The VE Commercial Vehicles limited (VECV) and the Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Odisha on Monday signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for skilled manpower development in the State. While one MoU meant for starting a Technical Training Programme (TTP), the other one is for Driver Education Programme (DEP). Automobile laboratories would be set up to teach ITI passed out students the latest automobile technologies needed by industries. The automotive industry faces severe shortage of skilled manpower.
As per the second MoU, driver training institutes would be set up to produce competent drivers for commercial vehicles.Both of these institutes would be established at the CUTM’s Paralakhemundi campus in Gajapati district, a release informed.
The VECV has also committed to providing employment to these trained students in its dealerships in Odisha and its manufacturing facility in Pithampur. VECV CEO Vinod Aggarwal and CUTM president Mukti K Mishra were present at the MoU signing ceremony.