TLM Vadathorasalur Vocational Training Centre

TLM Regional Vocational Training Centre

ABOUT THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE

TLM Vadathorasalur Vocational Training Centre was established in the year 1998.

Danish missionaries started a leprosy home in Vadathorasalur, in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, in 1916, with an annual grant of Rs 1,200 from Debendernath Mullick, a philanthropist in Kolkata. The Mission to Lepers (now, The Leprosy Mission Trust India) took over the leprosy home in 1925. It was converted into a hospital in 1949.

In the year 1996, The Leprosy Mission Trust India started a mini vocational training centre (VTC) in the hospital premises to provide vocational education to young boys and girls affected by leprosy. In 1998, it grew into a full-fledged VTC providing vocational education to young boys and girls cured of leprosy and whose parents/siblings are affected by leprosy.

COURSES OFFERED

Trades Affiliated to NCVT/SCVT:

• Electrician
• Motor Vehicle Mechanic
• Sewing Technology
• Refrigeration and Airconditioning Mechanic
• Automobile Mechanic
• Electrical Technician
• Automobile Service Assistant-cum-Technician (Tata LEAP)

Non-formal Trades

• Tailoring
• Mechanic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
• Automobile Mechanic
• Electrical Technician
• Embroidery making
• Screen printing
• Toymaking

No. of Seats

• Institutional – 110
• Community-based – 30