The workshop that was started around a year ago at a cost of Rs 85 lakh has facilities such as Auto Body Painting (ABP) and Auto Body Repair (ABR), apart from Motor Mechanics.
Students at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Pusa, Delhi have a newfound confidence and surety of employment now, thanks to corporates setting up their centres in the school to train students in various trades. One of the biggest investors in the institution is automotive major Maruti Suzuki. The company has developed an advanced workshop for the students of Mechanical Trade to teach them the latest developments in the automobile industry.
The workshop that was started around a year ago at a cost of Rs 85 lakh has facilities such as Auto Body Painting (ABP) and Auto Body Repair (ABR), apart from Motor Mechanics. ABP and ABR are the new subjects added to Mechanics by the National Council for Vocational Training in the year 2014. ITI Pusa is the first institute to have a workshop for these two subjects. In first, the students at this ITI are also receiving training by a Japanese trainer in Mechanics. The trainer has been invited by Maruti Suzuki to teach the latest technology and ethics of the company. The initiative is supported by Human Resources and Industry Development Association (HIDA), Japan.
Talking about the initiatives, Ranjit Singh, General Manager, CSR and Sustainability, Maruti Suzuki said: "We have tied up with 141 ITIs across the country to provide skill development training to students. The facility of an advanced workshop, where we are teaching auto body repair and painting to the students, was first started in the Pusa centre and we are very happy with the result. After the training started, almost 100 per cent of students have been placed with various Maruti dealerships." "It is a win-win situation for us, we train students in the latest trends in the automobile industry and get them placed as mechanics at various dealerships of Maruti; they get employment and we get trained mechanics.
Every year around 2500 students are absorbed at various dealerships of Maruti across India," he added. Students who come to these ITIs are mostly school drop-outs and looking for quick employment. Mangal Singh, a student of Mechanics trade who is receiving training with Maruti Suzuki, said: "I dropped out of school in Class 10 because my family situation was not good. I wanted a means to get quick employment and hence I joined ITI here. I am very confident that after passing out from here I will get a job." For students enrolled under the employment programme with Maruti Suzuki, the starting placement is that of a trainee mechanic at with a package of Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000.
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