Yamaha to set up training schools in Maharashtra

India Yamaha Motor (IYM) has, earlier this month, signed an MoU with the Directorate of Technical Education in the presence of Vinod Tawade, Minister of Higher & Technical Education, government of Maharashtra, and other government faculties (involved in quality improvement of technical education), to set up Yamaha Training Schools (YTS) at government technical colleges / polytechnics in Maharashtra. Yamaha is setting up YTSs all over India under its CSR activity to train youngsters including girls with minimum education.

The MoU was signed on the eve of ‘Make in Maharashtra’, during the Make in India Week, to achieve the skill development objective for employability of Indian technical youngsters. With this, Yamaha becomes the first and only two-wheeler manufacturer to offer this unique course certified by the government of Maharashtra in partnering with government-run institutes.

At YTS, training is given through theory and practical lessons about Yamaha’s technology in order to make technical doctors out of the students, who will be readied for employment at various Yamaha dealerships following completion of the course. The students will also receive a government-recognised certificate. The first YTS in Maharashtra was set up in the government polytechnic at Aurangabad in 2014.

The next YTS is to be set up in the government polytechnic college at Pune, which will be the fifth YTS in the state and the second with the government of Maharashtra Technical College. At present, Yamaha has signed 27 MoUs for Yamaha Training Schools all over India.

According to Masaki Asano, managing director, Yamaha Motor India Sales, “The existing skill gap in the industry can be reduced by imparting technical training to younger generations. Yamaha has designed a way to address this concern. Through the Yamaha Training Schools, it will facilitate relatively indigent youngsters to obtain job-oriented technical training in two-wheeler repair and servicing that meets industry standards.”

Yamaha says its training schools are in line with the government’s Skill India project. The Yamaha Training School and its syllabus are approved by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and awarded with the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) certification for its one-year 2-wheeler technician course.