From a Village Classroom to a First Salary
Three programmes that follow a young person's whole journey — confidence early, employability later, and a technical trade where industry is hiring.
How Each Programme Moves a Young Person Forward
Confidence First
In Classes 5–8, children build voice and curiosity through English before anyone talks about careers.
Employability Next
In the final year of a degree, students train for interviews and first jobs without leaving their course.
Job-Ready After
Graduates take an intensive track built around what employers in ITES and BFSI are actually hiring for.
Into Industry
For those heading to the shop floor, vocational trades built with local MSME employers who hire directly.
Skill in Village
Confidence Starts Long Before a Career Does
In government schools across six villages, we work with children in Classes 5 to 8 to build confidence, curiosity and life skills, using English as the tool rather than the goal. Sessions run around the school day, so nothing is taken away from regular classes.
What Changes
Children speak up in class, stay in school longer, and start to see education as something that leads somewhere.
SkillPlus
Preparing for the First Job, in Two Tracks
Final-year students train over ten months alongside their degree, inside their own college classrooms and labs. Graduates who have already left take SkillPlus Pro: four intensive months, around three hours a day, at a centre near them.
Skill Plus, timetabled around a final-year degree
Skill Plus Pro, intensive, for recent graduates
What Changes
Learners walk into interviews prepared, meet hiring companies through us, and move into roles that change what a household can plan for.
Technical Skilling Program
Hands-On Trades, Close to Home
Working with IIT Hyderabad and employers across the surrounding industrial belt, we train young people for technical roles in the MSME sector. Courses are built backwards from what local industry is hiring for, so the skill has a job waiting on the other side.
What Changes
A skilled trade in an industry that keeps hiring, without having to leave the district to find the work.
Only Three Steps Between You and a Place in a Batch
We choose partners carefully
We begin with schools and colleges whose values match ours, so a programme is supported long after we set it up.
Learners apply and are selected
A short selection process places each learner in the right track at the right stage of their education.
Those with least access come first
Young women, first-generation learners, students below the poverty line and rural applicants are prioritised.
Hear It From the People We Work With
The students challenge me in the right way, their curiosity drives me as well
I feel happy when my students get placed, it gives me satisfaction that the work I do really makes a difference
Adjusting to needs of different students pushes me to be better and challenges me
Working here is life changing – I get to learn everyday when I teach
The learning never stops when you are a teacher
The Mentors Who Run The Programmes
Questions We're Asked Often
Common questions from students, families and partner institutions
What is Next Bharat Skilling Foundation, and who are its programmes designed for?
Next Bharat Venures Skilling Foundation (NBVSF) is an initiative of the Rural Development Center (RDC), IIT Hyderabad. It is a not-for-profit organisation built on a simple belief: talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.
NBSF works to build inclusive school-to-work pathways that help rural and semi-urban learners develop foundational, employability, technical and entrepreneurial capabilities for meaningful employment, self-employment and sustainable livelihoods.
Our programmes are designed for learners across the school → college → skills → industry → livelihoods journey.
What programmes does NBVSF offer, and where are they currently available?
Skill in Village (SiV)
Builds foundational English, life skills and confidence among school-age learners. It is currently being implemented across selected government schools in Sangareddy district.
SkillPlus
Focuses on English and communication, digital proficiency, reasoning and aptitude, life skills, workplace skills and career readiness for college students. It is currently delivered through partner colleges such as St. Anthony’s Degree College, Tara Government Degree College, and Government Women Degree College, Sangareddy and the NBVSF- Technology Innovation Park (TIP) centre at IIT Hyderabad.
Technical Skilling
Provides practical, industry- and MSME-aligned training for eligible youth. Current courses include CNC Machine Operator Training and Electrical Shopfloor Training, delivered through the NBVSF centre at IIT Hyderabad.
Programme locations and courses may vary by cohort and are communicated through the relevant programme information.
Are NBSF programmes free, or is there a programme contribution?
NBSF programmes are highly subsidised, but not necessarily free.
Depending on the programme, students or parents may make a modest Community/Programme Contribution towards a portion of the actual programme cost.
The contribution is intended to encourage shared ownership, seriousness and regular participation. It is not intended to generate profit and does not represent the full cost of delivering the programme.
The remaining programme cost may be supported through CSR, grants, donations, sponsorships, institutional support and other partnerships.
The applicable contribution, if any, is communicated clearly before enrolment.
Will participation in an NBSF programme affect regular school or college classes?
No. NBSF programmes are designed to complement regular education rather than replace it.
Programme schedules are planned in coordination with schools, colleges and training institutions. Depending on the programme, sessions may be conducted before or after regular classes, during institution-approved time slots, or through other agreed schedules.
Students are expected to follow the attendance and participation requirements communicated for their programme.
How long does each programme run, and how much time are students expected to commit?
Programme duration and time commitment vary depending on the programme, course and cohort.
Skill in Village generally runs through the academic year with periodic learning sessions, while SkillPlus and Technical Skilling are delivered through structured training batches.
Specific dates, duration, session schedules and expected time commitment are communicated to learners before enrolment.
How can a school, college, training institution or other organisation partner with NBSF?
NBSF works with schools, colleges, ITIs, universities, industries and other organisations to create meaningful learning and livelihood pathways.
Interested institutions can contact us through the Contact / Partner With Us section of the website and submit a partnership enquiry.
Our team will understand the institution’s requirements, assess programme fit and discuss the appropriate model. Partnerships are generally formalised through a written agreement based on the nature and scope of collaboration.
Who are NBSF's current institutional and ecosystem partners?
NBSF is an initiative of the Rural Development Center (RDC), IIT Hyderabad, developed through collaboration with Next Bharat Ventures and Deshpande Skilling.
NBSF also works with schools, colleges, ITIs, industries, employers and other ecosystem partners depending on the programme and location.
Specific institutional relationships and partner roles are governed by the relevant agreements and approved scope of collaboration.
Can institutions, partners or visitors visit an NBSF programme site or training centre?
Yes. Institutions, partners and other stakeholders may request a visit to the NBSF office, training centre or selected programme locations.
Visits should be coordinated with the NBSF team in advance through the Contact page so that an appropriate date, location and programme interaction can be arranged.
Visits involving schools or learners may be subject to institutional permission, safeguarding, privacy and consent requirements.
How can a student apply or enrol in an NBSF programme?
Enrolment may take place through a partner school, college, ITI, Diploma or other institution where NBSF programmes are being implemented.
Students, parents or institutional coordinators may also contact NBSF directly through the website to express interest in available programmes.
Submitting an enquiry or application, or making a Programme Contribution, does not automatically guarantee admission. Selection is subject to programme eligibility, verification, available capacity and other applicable requirements.
Does NBSF provide career guidance, internships, apprenticeships or placement support?
Yes. Depending on the programme, NBVSF provides support such as career guidance, resume preparation, interview readiness, industry exposure, employer engagement, internships, apprenticeships and placement facilitation.
Technical Skilling and SkillPlus are designed to strengthen learners’ readiness for education-to-industry transitions and connect them with relevant industry opportunities.
NBSF provides training and best-efforts career and placement support; however, no specific job, salary, employer, internship, apprenticeship or placement outcome is guaranteed.