TRAINING TO EXCEL

Harshada Takke, Director, U Takke Salon And Academy, gives Priyanka Parshurami a lowdown into her social work activities with underprivileged women.

Since 2004, Uday Takke Academy has been involved in social work, which includes helping the underprivileged through medical camps, financing the primary education for rural kids and much more. They have also trained and educated underprivileged women and girls in beauty skills to enable them to earn a living for themselves and their families in the mainstream beauty industry.

One such initiative was undertaken by Harshada Takke, Director, U Takke Salon and Academy, at her native place Jamlipada, in association with a local organisation called Hitavardini Sava. This organisation runs a Montessori school with initiatives for skill development among local women. They teach different motor skills, right from motor mechanic to radio repairing.

With the sole aim of giving these women a platform or a roadmap into the mainstream beauty industry where they can earn a living, Takke collaborated with the NGO to conduct a beauty skills training workshop, which included basics of hairdressing and beauty therapy.

The beauty workshop concluded with a competition, with winners getting a chance to take advanced training at the U Takke Academy and assistance in job placements at reputable salons.