PARFI has been one of the best examples of IIT alumni developed and driven largescale innovative models for transformation of India. Click on “More” for more details on PARFI’s pioneering public-private partnership to scale vocational training at scale.
PARFI is a great illustration of bringing IITian spirit for vocational education – exclusively for the underprivileged through non-profit joint venture with State Governments. It has built a perfect model to scale vocational training in a self-sustainable structure that addresses all three key pillars: assured employment via partnership the industry partners who helps design the curriculum and then absorbs the graduates, Government participation through infrastructure contributions (buildings, land etc.) and policy support, financing via combination of leverage of relevant government funding schemes and low-interest loans that gets paid by wages over a long-enough period when the graduates start their jobs. See below for key details and then visit PARFI website for more details.
Ø Vision: To become one of the largest social enterprise of the country contributing to creating a better future for under privileged sections of society
Ø Mission : Bringing the IITian Spirit To Vocational Education Exclusively For The Underprivileged Through Non-Profit Joint Venture With State
Ø Focus Area: Vocational Education, Skill development and Entrepreneurship for bottom of the pyramid.
Ø Geographical scope: To work in low HDI states of the country
Institutionalized partnership with Government of Jharkhand operating with 10,000 beneficiaries per annum across ~40 skill development and vocational education center. Four highly successful vocational colleges in Ranchi area of Jharkhand via joint venture with State of Jharkhand (PREJHA Foundation):
a. Nursing – one-year intensive ANM (auxiliary nursing midwifery) program for high-school tribal girls
b. Manufacturing – one-year program covering hard skills (e.g., lathe machine, welding) to circuit boards and digital printing
c. Culinary – one year program covering skills to be a chef and run a restaurant
d. Construction skills – a three-month program for school-dropouts to learn important trade skills such as high-rise steel construction, HVAC, electrician, plumbing.
