Education and Skills Development

Tulsi Trust Technical Institute

Tulsi Trust supports programs of skill training and livelihood development which include short-term, vocational training and diploma courses at Tulsi Technical Institute to help the student get better employment.

Part of the Vivekananda Education Society, Chembur, Mumbai, Tulsi Trust provided its construction cost. This is a government recognized college providing two-year diploma courses in banking and insurance, marketing and sales, catering, hospitality, radio repairing, electric wiring, motor winding, television repair services, etc. It provides support for upgradation of laboratories and imparting two-day workshops (training) to facilitate employment.

To encourage students, Tulsi Technical Institute rewards the first three students who excel in their studies. Also, lectures are organized by outside teachers to help the students in various subjects as well as train them on making their biodata appropriately. Etiquette classes are also conducted.

Sunshine Trust

Well supported by Tulsi Trust, it was established in 1994 for the Sindhi community, and is the oldest NGO to help the Sindhi community develop a higher standard of living (especially the poorer sections). Sunshine Trust works in 14 cities in India. It serves those who seek to be self-sufficient by donating handicrafts, sewing machines and other allied equipment. Sunshsine Trust helped reduce the number of those living in poverty. On January 11, 1994, a meeting was held at the Oberoi Hotel in Bombay, India. Present were Dr. Ramchand Bulchand, Mr. J.M. Chanrai, Dr. Prakash Mirchandani, Mr. B.H. Melwani, and Mr. G.V. Melvani. At the meeting it was agreed that Mr. G. V. Melvani would look after applications and correspondence, and Dr. Mirchandani, on behalf of Mr. Chanrai, would look after the accounts. At the end of 1995, Mr. Melvani resigned due to health reasons and was replaced by Mr. Lekhraj Pohoomal.