Toyota Kirloskar Motor [TKM] announced the launch of 62nd T-TEP institute at Laxmi Driving & Training School, Agartala, Tripura and first T-TEP institute in the state of Tripura with support of Automotive Skill Development Corporation (ASDC). The primary objective of this initiative is to enhance the student’s skill sets with special focus on rural areas, thereby strengthening their employability through the company’s unique training initiative namely Toyota Technical Education Program (T-TEP).Aimed at generating talented and technically skilled professionals for the automobile industry,
T-TEP strongly contributes to country’s “Skill India” mission. With T-TEP, thus far, TKM is associated with 62 ITI/Diploma institutes covering 26 states. Currently, more than 12,000 students have been trained and 70% of the students are working in various automobile companies and their dealership across the country.
As a part of this initiative, Toyota will support the institute with latest curriculum covering automobile fundamentals, safety, Toyota values and basic soft skills. The company along with its dealer partner have invested over Rs 1.5 million towards infrastructure, e-learning contents, engines, transmissions, practice kits and train the institute’s faculty through its unique Train-The-Trainer approach. In addition, TKM’s dealer partner –Podder Toyota will also support by providing On-Job-Training to these students.