Launch at St. Joseph's Industrial Training Institute

•    TKM launches its 14th Body & Paint T-TEP Institute (41st T-TEP Institute) in India
•    Toyota has partnered with 40 Industrial Training Institutes so far under the T-TEP  program
•    Over 1000 industrial training institute students to benefit from this program every year
      Will expose students to the latest in automotive repair technology
•    On-the-job training at nearby Toyota Dealerships.

Mumbai, 07 July 2015: Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd., in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation and its nationwide dealer network today announced the launch of its distinctive training model for Body and Paint Repair (BP) under the Toyota Technical Education Program (T-TEP), at St. Joseph’s Industrial Training Institute Kurla, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Present at the occasion were distinguished guests including:-
Fr. Colbert da silva, Rector/Director, DBCL Kurla, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Fr. Adolph Furtado, Former Rector, DBCL Kurla, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mr. Mahesh N. Salkar, Senior Vice President - Customer Service Group, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
Mr. Masakazu Niiyama, Dealer Principal, Lakozy Toyota, Mumbai
Mr. Anil J. Punjabee, Executive Director, Madhuban Toyota, Mumbai
Mr. Neeraj Sharma, Deputy General Manager - CSG, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru.
Mr. Amarr Prabhu, Principal, St.Joseph's ITI, Kurla, Mumbai

T-TEP, a special training module in which Toyota has tied up with industrial training institutes, was launched in 2006 in India. The program aims at providing training on the latest automotive technology and service techniques every year to ITI students across India along with providing hands on real time experience within Toyota dealerships.

T-TEP, a special training module which was launched in 2006 in India. After a span of 7 years, T-TEP  is now associated with more than 40 institutes under this program.

In its first year, the program was implemented in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hubli. The program was subsequently introduced in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Lalru, Pune, Cochin, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Ghaziabad, Kolkata, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Indore, Vizag, Ludhiana, Cuttack, Haldwani, Nalbari, Gurgaon, Satara, Paramakudi, Chalakudy, Mysore, Joida, & Noida.

Till now over 4000 students have been trained under this training program and more than 2500 have been offered employment opportunities at Toyota Dealerships across India. Introduced in the year 2009, Automotive Body & Paint repair training has been provided to more than 1000 students till now.

With this program, Toyota Kirloskar Motor intends to enhance the technical abilities and employability of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) students in the age group of 16 to 18 years. The program will benefit ITIs in building skilful technicians for the Indian automotive repair industry. The current automobile repair industry is characterised by inadequately skilled manpower and lack of professional training for repair and diagnostics. T-TEP is a unique initiative undertaken by TKM, in partnership with ITIs and its dealer partners across India to address this issue.

The event marked the 14th launch of the Body & Paint T-TEP Program. The Body & Paint repair syllabus has been developed in collaboration with the Department of Training and Technical Education, Government of NCT, Delhi. The syllabus imparts training on basic body and paint repair skills in addition to dealer specific requirements to students, thereby improving their knowledge of repair techniques and facilitating the adoption of latest technology in Body & Paint. Currently Body & Paint technicians have limited information and hands on experience in the usage of correct repair operations and techniques, forcing dealers to recruit manpower from local garages. Toyota along with its supplier partners will provide all necessary support to the institute i.e. training consumables, visiting faculty, training material, tools, equipments etc. Introduced in the year 2009, Automotive Body & Paint repair training has been provided to more than 1300 students till date.
    
Commenting on the occasion Mr. Mahesh N Salkar Senior Vice President – Customer Service Group, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd said, “Since T-TEP’s inception in 2006, Toyota-Technical Education Program (TTEP) has been a successful platform  to develop highly skilled technical workforce, with greater career prospects in the automotive service industry. Tying up with St. Joseph’s Industrial Training Institute, Mumbai is again aimed at preparing students for the emerging automobile industry needs. The special course of Body & Paint Technician is designed keeping in mind the advanced technology required for the automobile market. We thrive to give the best to the students who will eventually contribute to the growing automobile market and service industry.”  

The special course on Body and Paint Repair would create skilled technicians for the Body and Paint Repair industry - a largely unorganized segment - of the automobile service industry”, continued Mr. Salkar.

The T-TEP Body and Paint curriculum, a 1 year syllabus, introduces students to Toyota’s advanced technology and service techniques. It also includes, on-the-job training, at Toyota’s dealerships. As a part of this program, TKM will also train institute instructors in the latest technology, used at Toyota and the automobile industry. The project is jointly funded by Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Kirloskar Motor. Together they provide T-TEP institutes with hi-tech training packages and Toyota service training manuals and materials.

T-TEP supports Toyota’s comprehensive human resource development system that extends from training at T-TEP institutes to recruitment and development at Toyota dealerships.

T-TEP is widely recognized across the globe for its effectiveness. The program has been successfully introduced in 419 institutes across 53 countries by Toyota, which includes USA, Australia, Italy, South Africa, China, Vietnam and India.