NAVIS dispatches a batch of 15 skilled nurses to Japan under TITP, targets to send 400 trainees a year

As Japan has started to open its borders allowing entry of foreigners, more skilled manpower will go to Japan. The movement of skilled force had stopped during 2020-21 because of Covid pandemic.

Sanjeev K Ahuja On Mar 12, 2022

NEW DELHI/BANGALURU: Indian government’s Japan-oriented Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) aimed at sending skilled manpower to Japan witnessed a major push on Friday when a fresh batch of 15 skilled nurses landed at the Narita International Airport.

Short-listed, trained and sent by NAVIS Human Resources Private Limited – a Bangaluru based recognised TITP Sending Organisation, these 15 highly trained nurses are mandated with the core job roll of ‘Care Givers’. Apart from their inherent nursing skills, these nurses were trained hard on Japanese language, culture and etiquette at NAVIS’s facility, and have successfully passed JLPT N4 Japanese languages proficiency test. The average monthly remuneration these nurses will get in Japan ranges between Rs. 1.00 lakh and 1.50 lakhs.

NAVIS’s TITP Trainees reach NARITA Int’l Airport, Japan

These nurses boarded the All Nippon Airways’ direct flight NH830 from Mumbai on Thursday evening.

According to Ms. Takako Oshibuchi, CEO NAVIS Human Resources Private Limited, with this NAVIS, which is a National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) accredited Sending Organization (SO), has sent a total of 46 nurses to Japan under TITP in the Nursing Care job roll category since March 2019. In addition, the company also sent out India’s first three Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) in October 2020 in the same job roll category.

Its mention worthy here that India had sent a total of 223 skilled workers in various TITP job roll categories to Japan by the year 2019, and there was no movement on this front in the following years 2020 and 2021 because of the Covid-19 Pandemic outbreak. Considering the given figures, NAVIS’ initiative of sending 46 skilled nurses and three SSW workers to Japan is a very significant accomplishment by any accredited SO in India.

NAVIS was established in 2002 as a Japanese language Training and Human Resource Company. Currently, as a Human Resource Development company for blue-collar workers in India, NAVIS provides a one-stop service from Recruitment, Japanese Language Training, Selecting Receiving Organization to Sending in the Sectors of Nursing Care, Hotel industry (Hospitality) and Agriculture through TITP and SSW Programs.

TITP Trainees at the NAVIS’s Bangaluru-based facility before going to Japan.

Its group company NAVIS Corporation in Japan is a Registered Support Organisation also for SSW and focuses on sending personnel under SSW (Specified Skilled Worker).

While speaking with Asian According to NAVIS CEO Ms. Takako Oshibuchi said that NAVIS planned to send about 400 skilled workers per year under the TITP to Japan after subjecting them to unique recruitment, screening and skills training.

“India that has 1.35 billion human resources has a huge potential as more and more skilled workers will be sent to Japan as India is attracting attention as a reliable source of workforce. India is predicted to become the world’s most populous country, surpassing China’s population by 2027. In line with the Indian government’s ‘Skill India’ initiative, the focus will be on developing human resource in the youth segment,” Ms. Takako Oshibuchi said.

For Japan, which has a labor shortage, NAVIS will accomplish Japanese language Training level N3 in six months and provide skill development including career opportunities for Indian nurses to solve problems in both countries.

While talking about the future prospects of the Indian skilled workers going to Japan, Ms. Oshibuchi said that the stay and the work of these workers could be extended in Japan in certain circumstances for two more years also.

“However, besides the option of extending stay of the TITP trainees in Japan, they can also opt to go to other developed countries like Germany and UK, and we will facilitate their arrangements,” added the NAVIS CEO.