Bharti Walmart launches Training Centre

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 12: Bharti Walmart today launched its Training Centre within the Best Price Modern Wholesale Store in Jammu.
The centre will provide free-of-cost training to underprivileged youth and equip them with requisite skills sets, to bridge existing gap, for cash-and-carry and organized retail formats.
The centre aims to create a pool of modern retailing professionals by training 40 students per month.
Arvind Mediratta, COO, Bharti Walmart said, the centre provides a programme aimed at bridging the shortage of skilled resources in the rapidly growing retail sector by empowering the youth.
The Jammu facility offers a modern, inspirational setting, which embodies our high quality standards and ensures that students are in the best possible environment to learn and succeed, he added.
The training curriculum is based on Walmart’s global best practices and will be implemented through Centum Learning. This will help students take advantage of Walmart’s global knowledge and expertise in retail business. Successful candidates will be certified by Bharti Walmart, which will help them find employment.
The Centre offers short-term vocational certification courses that equip them to become Floor and Sales Assistants or Supervisors. Till date, over 15,000 students of Bharti Walmart Training Centres have been certified and over 5400 have been placed in several leading companies including Bharti Walmart and Bharti Retail.