ASDC inks pact with auto sector to enhance skill training

New Delhi, Sep 10 (KNN) Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) has signed agreements with four different bodies for enhancing its capacity and capabilities in providing learning modules and meet global standards.

The body, which is an industry-led initiative promoted by ACMA, SIAM and FADA jointly with NSDC and the Centre, said in a statement the MoUs have been signed with Electude International, the International Motor Institute of the UK, MGR University and Centre for Polytechnic and Advance Training in Chennai.

“These MOUs will enable ASDC to enhance its capacity and capabilities in providing variety of learning modules and International level certifications for automotive servicing and curriculum building along with the training of the faculty to meet the needs of the global standards,” said  the statement.

ASDC President Vinod Dasari said keeping in mind the ambitious targets for the second Automotive Mission Plan (AMP) for 2016-26, it was necessary for the industry to have skilled workforce.

He said that under the AMP 2016-26, the government and automobile industry have set an ambitious target of increasing the value of output of the sector to up to ₹18.89 lakh crore.

The President further said that the plan also aims to propel Indian auto sector “to be the engine of ‘Make in India’ programme, contributing in excess of 12 per cent of the country’s GDP. It also aims at creating 65 million direct and indirect jobs by the sector in the next decade, which will be over and above the 25 million additional jobs created in the previous decade.

“These expectation and targets can only be fulfilled with increasing stream of highly skilled workforce in the area of manufacturing and services pertaining to the auto sector,” Dasari added. (KNN Bureau)