcomed 42 participants, aimed to nurture a love for photography and equip amateur photographers with the essential skills to embark on their creative journeys.

Don Bosco Tech, Park Circus drives home AUTOSPARK 2023 Championship

15 February 2023

Education, Education Technical, Skills Training,

Don Bosco Technical Institute, Park Circus, bags the first position in the 5th Automobile Tech Fest - AUTOSPARK 2023 held at St. Aloysius ITI Mangalore from February 9 to 11, 2023, organized by SKIP (Skills for Progress) in collaboration with TATA MOTORS.

Nepal Don Bosco Society Empowers Teachers

1 March 2022

Bosco Training, Education, Education School, Skills Training,

To provide quality education to the students of the government schools, the Nepal Don Bosco Society (NDBS) organized a Teacher Training Programme at Manthali, a prominent central city, about 170 Km away from Kathmandu from February 24, 2022. The training lasted for three days for 31 teachers from ten schools.

- Fr Augusty Pulickal

Bosconet Hosts Capacity Building Awareness Programmes

3 December 2021

BOSCO Out Reach, Bosco Training, Development Office, Skills Training, Social Development, Social Life,

Bosconet India has organized one-day orientation programmes across India for Civil Society Organizations (CSO`s) to promote awareness and assist the weaker sections of society, to avail their entitlements and welfare schemes in the last two months. The sessions were for selected `Training of Trainers (TOTs) and CSOs in the following cities: Chennai and Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Aurangabad, Maharashtra and Delhi and Goa.

- Madhuri Isaacs

Don Bosco Institute Launches First Centre of Excellence in Nepal

22 September 2021

Skills Training, Social Development, Youth,

Schneider Electric Foundation - the social commitment arm of Schneider Electric and Don Bosco Institute, Nepal, committed to the poor young people in the Kathmandu valley, has launched a Centre of Excellence at Lalitpur, Nepal. Honourable Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Nepal, Pampha Bhusal, inaugurated the centre with French Ambassador-designate Gilles Bourbao present. With State-of-the-art equipment and facilities, the centre will provide vocational training and skill development to around 1000 youth over the next five years in home and building installation, basic automation, home automation, safe and secure building operations, industrial installations controls and drives.

- Father Pulickal Augusty

Don Bosco Kurla Hosts Maharashtra State Skill Competition 2021

7 September 2021

Don Bosco Tech India, Skills Training,

Don Bosco Kurla hosted the Maharashtra State Skill Competition 2021 from September 3 to 5, 2021. The competitions were held to select candidates from India for the 46th WorldSkills Competition from October 12-17, 2022, in Shanghai, China. The event has provided a platform for the youth of the state to showcase their skills. Nearly 20,090 youngsters in the age group of 17-25 years registered for the event.

- Fr. McEnroe Lopes SDB

Fisherfolk Women to Drive Electric Autos; FCDP Gearing Up Cultural Shift

9 August 2021

Self Help Groups, Skills Training, Social Development,

Fishermen Community Development Program (FCDP) of the Salesian Province of Bangalore has marked the beginning of yet another phase of its creative community involvement with the inauguration and the first phase of its distribution of electric autos to women on August 4, 2021, in Kollam, Kerala. FCDP is a voluntary organization founded in 1979, under the guidance and leadership of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Bangalore Province, for the integral development of all fisherfolk living in the coastal area of Kollam (Quilon).

- Father Joby Sebastian SDB

Anbu Illam Sponsored Students in Tamil Nadu Cricket Team

28 July 2021

Marginalized, Skills Training, Social Development, Sports,

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has selected three students who are members of a sports training programme by Don Bosco Anbu Illam, the Social Service Society of the Salesian Province of Chennai, and the HCL Foundation, for special training. TNCA has chosen Jeni Plautila for U19 bowling and all-rounder, Madhumitha for U23 batting/all-rounder, both from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Avadi, Chennai and Karthika for U19 bowling/all-rounder from Police Boys & Girls Club, Kannagi Nagar.

- James Raj

Eminent Salesian Journalist Authors 02 Books for Budding Reporters & Sub-Editors

14 August 2020

Education, Education Higher, Education and Culture, Media, Skills Training, Success Story,

Father [Dr] Francis Karackat of the Salesian Province of Bangalore [INK] has penned 02 books,`Journalism: A Manual for Budding Reporters` and `Journalism: A Manual for Budding Sub-Editors`. Father Karackat, with a University of Kerala Doctorate in Journalism on `Ethics in Newspaper Journalism in Kerala`, is also the recipient of the `Best Inspiring Writer in Malayalam`-Shalom Media Award 2019, and is an acclaimed author of 33 books.

- BISSouthAsia Correspondent

Yercaud `Project Calls` Trains 40 Tribal Young through 21-Day Nursery & Nature Preservation Course

12 August 2020

Agencies, Development Office, Disasters, Ecology, Language and Cultures, Marginalized, Skills Training, Social Life, Young at Risk, Youth,

On 05 August, on the Foundation Day of the Salesian Province of Tiruchy, `Retreat-Don Bosco` Yercaud completed the 21-day training course in Nursery and Nature Preservation `Project CALLS` supported by Jugend Eine Welt of Austria and Don Bosco Network South Asia. Through this programme, people got to Learn-Work-Earn their livelihood. Yercaud being a hill station, people earn their living through tourism and the travel industry. With the lockdown continuously extended, the people, especially in the hill-station left with nothing to survive, managed to learn, work and earn through the Shevaroyhills Tribal Development Institute [STDi].

- BISSouthAsia Correspondent

BOSCOM South Asia Executive Body Google Meets

19 July 2020

Language and Cultures, Lifestyle, Media, SPCSA, Salesian Society, Skills Training, Social Ministry, Success Story, Vocational Guidance, Youth Groups,

The annual Don Bosco Communication [BOSCOM] South Asia Executive Body Meeting took place via Google Meet on 17 and 18 July 2020. Convened by BOSCOM South Asia Delegate Father Ernest Rosario, the participants from the 11 provinces of South Asia were privileged to be accompanied throughout by the General Councillor for Social Communications Father Gildásio Mendez dos Santos. The executive body discussed, deliberated and debated the post-pandemic way forward on the theme, `How Can We Creatively Accompany Young People in the Virtual World`.

- BIS Correspondent

Regional Councilor for South Asia Father Biju Michael Intends ``to transform lives of half a million young people``

26 June 2020

Agencies, Chapter, Counselling, Don Bosco Tech India, Ecology, Education, Evangelization, Formation, Justice and Human Rights, Language and Cultures, Life and Health, Lifestyle, Marginalized, Mental Health, Missions, Procure, Profiles, Projects, Religion, SPA-India, SPCSA, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Skills Training, Social Development, Social Life, Social Ministry, Spirituality, Success Story, The Regional, Vocational Guidance, Young at Risk, Youth,

The General Chapter 28 has profoundly renewed the General Council of the Salesian Congregation. For this reason, today we begin, with Father Biju Michael, Regional Councilor for South Asia, a series of interviews designed to get to know the new Councilors who assist the Rector Major in the animation and government of the Congregation a little better.

- BIS Correspondent - Courtesy InfoANS

Kristu Jyothi College, Bangalore celebrates 50 years

7 November 2017

Education School, Evangelization, Festivals, Formation, Media, Psychology, Rector Major, Religion, SPCSA, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Skills Training, Spirituality, The Regional, Young at Risk,

``The entire Salesian congregation is proud of Kristu Jyothi College, the prominent theological study centre of the congregation for the way it has been contributing to the global church, the Salesian congregation and the church in India``, said Father Angel Fernandez Artime, Rector Major of the Salesian congregation. He was speaking on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Kristu Jyothi College at Bangalore on Monday evening.

- Father Bobby SDB

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