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T
he Automotive Mission Plan
(AMP) 2026, prepared jointly
by the Automotive Industry
and the Government of
India, predicts 300 percent growth
for the industry in the next 10 years
and 65 million direct and indirect
jobs in the entire value chain. The
Automotive Skills Development
Council (ASDC), a joint initiative of
the Union Government, Society of
Indian Automobile Manufacturers
(SIAM), Automotive Component
Manufacturers Association (ACMA)
and Federation of Automobile Dealers
Association (FADA), is entrusted
with the task of readying the Indian
youth for this. Since 2011, four lakh
students were trained through the
skill centres and about 3,75,000 were
issued certificates.
ASDC, the first Sector Skill Council
of India, aims to skill and certify 25
million people in 10 years, and make
the automotive industry self-sufficient
in skilled manpower. “Every month
one million people enter the job
market in India. Every sector has
to inform the job aspirants about
opportunities in the respective fields.
Job-seekers can choose according
to their aptitude and taste. Becauseof the huge potential for growth,
every segment of the automotive
sector needs large number of skilled
manpower,” Sunil K Chaturvedi,
Chief Executive Officer, ASDC, told
AutoParts Asia.
“Automotive sector is one of the
largest providers of employment-
-formal, non-formal, direct and
indirect. Though there are policy
level impediments on the selling
and the manufacturing side, the
sector is growing well. With the
predicted level of growth, there will
be demand for skilled people in every
area of the automotive sector: R&D,
Quality Management, Supply Chain,
Manufacturing, Sales and Driving,”
he said.Skilling Standards
ASDC has created well-defined
standards of skilling for respective job
roles. It has defined the infrastructure
for skilling centres and created
modules for training of trainers. It is
also doing independent assessment.
Hence its certificate has authenticity.
A standardised process of identifying
skills, defining skills, defining
the norms of the centres whichare providing skill development,
training of trainers who impart skills,
assessment and certifying students
who had acquired skills are the
areas of expertise of the Council. It
is encouraging OEMs to design their
skill training on the ASDC pattern,
Chaturvedi said.
“All kinds of companies in the entire
value chain, OEMs like Ashok
Leyland, Maruti Suzuki, India Yamaha
Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra,Tata
Motors and Hero Moto Corp., are
offering several ASDC courses.
Yamaha India has 40 centres across
the country providing these courses.
Maruti Suzuki Driving School applies
ASDC modules in over 100 schools.
Tata Motors is offering ASDC courses
to its people on the shop floor. There
is an all round effort and it has been
steadily increasing.”“Similar is the case with the
component suppliers. Companies
Sansera, Hella India, Rockman
Industries, Subros and Sona Steering
have set up ASDC centres where they
train local people not only for their
needs but for the entire automotive
supply chain. OEMs, component
suppliers and dealers offer salesSunil K Chaturvedi