History

After his own professional career, Dr. Joshi, together with his wife Ursula, looked for the reasons why the local economy is so stable and has a significantly lower unemployment rate than other European countries. Their research has shown that the proportion of skilled workers in these three countries is more than 90%, which differs significantly from other countries in Europe and worldwide. What is the reason for this difference? The answer lies in the unique system of dual training that prevails in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, the so-called “Swiss dual system”.

With the aim of bringing this excellent system of skills development to India, Dr. Joshi and his wife Ursula established the Rajendra and Ursula Joshi Foundation in Switzerland.

• 2023 Renovation of first school building, start of new gate, renovation of second school building and administration, monsoon shelters, etc. Markus Gmeiner leaves the foundation to take on new challenges.
• 2022 Resumption of construction work on the hostel, transformer plant, water treatment plant, sewage treatment plant, roads and utility lines
• 2021 Unfortunately, we had to interrupt our construction activities during Covid
• 2020 Inauguration of Vocational Block1 on the new campus for the automotive, electrical and AC departments
• 2019 On October 1, 2019, our founder and foundation president Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi passed away
• 2018 Construction of the new university campus has begun. Markus Gmeiner became CEO of the foundation.
• 2017 The Government of Rajasthan approves the first Skill Development University, BSDU in the province of Rajasthan, India, with internationally recognized degrees
• 2016 On April 23, the inauguration took place with the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Smt. Vasundhara Raje, instead of
• 2016 On March 18, the Minister of Education for Entrepr. Govt of India, Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, to BSDC
• 2016 The first four basic courses for polymechanics started on January 4
• 2015 Our first Train the Trainer course for polymechanics started on June 15
• 2014 Start of construction of the Bhartiya Skill Development Campus (BSDC) with classrooms and practical training rooms, student residence and canteen
• 2013 Purchase of 30,000 m² of land in the Mahindra World City industrial zone (SEZ) in Jaipur for the construction of the campus
• 2013 Markus Gmeiner took over as Head of Project Management.
• 2011 Markus Pfenninger was recruited as an expert for the training of polymechanics
• 2010 Organization of two specialist training courses in Switzerland for electricians and power distributors in the electrical trade
• 2009 Program development for introductory expert training courses
• 2008 Initiation of Swiss cooperations in the field of electrics and electricity
• 2007 Launch with first promotional presentations, discussions, press conferences and TV interviews in Rajasthan
• 2006 Initiation of the Vishwakarma apprenticeship project