Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL), India’s leading passenger vehicle maker, has entered into a partnership with Uber India through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under the MoU, the company will train over 30,000 individuals/Uber partner-drivers in safe driving over a period of 3 years.

The initiative is aimed at providing aspiring commercial drivers with micro-entrepreneurship opportunities and equipping them with necessary skill to operate on the Uber platform. The pilot phase will be rolled out in Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi-NCR region and will be introduced in Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Pune thereafter.

As per the MoU, Uber will provide qualified leads of potential driver-partners to Maruti Suzuki for facilitating them with commercial driver training. Under the specialized training module developed by Maruti Suzuki, the drivers will undergo pre-assessment tests, theoretical training, practical training and post-training assessments for a period of 30 days.