Friday 21 September 2012

Our Hospitality and Construction programs in a glance

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Mangal
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PACE Construction Program
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Hospitality Industry - Future
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PACE Hospitality Program
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Friday 14 September 2012

Vaibhav whose family income was below poverty line, now heads the Bakery department at reputed hotel

Vaibhav's family belongs to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category and he was struggling to make a living within his own vicinity. Despite many obstacles, he finally managed to complete his SSC and HSC under the Maharashtra Board. One day he visited our PACE Hospitality Training Center, Satara and decided to pursue a career in the Hospitality industry. He joined the 1st Batch, and completed the course with flying colours. After the completion of the course he got placed in Lemon Tree, Aurangabad as a trainee in the food and beverage service department for a month. Post his training in Aurangabad, he was trained at the Lagoona City Resort at Lonavala for a year in the Bakery and Confectionery department. During this period he honed his skills as a bakery chef and was placed in the Blue Oceans Resort and Spa, Ganpatipule, Ratnagiri, where he now heads the entire bakery and confectionary department. His cost to company is Rs.9500 per month. It is remarkable to see a person whose income was once below the poverty line, grow so quickly and successfully in the field of hospitality. He plans to open his own bakery in the near future. We hope and believe that the success story of Vaibhav will be an inspiration to all the students of Pace Hospitality Centers all across the country.

Sunday 9 September 2012

MasterCard's community day with Pratham

MasterCard's representatives visited our vocational skilling center at Chembur, Mumbai on the 7th of Sept, 2012. As a part of their CSR initiative, they wished to celebrate their community day with our students. Their delegation included Mr. T.V.Seshadri - Division President, South Asia, MasterCard Worldwide, Ms. Aashna Roy - CSR Head, South Asia, and a few of their colleagues from the Mumbai office.
They shared inspirational industry insights with our students while mentoring and interacting with them. It was heart warming to see how engaged the MasterCard representatives were in regards to our students' everyday stories and challenges. They were deeply concerned with the real world challenges that the students face and wanted to do all that they could to help. One of the representatives even offered to counsel our students to cope with on-the-job issues that they might face after completing our courses.