Bharti ties up with GRS for retail training

By Our Corporate Bureau | 08 May 2007

New Delhi: Bharti Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises has announced a tie-up with the Global Retail School (GRS) to impart training to jobseekers in this sector.

"We have entered into a strategic partnership with the Global Retail School to bring modern skills, knowledge and progressive training to create employability for young people in the growing retail sector of India," Bharti Resources CEO and executive director Sanjeev Duggal said. He added that besides retail, the company was also looking at training workforce in areas like insurance and telecom.

In the first year of the alliance, the company is targeting to enroll around 15,000 in various courses in subjects like retail sales and marketing, visual merchandising and space planning, retail supply chain management, retail management and store operations et cetera.