Global Bigdata Conference

Stephen Sudhakar, senior VP, HR and GS, Hyundai Motor India, says: "Indians are good at certain skill capabilities like die maintenance as well as manufacturing engineering. So if you have those skills, you often get to work in other Hyundai plants in the world on a project basis.'' Auto companies' involvement with academia to upscale skills includes interface at various levels. The company runs Toyota Technical Training Institute which offers a threeyear full-time training in – automobile assembly, automobile paint, automobile weld and mechatronics – to poor students. It also runs Toyota Technical Education Program in partnership with industrial and technical training institutes to impart training – general repair, automotive body repair and automotive paint repair – for technical workforce in workshops and dealerships.