India has long gloated over its demographic advantage. We all seem to agree that a population could be an asset; and it can work wonders for the development of the country, only if the talents of our expanding population is manoeuvred in the right manner and used to the maximum extent. Or else, this demographic advantage could well turn out to be a demographic disaster; meaning mounting unemployment and resultant social and economic unrest accompanied by poverty and inequality.

And even after more than 73 years of independence and planned development, a large chunk of the Indian population is still continuing to fend for the basic needs.

Addressing these challenges together with India's desire to become the world's 3rd largest economy by 2030, it is imperative that India creates and builds an empowered population.

At Deusa, we aim at working towards empowering people by helping them develop skills they need to succeed in a global economy, and, by initiating a wide range of community development projects, which relate to skills training, information, technology, and the capacity to achieve improved health, education and livelihood outcomes.