National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has taken a significant step towards empowering rural youth through skill development by signing an MoU with the Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC), Bhubaneswar, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India. The agreement, signed on 7th October 2025 at NALCO Corporate Office between NALCO Foundation—the CSR arm of NALCO—and CTTC, aims to implement a skill training programme for youth from the peripheral villages of NALCO’s operational units at Damanjodi and Angul. Under this initiative, 20 youths each from the villages surrounding NALCO’s Mines & Refinery Complex, Damanjodi, and Smelter & Power Complex, Angul, making a total of 40 participants, will be sponsored for a five-month residential training programme at CTTC, Bhubaneswar.