Maruti Suzuki Partners Up With Uber For Commercial Driving Training

Mr RS Kalsi, Executive Director (Marketing and Sales), Maruti Suzuki, said, "We are excited to partner with Uber India to train individuals in safe driving and provide micro-entrepreneurship opportunities to them. We expect to train 30,000 drivers under this programme. Through this partnership, we will be able to promote safe and responsible driving while facilitating meaningful livelihood for youth."

The pilot phase will first be rolled out in Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, followed by its introduction in Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Pune. According to the MoU, Uber will provide leads of potential driver-partners to Maruti Suzuki, who will then undergo pre-assessment tests, theoretical training, practical training and post-training assessments for a period of 30 days in order to facilitate their commercial driver training. While the pre-assessment will be undertaken by Uber, the entire training process followed by post-training assessment with grades attributed to the drivers will be Maruti Suzuki's responsibility.

The programme will instruct learners about not only basic driving requirements but also train them in driving pre-checks, risk perception, driving technique, safety driving, rules of the road, and motoring skills.

Talking about Uber's partnership with Maruti Suzuki, Mr Amit Jain, President, Uber India, said, "Uber is committed to creating more economic opportunities and extends full support to the government's Skill India and entrepreneurship building initiatives. With UberSHAAN, our plan is to rapidly scale India's entrepreneurial base and generate 1 million livelihood opportunities on the Uber platform by 2018. Our partnership with the National Skill Development Corporation and Maruti Suzuki will be instrumental in realising our goal by 2018."