Toyota believes that they have a greater role to play in India than just manufacturing world class cars.  Toyota is focused on not just delivering first class products & services to the customers, but also building right set of talent pool that can create a sustainable business environment. The company has been tirelessly working towards enhancing the employability quotient in the automobile manufacturing industry in India by promoting unique skill development initiatives.  Toyota's skill development initiatives are aimed at contributing to Honorable Prime Minister's ‘Skill India' mission by bridging the gap between India's rapidly growing industrial sector and availability of highly skilled workforce to match up with It has been rightly said by Honorary Advisor Eiji Toyoda "Because people make our automobiles, nothing gets started until we train and educate our people."

As a part of its commitment towards developing world class skilled workforce for the emerging Indian Auto Industry, Toyota Kirloskar Motor has established Toyota Technical Training Institute (TTTI) in the year 2007 to impart training to financially challenged students hailing from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families from across Karnataka. During its three-year residential automobile manufacturing course, TTTI focuses on developing employable skills among rural students of Karnataka and facilitates to improve their quality of life and realize greater employment opportunities. TTTI is situated within the premises of Toyota's manufacturing plant at Bidadi, near Bangalore.  TTTI offers its students four courses-which includes automobile welding, automobile assembly, automobile painting and plant maintenance.

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