New Delhi: The Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) and country’s largest two wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp have partnered to bridge the digital skill gap at the country’s auto dealerships.
As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the partnership is to train the dealership Staff in an apprenticeship model.
It will also enhance ASDC’s capacity and capabilities in providing a variety of learning modules and certifications for automotive servicing and curriculum building along with faculty training. Hero MotoCorp will provide the content of the digital learning programme, it said.
Nikunj Sanghi, president, ASDC, said, “We are extremely happy to partner with Hero MotoCorp, as it will allow us to reach a large number of youth, who can be skilled and subsequently gainfully employed in the industry. It is also important that the younger generation in the country put in their hearts to the jobs that they are performing in addition to their hands and minds.”
Naveen Chauhan, head of sales and after-sales, Hero MotoCorp, said, “Through this strategic partnership, we will work with ASDC to upskill and reskill the workforce in the automotive industry.”
“The industry has witnessed the advent of new technologies in the recent past and this trend will continue in the future as well. As the automotive industry is a large employer, there will be an increased demand for skilled manpower in the industry. To meet this demand, the gap between the skill available and skill required will have to be bridged,” he added.
The programme will enable all the candidates to develop relevant skills on futuristic vehicles too (EV/HEV) and become self-reliant, thereby, empowering the youth for a brighter future and at the same time fulfilling the broader vision of Skill India, it said.
ASDC is an industry-led initiative promoted by ACMA, SIAM and FADA jointly with NSDC and the Government of India to enhance the skill of the automotive industry to compete with international standards.
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