HMSI ties up with Delhi govt's nodal body for providing technical manpower

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) today said it has inked a pact with a Delhi government department to provide industry specific job oriented education to students of two Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

The company has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Directorate of Training and Technical Education (DTTE), Delhi government's nodal body for providing technical manpower, HMSI said in a statement.

Honda and the DTTE will now collaborate to provide industry specific job oriented education to students of two Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Delhi at Jaffarpur and Nand Nagri, it added.

As part of the collaboration, HMSI would be investing in fully functional service workshops with tools in the two ITIs.

"Students can now have more industry relevant skills and increase their employability chances. Contributing to further boost the industry, Honda 2Wheelers will be collaborating with more ITIs in India in the next financial year," HMSI Vice President - Customer Service Prabhu Nagraj said.

Since 2016, HMSI is actively working to support education of students on an industry focused curriculum. The company has so far trained more than 3,000 technicians across the country at its five existing Honda Technical Centres of Excellence located in Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Pune, Bangalore and Karnal.