Tata Motors Takes Lead in Electric Vehicle Training and Upskilling

New Delhi, India – Tata Motors Ltd, a leading global automaker, is focused on EVs to train a highly skilled and future-ready workforce. In collaboration with tech partners and academic institutions, the company is driving innovation and excellence in the rapidly evolving automotive sector. To keep up with rapid technological change, the company has taken a thorough approach to upskilling. It has developed training courses for shop floor technicians, line engineers, and plant management. These modules teach technical, functional, managerial, and leadership skills.

Tata Motors wants to train over 50 percent of its employees on new auto tech within five years. Over 3,40,000 hours of specialist training and development were spent in FY23. The company offers numerous training formats. In partnership with tech partners including ARAI, Bosch, Mathworks, SAE, Tata Technologies Ltd, and others, Connected, Electric, Shared, and Safe (CESS) certification is a major project. Advanced ADAS, Battery Technology, V2X connection, Blockchain & Cybersecurity, and Big Data Analytics are covered in these programs. The organization gives employees top-notch education and hands-on experience in emerging technology.

Tata Motors also offers customized courses with local colleges. These company-sponsored schools offer BTech, MTech, and Executive MBA degrees. Collaboration with top institutes improves employees’ technical, professional, and leadership skills. Shop floor technicians can get a ‘Diploma in Engineering’ in auto electrical and electronics, mechatronics, and specialty welding from the company. This program allows technicians to advance in the automobile sector. The company has implemented functional e-learning and virtual classrooms for all employees to embrace digital transformation. Employees can upskill at their convenience with this digital approach’s flexible and effective learning possibilities tailored to their various needs.

Tata Motors worked with Gujarat’s Ganpat University to upskill 100 percent of the Ford India facility’s Sanand workers after acquiring it in January 2023. University-Tata Motors programs cover Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Advanced Control Engineering, and Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Processes. The company offers equal chances to promote diversity and inclusion. At their Pune plant all TCF assembly line workers are women, demonstrating the company’s gender diversity commitment. Tata Motors promotes diversity and innovation with over 4,500 women at all plants.

Tata Motors’ initiatives upskill its workers and strengthen India’s automotive sector and ecosystem. It is creating a future-ready automotive sector in India through innovative training and diversity.

Sitaram Kandi, Vice President – HR, Passenger Vehicles and Electric Vehicles, Tata Motors, stressed their commitment to upskilling and leading the automotive industry. He said the corporation has become a learning organization with a systematic upskilling strategy. Kandi said that IT partners and academic institutions, tailor-made training programs, a statewide ‘learn & earn’ apprenticeship program, and a strong focus on diversity and inclusion are helping them build a talented, future-ready workforce.

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