The program will benefit ITI in building skillful technicians for the Indian Automotive service industry. Speaking on the occasion, Tapan Ghosh, Zonal Head - East, Hyundai Motor India Limited, said "We are delighted to begin our program in East with Ramakrishna Mission ITI.

"The collaboration has been successful implemented across 25 institutes Pan-India and this year, every state will have at least 1 institute per state associated with the program. Hyundai Motors is committed to Government of India's "Skill India" initiative and through the program aims to increase availability of skilled manpower in the automobile service industry."

The Hyundai - ITI association comes on the back of a very successful pilot program launched in 2012 across 5 locations. Almost 95% of trained graduates from the Skill Development Program (2012-2015) were recruited by Hyundai dealerships in 2016.

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: Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Sangli, Dehradun, Ludhiana, Vizag, Cochin, Sonepat, etc.

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