Project Arjun

The Project Arjun Approach

🔧 From Education to Employability
Hands-on vocational training that transforms basic education into market-relevant technical skills.

Jobs & Self-Employment Pathways
Skills that enable youth to secure wage employment or start their own startup with minimal investment.

Local Livelihoods, Stronger Communities
Community-based training allows youth to earn close to home, reducing migration and strengthening local economies.

Inclusive & Accessible
Designed for youth from low-income and underserved communities, including school dropouts and first-generation earners—encouraging participation of both men and women.

Sustainable & Scalable Model
A structured livelihood approach that can expand across regions and incorporate additional demand-driven vocational skills.

Vocational Training for Youth Empowerment

Project Arjun is a planned flagship initiative of Impact Life Foundation focused on empowering underprivileged youth aged 14–35 years through market-relevant vocational skills, life skills, and employability support.

The project is structured to bridge the gap between education and employment by offering hands-on skill development aligned with local market opportunities. Alongside technical training, the program framework emphasizes communication skills, workplace ethics, financial literacy, and career planning to help youth prepare for employment or self-employment pathways.

Why Project Arjun

Himachal Pradesh is one of India’s most literate states — with nearly 99.3 % literacy, far above the national average of around 80.9 % — but this success in education has not translated into jobs and livelihoods for many young people.

Despite high education levels, youth unemployment in the state is alarmingly high, with recent labour force surveys reporting around 30 %–34 % unemployment among 15–29-year-olds, more than double the national youth average (about 14–15 %).

This stark mismatch between literacy and employability is fueled by limited industry presence, an economy still dependent on seasonal agriculture and tourism, and a shortage of structured, hands-on skills training — especially for technical trades that lead to stable incomes.

Project Arjun was created to bridge this gap. By providing practical, market-relevant vocational training in mobile repairing and other trades, it enables underprivileged youth to gain job-ready skills, pursue self-employment, and access wage employment opportunities close to home. Through skills that match local market demand, Project Arjun helps youth turn education into income, confidence, and economic resilience — truly creating a better tomorrow for individuals, families, and communities in Himachal Pradesh and beyond.