ASAP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ISIEINDIA for Operation of Center of Excellence – EV for E-Mobility

Additional Skill Acquisition Programme – ASAP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers – ISIEINDIA for Operation of Center of Excellence – EV for E-Mobility Research and Skill Development at Kunnanthanam & Thavannur, Kerala.on Wednesday 15th June 2022. MOU signing formalities was done by Dr. Usha Titus (Chairperson & Managing Director, ASAP) & Mr. Vinod Gupta (Founder & President, ISIEINDIA) to help youths of our country to bring on the forefront of technology.

Under this MOU, ISIEINDIA & ASAP in association with Industry Partners MG Motor and Hero Electric will work on EV Skill development and research. Initially ASAP & ISIEINDIA will establish 2 Centre of Excellences for E-Mobility at CSP – Kunnanthanam and CSP – Thavannur. These COEs will be resource for the youths of Kerala for EV training and Research by Top Industry Partner and will create an Eco-system for Self-employment and Entrepreneurship in the field of green mobility. Job oriented programs like Master Certification in Electric Vehicle Powertrain, PGP in Electric Vehicle Engineering, Electric Vehicle Technician etc. Skilling program will be offered to make youths employable and entrepreneurs.

Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala is an undertaking of the Higher Education Department, Government of Kerala, that focuses on skilling students and the general community to enhance their employability. Instituted in 2012, ASAP Kerala transitioned to a company under the Companies Act, 2013, in 2021.

With nearly a decade of service, we at ASAP Kerala have become a premier government edTech company, building integrated learning and talent management solutions. ASAP Kerala has nearly become synonymous with skilling, upskilling and reskilling in corporate and academic domains, by offering 100+ contemporary courses in 16+ advanced sectors and curating a ready-to-deploy workforce. We undertake training through 16 Community Skill Parks and 126 Skill Development Centres instituted across Kerala.

We are Asia’s Biggest E-Mobility, Motorsports and Skill Based Education platform with 9 years of experience in E-Mobility Events and Skill Based education. We are creating immersive learning experiences for our learners globally. We are a National Youth Award Winner by Ministry of Youth Affairs, Recommended by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy & Endorsed By NITI Aayog, Govt. of India and associated with 20+ automotive industries innovative initiatives. Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers is also a leading organization for specialization in Electric Vehicle Engineering, through which ISIE is having an Academia Partnership Program to fill the gap between Industry and Academia. We are creating a uniquely placed tech-innovation ecosystem centered on Green mobility and Renewable energy.

On this occasion Dr. Usha Titus said ‘ in 2021 3.9 lakhs plus EV has already sold and Market growing with 36% CGAR till 2026 and even battery marketing is also growing very rapidly so we have decided to establish COEs for the engineering students, professional and general public for skilling and research for employability and productive livelihood. This is the unique facility for us; the investment is coming from the schedule cost department so in addition to this we will be able to bring meritorious schedule cast students to main stream and new generation skilling area.

Mr. Vinod Gupta said, we are going to make India hub of EV engineers, these kind of initiative are need of the hour. In addition to this Mr. Vineet Singh , from MG motors rightly mentioned to build the ecosystem for electric vehicle , MG partnered with ISIEINDIA and through our CSR initiative MG Seva , we support millions of youths of India with MG know how technical edge in EV sector.