{"id":6435,"date":"2022-07-03T14:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T09:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2022-07-03T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T09:04:21","slug":"bridgestone-india-to-train-640-youth-as-skilled-heavy-motor-vehicle-drivers-in-2022-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=6435","title":{"rendered":"Bridgestone India to Train 640 Youth as Skilled Heavy Motor Vehicle Drivers in 2022-23<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00b7         Bridgestone India Signs MOU with Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Driver training program under project Sarthi to be extended <\/em><\/strong>to the eastern and southern parts of India<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Beneficiaries include 100 women across regions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pune (Voice News Service) : Bridgestone India has signed an MoU with Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) to extend their flagship CSR initiative\u00a0Sarthi<\/em>. The programme is aligned to Bridgestone\u2019s global commitment towards Safe and Sustainable Mobility. Under the program, 695 youths from\u00a0marginalized sections have\u00a0been trained and placed as skilled heavy motor vehicle drivers,\u00a0mostly from under represented areas of Maharashtra. Under the new MoU,\u00a0Sarthi<\/em>\u00a0will now be extended to South and East India and Bridgestone intends to impart training to around\u00a0640 youth including 100 women in the current financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MoU was signed by Apurv Choubey, Chief Human Resource Officer Bridgestone India and Mr. Arindam Lahiri, Chief Executive Officer, ASDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to training on Driving Skills, this programme includes sessions on finance management, soft skills, gender sensitization and physical wellbeing as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs one of the leading Mobility Solutions provider in the country, we believe we have a part to play in making Indian roads safer for all. The Sarthi<\/em> programme is our endeavour to fill the gap of skilled drivers in the country, and as a result, contributing towards road safety. We are glad to partner with ASDC for the project. The commercial drivers are an important stakeholder group for us and I\u2019m especially glad that we are able to reach out to women drivers as well, helping them upskill and have more opportunities.\u201d.\u201d said Parag Satpute, Managing Director, Bridgestone India\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cASDC, as the Automotive Sector Skill Council, is committed to upskilling all aspects of the Industry. Drivers are an integral stakeholder of the ecosystem and we as an organization welcome collaborating in endeavors that provide skills for a career in the automotive sector. These programmes strengthen the industry and also provide employment opportunities,\u201d said ASDC\u2019s CEO, Mr. Arindam Lahiri<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of this collaboration, Project Sarthi will avail the services of the Institute of Driving Training and Research \u2013 Pune, Society For Govt. of Odisha – Ashok Leyland HMV Driver Training Institute Odisha and theTelangana Institute of Driving Education and Skills (TIDES), Telangana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00b7         Bridgestone India Signs MOU with Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) \u00b7         Driver training program under project Sarthi to be extended to the eastern and southern parts of India \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Beneficiaries include 100 women across regions Pune (Voice News Service) : Bridgestone India has signed an MoU with Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) to extend their flagship CSR initiative\u00a0Sarthi. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6437,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435\/revisions\/6437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}