Uber Tie-up With NSDC, Maruti to Skill 1 Million By 2018
Transportation app Uber has launched a new initiative in partnership with Maruti and NSDC, for creating livelihood opportunities for one million people by 2018.
Under UberSHAAN, the company will provide access to skill development and driver training to the unskilled, Uber India President Amit Jain said.
The initiative will also help trained drivers receive commercial licenses, vehicle financing and leasing solutions, he added.
"With UberSHAAN, our plan is to rapidly scale Indias entrepreneurial base and generate one 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," he said.
Uber has about 4 lakh drivers on its platform in India, which ...