Graduation ceremony of students of Hyundai -ITI tie-up programme 2016 batch, H STEP 1 CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS under Hyundai’s Skill Development Programme.
- Hyundai imparted curriculum, aggregates and on-the-job training to students across 25 locations
- Recruited 95% of trained graduates through its dealers in 2015
Chennai, June 06, 2016: Hyundai Motor India Ltd., the country’s largest exporter and the second largest car manufacturer announced that it has expanded the scope of its agreement with 25 ITIs in India. As a responsible corporate citizen, this is Hyundai Motor India’s initiative to contribute to Govt. of India’s Skill India Programme.
This expansion of Hyundai’s association with 25 ITIs comes after a successful completion of a pilot program that Hyundai launched in 2012 across 5 locations. Almost 95% of trained graduates from this Hyundai’s Skill Development Programme (2012-2015) were recruited by Hyundai dealerships in 2015.
Announcing the initiative, Mr. Rakesh Srivastava, Sr. VP - Sales and Marketing, Hyundai Motor India Ltd., said, “Hyundai is a stakeholder in India’s progress and a responsible corporate citizen. Our alliance with ITI and vocational institutes is aimed at reducing the skill deficit in the Indian automobile industry’s shop floors. With this partnership, we are confident that Hyundai will be able to bridge the gap of skilled manpower availability and help Auto Industry to achieve global competitiveness.”
Under the scope of Hyundai’s Skill Development Programme, the company has introduced latest training methodologies at these 25 ITIs across India. A two-year-long training program with structured 96 hour content of 27 chapters and workshop practical along with 4 days of exclusive OJT (On-Job-Training) at Hyundai dealerships gives students hands on experience and become H STEP 1 CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN.
Hyundai India’s specifically designed training curriculum will help address the scarcity of employable skilled manpower in the industry. Under the aegis of this program, the two year curriculum is structured in a manner that in the first year, students study ITI curriculum and Hyundai curriculum in second year.
Hyundai’s Skill Development Programme has already benefited over 1000 students who studied the course at 25 ITIs across the country in centers such as: Hyderabad, Lucknow, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Sangli, Dehradun, Ludhiana, Vizag, Cochin, Sonepat, etc. Under this programme, the graduates avail higher employability standards and high quality of life.
