Against All Odds | How this Pune NGO helped over 40,000 people land jobs across India

5 min readPuneJul 26, 2026 01:14 PM IST Lighthouse Communities Foundation conducts various skilling courses such as beauty treatments and manufacturing (Express photo/Special arrangement).Written by Shrijita AcharyyaWhen 22-year-old Shruti Bajpai graduated, she expected finding a job to be the next step. Instead, she spent nearly six months moving from one interview to another, only to be disappointed. “Some places even asked me to pay money for a job but never offered a placement,” she recalled. Unsure of where to turn next, Bajpai and her parents visited a Lighthouse Communities Foundation (LCF) centre after hearing about the organisation. She enrolled in its Office Executive course and, even before completing the programme, secured a placement through one of LCF’s partner organisations,