new delhi maruti suzuki india msil has announced that it will set up automobile skill enhancement centres asecs across 15 government run itis across 11 states in the next three months these asecs will be part of the companys skill development initiative under corporate social responsibility csr the first of these asecs was inaugurated by kenichi ayukawa md and ceo of maruti suzuki at iti nizamuddin in new delhi today each asec will be equipped with a stateoftheart workshop to provide practical training in automobile service and repair to students the workshops will be equipped with modernday service tools and equipment and latest maruti suzuki vehicles along with this the carmaker will appoint fulltime trainers it will arrange training for the existing iti teachers on latest technology and equipment maruti suzuki will also organise industrial outreach programmes to upgrade skills of students and make them jobready in all maruti suzuki will spend rs 60 million in these 15 asecs as part of its corporate social responsibility around 600 students are expected to benefit from these asecs annually in recent years the company has partnered with 110 government itis across the country to impart training in automobile service and repair these partnerships benefit 6000 students annually almost all of whom are readily employed at various automobile workshops in 201516 the company had also started specialised courses for denting and painting under car service and repair for this special auto body repair and auto body paint labs were set up at itis in pusa delhi dhoraji rajkot and tollygunge kolkata after inaugurating the asec and auto body paint and auto body repair course in iti nizamuddin ayukawa said maruti suzuki is committed to supporting the governments skillindia initiative indias automobile industry is growing steadily and technology and features are being upgraded at a rapid pace there is need for skilled people to service and maintain these automobiles at the same time india has a large pool of young people who have to be trained for the job market it is estimated that the automobile industry will be ready to employ 125000 skilled technicians at workshops in the next five years by partnering with itis our mission is to train 30000 youth and help them become employable in workshops thus leading a better life he further added through our skill initiatives under csr we are able to make thousands of youth employable every year supporting make in india while ensuring that auto industry customers continue to get quality service and maintenance of their vehicles we are thankful to the itis departments of technical education in various states and our dealers all of whom are partners in this national effort the latest set of 15 asecs are being established at select partner itis in delhi varanasi amritsar patiala gorakhpur jaipur udaipur ambala solan coimbatore shillong pune meerut hyderabad and indore these asecs will be fully functional by august 2017 when the next academic session starts students can enrol and benefit from these centres etauto