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Voltas, India’s leading room air conditioning brand, in association with Tata Strive, co-hosted the first graduation ceremony at the Voltas Center of Excellence, Thane, to celebrate the accomplishments of the students trained in the Room Air Conditioning Technician course. The state-of-the-art training centre located at Voltas’s Thane facility, in support of the Government’s Make in India mission, commenced operations in September 2016 and has a capacity to train 90 students at any given point of time. It offers two technical courses in the space of room air conditioning and refrigeration. A distinctive feature of the training pedagogy is its hands-on approach via lab exercises as well as on-the-job training (OJT). The four-week OJT provides learners an exposure to a live shop floor dynamics, and an opportunity to demonstrate and practise the skills learnt in the classroom. The students at this centre belong to marginalised communities and hail from Thane, Bhiwandi and adjoining...