TKM and Assam Engineering Institute, Guwahati Collaborate for Rural Skill Enhancement & Employability
TKM and Assam Engineering Institute, Guwahati Collaborate under T-TEP Program
AZIR KHOBOR, GUWAHATI, 22 SEPTEMBER, 2022 : Toyota Kirloskar Motor [TKM] has announced the launch of T-TEP at Assam Engineering Institute, Guwahati with this our T-TEP collaboration reaches to 55 institutes all over India. The primary objective of this initiative is to enhance the student’s skill sets with special focus on rural areas, there by strengthening their employability through the company’s unique training initiative namely Toyota Technical Education Program (T-TEP).
The inauguration event was graced by Dr. B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Skill Development & Employment, Government of Assam, Shri M S Manivannan, IAS, and other officials. As a part of this initiative, Toyota will support the institute with latest curriculum covering automobile fundamentals, safety, Toyota values and basic soft skills.
Aimed at generating talented and technically skilled professionals for the automobile industry,
T-TEP strongly contributes to India’s “Skill India” mission. With T-TEP, thus far, TKM is associated with 55 ITIs/Polytechnic Institutes covering 22 states across the country. On this occasion,Dr B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Skill Development & Employment, Government of Assamsaid, “These efforts of collaboration by industry partners like Toyota which are aligned with the Government of India’s Skill India Mission will support in bridging the existing skills gap and help develop world-class workforce in state of Assam.”