Reliance Retail Ltd., is tying up with various institutes and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to train people in retail courses to overcome the shortages of trained staff needed for the company’s aggressive retail foray.
Reliance Retail is in “advanced stages” of talks with institutes including the government-run Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) and schools run by YMCA and Bharti Vidya Bhawan, according to a senior company official who wished not be identified because he is not authorized to talk to the media.
The firm will require one million direct and indirect employees all over India by 2010 but there are hardly 40,000 to 50,000 people trained in modern retailing, the official said, adding, “Rather than fighting for the existing talent we are enlarging the talent pool.”
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