GRAS Education and Training Services Pvt. Ltd. is an initiative of graduates from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata who share a common desire to bring about social change by empowering the unemployed and out-of-work youth by training them on vocational skills to make them ‘Eduployable’ [Educated + Employable]. This endeavor in turn, is aimed at giving a huge boost to the up scaling economy of the nation by making available, much-needed skilled manpower to the job market. GRAS Academy was launched in 2006, and over the years has successfully delivered in the vocational skills space leading to employment for hundreds. The organization’s core goal has evolved over these years to make self-sufficient, the youth from smaller cities and towns of India who may have completed basic education, but have limited or no skills to make them employable. Many of these boys and girls are forced to seek employment in the larger towns and cities far from their families and support systems and often in unorganized sectors where there is no growth in career or salaries. GRAS Academy is also a partner organization of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), under Min. of Finance, Govt. of India and is committed to work towards entry level skill development across the country hereby bridging the existing skill gaps across Industries. The organization is an ISO 9001:2008 certified and is acknowledged as a leading educational provider in the area of vocational training.