Seema has been working in corporate & development

sector since last 13 years. Prior to SKF, she has worked

with JCB handling their Maharashtra CSR program for six
years. In JCB she has worked intensively on rural
development with a focus on child & women
development. Seema has also worked in NGOs like Smile
Foundation & Vataslya Trust. In SKF she has redesigned
SKF Sports Education Program and conceptualized Udaan-
SKF Scholarship Program. She also works as a guest
facility in the colleges offering social work programmes.
• SKF Sports Education Program- the program focuses
on developing the children for opting sports as a
career. It is divided in three phases-

• 1.     SKF Sports in School

• 2.     SKF Sports Academy
• 3.     SKF Scholarship Program

• The duration of this program is almost 12 years.

YES- Youth Empowerment at SKF:
• Under YES, the youth from underprivileged communities are given
training in ‘Garage mechanic course’ for the duration of 6 months
along with 2 years of handholding to help youth to become
entrepreneurs.
 
• At present, there are 7 centers of YES across India in the cities of
Ahmedabad, Pune, Haridwar, and Assam.

Women Empowerment – ‘UDAAN’

• It’s a scholarship program based at Marathwada, a drought hit
region in Maharashtra. A girl child is awarded 100% scholarships
after the completion of 10th grade, till she completes her
education. The scholarship covers college fees, hostel fees, tuition,
stationery, travel expenses etc.
Environment- Under this, the company focuses on water and
solar energy.

• Commenting on the challenges involved, Ms. Suman says that

each program comes with its own set of challenges. For
example, under its YES- Garage mechanic training, it’s
extremely difficult to convince the youth for this training as the
youth isn’t very much interested in working as garage
mechanics.
 
• Under the Sports program, which is for the underprivileged
children, the challenge is that 60%-70% of children enrolled in
the program are anemic. They cannot play sports due to their
poor health, which stunts their growth as a good sportsperson.