Toyota Motor Company’s Toyota Technical Training Institute in India
In August 2007, one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), announced that its joint venture in India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (TKM) had set up a technical school called Toyota Technical Training Institute (TTTI), on the outskirts of Bangalore, India. The company said that TTTI was meant for those who had passed out of middle school (Class 10) but could not continue their education due to financial or other constraints. TMC projected the setting up of this institute as a corporate social responsibility initiative that was aimed at benefiting a disadvantaged section of Indian society by increasing their employability. At the institute’s opening ceremony held on August 1, 2007, TMC’s Executive Vice President, Mitsuo Kinoshita, said, “I am confident that the establishment of TTTI will contribute to the betterment of Indian society by cultivating the power of the nation’s youth.”
The seeds of this institution were reportedly sown in the year 2005, when Atsushi Toyoshima (Toyoshima), Managing Director, TKM, visited a number of technical institutes in India. He felt that the curriculum in these institutions was outdated and not in sync with the requirements of the industry. Analyst noted that despite the 4,500-odd technical institutes in the country, the kind of products they were churning out were not of much use to the manufacturing companies. For a company like Toyota, which had aggressive growth plans in the rapidly growing Indian automobile market, this was a major hindrance as the company had little talent to choose from. This prompted Toyoshima to ask the management at Japan to set up a technical institute in India on the lines of Toyota Technical Skills Academy (TTSA).
The company’s decision to start the TTTI in India was first announced in March 2007. “In addition to making automobiles, we believe in proactively contributing to society by consolidating the knowledge and know-how within Toyota to
The seeds of this institution were reportedly sown in the year 2005, when Atsushi Toyoshima (Toyoshima), Managing Director, TKM, visited a number of technical institutes in India. He felt that the curriculum in these institutions was outdated and not in sync with the requirements of the industry. Analyst noted that despite the 4,500-odd technical institutes in the country, the kind of products they were churning out were not of much use to the manufacturing companies. For a company like Toyota, which had aggressive growth plans in the rapidly growing Indian automobile market, this was a major hindrance as the company had little talent to choose from. This prompted Toyoshima to ask the management at Japan to set up a technical institute in India on the lines of Toyota Technical Skills Academy (TTSA).
The company’s decision to start the TTTI in India was first announced in March 2007. “In addition to making automobiles, we believe in proactively contributing to society by consolidating the knowledge and know-how within Toyota to