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Uber signs MoU with Automotive Skills Development Council

| | Sep 29, 2015, at 11:40 pm
New Delhi, Sept 29 (IBNS): Uber on Tuesday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) to train and certify over 100,000 individuals as commercially licensed drivers onto the Uber platform over the next 3 years.

"Earlier today, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) to train and certify over 100,000 individuals as commercially licensed drivers onto the Uber platform over the next 3 years, in the presence of Shri Ambuj Sharma, Hon'ble Joint Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise," Uber said in a statement.

"The ASDC is a body set up and promoted by stakeholders including the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and the Government of India represented by the Department of Heavy Industry and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)," read the statement.

Amit Jain, President of Uber, said: “Uber has always been deeply committed to creating hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs from all corners of India and from all sections of society. We are thrilled to enter into this groundbreaking partnership with the ASDC which will go a long way in supporting quality skills training and development, certification and access to fair and equitable livelihood opportunities for men and women as driver-partners on the Uber platform.”

Speaking about the partnership, Jayant Davar, Chairman of ASDC, said, “This partnership earmarks an institutionalised emphasis on soft skill training for drivers operating on aggregator platforms. It will help standardise the quality of drivers in a largely unorganised market increasing the overall quality and safety of urban mobility for millions of commuters in India.”

 

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