Vocational skills training is provided by all of Units. More than 4,500 people have been trained. In the recent past, Birla White in Rajasthan has widened its Applicator’s Training Programme to include women and unskilled construction workers. Over the last 5 years they have trained more than 8,000 people, including 1,100 women in the specialised application of Birla White putty. This year Company trained 500 applicators. At Rajashree Cement’s (Karnataka) Kagina Industrial Training Centre annually 150 students are trained to become electricians, fitters, mechanics and welders. Successful students are absorbed in the industries around this location and beyond.