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Society for Cultural and Social Development is the sister comrade registered society of the Ranchi Jesuits Society which is founded in 1963, with registration number 52/1962-63 under the Society's Registration Act 21, 1860. And Loyola Training Center, Ranchi (LTC) is a unit of the Society for Cultural and Social Development.

LTC was founded with the noble intention of running job orientated Professional and Vocational courses/programs and training for unemployed youth and women.

Its sole aim is to empower the tribal youth through various vocational and Professional training and coaching classes for school and college dropouts by providing the term management technical, typing classes, shorthand learning, computer skilling and Spoken English classes.

It is well known in and around Ranchi for its quality and committed services offered to the very poor tribal youth and women. Furthermore, the institute introduced her coaching classes for competitive examinations for government jobs which also attracted more students.

It was a noble expression of their concern for the welfare of the disadvantaged and the underprivileged and a positive response to build the capacity of the community and the grass-root organizations.

As its outreach program LTC works in capacity building of teachers in rural Jharkhand and empowerment of women, young and adult, through the various skills training program.

LTC as part of its outreach program has begun organic farming for migrant labourers who have returned to their village due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Jamkuda, Ranchi. The program aims to capacitate the farmers by training them in income generating activities through organic farming, kitchen/school gardening and fruit tree plantation.

Vision: 

Creating an Egalitarian, Empowered and Self-Reliant Society

Mission: 

To fulfill its vision by empowering the poor, marginalized and excluded communities to demand their rights and entitlements, creating successful models of grassroots development through direct field interventions for replication and develop capacities of CBOs & Civil Society Organizations to promote collective action and influence institutions that shape peoples' lives, especially women and youth.

Goal: 

To facilitate the process for the creation of inclusive and equitable development of the most marginalized, vulnerable and socially excluded communities (particularly women, youth and children) in the state of Jharkhand by the creation of developed models through direct field intervention, building the capacity of Civil Society Organizations and articulations of demands and realization of the rights of the target community.