indore denmark sweden japan and germany will extend technical support in enhancing skill and training manpower in using advanced machines at the proposed skill development academy to come up at pithampur the academy to come up at smart industrial park in pithampur in collaboration with the state government confederation of indian industry cii and eicher motors is aimed at bridging the skill gap by training fresh and existing workforce to create a pool of skilled talent in the automotive sector an estimated 5000 workforce is targeted to be trained and placed in the next 3 years through the academy sunil chordia chairman cii said the academy would be first of its kind initiative in the automotive sector in the country wherein the state government will support with land and infrastructure while cii will manage the centre supported by eicher technical collaboration will be done with denmark sweden japan and germany the center will have the best in class equipment audiovisual facilities trainers curriculum which will all be provided by industrythe chief minister shivraj singh chouhan addressing the inaugural of the auto show on april 29 had announced to allot 2 acre in the smart industrial park for the proposed academy that will be managed by cii and eicher vinod aggrawal vice president society of indian automobile manufacturers siam said the academy coming up in collaboration will create a pool of skilled workforce in the state and aid growth in industries with focus on the automotive sector the academy will impart training on manufacturing engineering fabrication automotive plant engineering and maintenance industrial safety and other soft skills the course training and equipment for skill development will be shortlisted on the basis of inputs from industry players based on the sectoral requirement and changing technology apart from imparting training to fresh workforce the academy will also work on skill enhancement programs and courses for scaling up skills of already placed skilled workers tnn