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These centers aim to empower women by recognizing and nurturing their skills, fostering self-
sufficiency and economic independence within these communities. This forward-thinking effort
reflects a commitment to women's empowerment and the belief in the transformative impact of
recognizing and supporting their capabilities.

Handloom training under Project Kiran

One such initiative of SAIL, 'Stitching Success: Usha's TCPC Program Empowers Women Through Skill,
Collaboration, and Entrepreneurship', embodies this belief. It's a story of transformation, resilience, and
hope, echoing across the rural landscape. SAIL-Rourkela Steel Plant’s Usha Training Cum Production
Centre (TCPC) program empowers

tribal women through skill,
collaboration and entrepreneurship.
In collaboration with NGO Gram
Uthaan, SAIL initiated this CSR
project conducted by a certified
trainer from Usha-Silai to empower
women from economically and
socially disadvantaged backgrounds
through a ten-day training program.

The training center now known as
‘Anokhi’ is equipped with industrial
and semi-industrial sewing machines,
along with tailoring tools and
SAIL's stitching training centre
materials is training skilling the local
ladies while making them adept and self-sufficient.

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