Amravati, July 11 (KNN) The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated the Centre of Excellence for Electric Vehicle Skills and Training at Pulivendula.

The skill centre is being set up Government of Andhra Pradesh, in collaboration with EV Masterclass.
 
Rajeev YSR, founder and CEO of EV Masterclass, said the release, “This is a first of it's kind initiative and state of the art lab across the country, where the entire lab is set up in line with that of a regular electric vehicle assembly line.”
 
“The entire layout is designed in such a way that students start with the components of electric vehicles, build the systems and battery packs, integrate with the BMS, and assemble the entire thing into an electric vehicle. This way, the students face no difficulties in adapting themselves to the Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Industry." he said.

Suresh Kumar, IAS, PrincipalSecretary to the Government, lauded the initiative because one of the biggest threats to the EV Industry is the non availability of relevant talent pools, and hence, to ensure that the existing electric vehicle manufacturing companies as well as the upcoming ones' don't face a shortage of talented manpower, Electric vehicle skills have been identified as one of the focus areas. 

The state government is planning to launch more such labs in collaboration with EV Masterclass to train the state's youth in electric vehicle technology, and make them sought after employees by the Industry.

KNN Bureau