Transforming Lives Through Strategic Partnerships
USHA's strategic partnerships with companies like Tata Power, Star Cement, and Godavari Power & Ispat Ltd. foster shared values that empower women across India. Initiatives such as training centers in Mal and Chamata Pathar have directly impacted over 300 women, equipping them with skills for economic self-dependence. These collaborations not only uplift individuals but also transform communities, promoting entrepreneurship and a brighter future for women.
In Northeast India, USHA and Star Cement have launched a first of its kind project-training men in the mechanics and maintenance of sewing machines so they can provide technical support to women graduating from Silai Schools, their learners and other women from the villages. Through this project USHA is aligning its goals with the mandate of its corporate partners in their CSR ventures.
Located just an hour and a half's drive from Assam's Guwahati lies the USHA Silai School at Chamata Pathar. Run in partnership with Star Cement, this school is fostering self-dependence among the women of the region. USHA's alliances with similar organizations have significantly contributed to positively transforming the lives of numerous women across diverse communities.
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Kushalta Ke Kadam, an initiative by USHA Silai School and NDTV has entered its eighth season. The aim is to empower more women across rural India by teaching them sewing skills and helping them open new doors of opportunities for themselves. The initiative encourages rural women to become financially independent and entrepreneurs by taking up sewing and training others in their respective communities.
Since 2011, the USHA Silai School initiative has trained more than 12 lakh rural women through over 33,000 Silai schools, spanning over 20,751 villages across India.
The women earn Rs. 4,000 – 5,000 per month on an average, with the highest recorded monthly earning being Rs. 84,000 in a month. This earning works as a catalyst towards building their self-confidence, reducing gender inequities, and raising their stature within their families and in society at large.
Team NDTV | Thursday January 29, 2026From West Bengal's transgender tailors to Telangana's tribal seamstresses and Meghalaya's embroidery revivalists, Usha Silai School's Kushalta Ke Kadam partners with NIRDPR and state governments
- Team NDTV | Thursday January 29, 2026
In Odisha's mining heartlands, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited teams with Usha Silai School's Kushalta Ke Kadam and Gram Utthan, empowering tribal women turning them into entrepreneurs
- Team NDTV | Wednesday January 07, 2026
From Madhya Pradesh's stigma to Bihar's child marriages, Usha Silai School's NDTV-backed Kushalta Ke Kadam empowers women like Kalpana and Shabnam to stitch dignity and self-reliance
- Written by Team NDTV | Friday January 02, 2026
Usha Silai Schools give second chances to women like Srinagar's Marifat, who rebuilt after widowhood; Madhya Pradesh's Jyoti, escaping abuse to run her own center; and Rajasthan's Vimla, rising from child marriage to tailor and teacher. Through nine-day training, they gain sewing skills, confidence, and income proving one stitch mends lives and inspires communities.
- Team NDTV | Friday December 26, 2025
A new wave of corporate-community partnerships is equipping rural women with skills, income and confidence
- Written by Team NDTV | Friday December 12, 2025
USHAs Silai School Programme empowers women across India by turning sewing into independence. Women become trainers and leaders, transforming their lives and communities through skills, confidence, and income
