The SIES Graduate School of Technology as part of its ISR has set up project BEACON which provides vocational training to the under privileged sections of the society. The target groups are orphans, street children, school dropouts, housewives from poor families in the age group of 14-30 years. It is a skill enhancement programme covering several trades viz. plumbing, metal turning and welding, computer operating, electrician, tailoring and mobile & laptop repairs. The students are admitted free of cost.

The course duration is six months which includes a foundation course for all, followed by trade specific training. All the students are given a basic tool kit pertaining to the trade, shoes and an apron. The course focuses more on practical hands on training. Each student is exposed to basics of grooming, banking, computer skills, spoken English and Mathematics as part of the Foundation Course. At the end of the training, the students are placed in industries for internship. After the internship, they would be facilitated to take certification / licensing examination from Government certifying agencies and supported to find suitable placements. The outbreak of Corona virus resulted in the closure of the activities of Beacon except the Sewing and tailoring division where the trainees were brought in to stitch masks under the Million Mask Project.

Batchwise enrolement for the various trades is as below :

The activities are being resumed from April 2022.