Uttarakhand CM dedicates Maruti Suzuki IDTR to citizens
This is Maruti Suzuki’s third such initiative after success of two IDTRs at Delhi. Three more institutes, two in Haryana at Rohtak and Bahadurgarh, and one in Baroda, Gujarat are in the advance stage of completion. Maruti Suzuki is already in talks with other state governments to establish similar institutes in Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra and Karnataka.
Source:www.marutisuzuki.com
DEHRADUN, November 10, 2009: The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Dr. Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank dedicated state’s first and the only Institute of Driving and Traffic Research (Uttarakhand) to the people of Uttarakhand, at a Lokarpon ceremony held in Dehradun today. Country’s leading automobile company, Maruti Suzuki will manage and run this institute to promote road safety and impart scientific driving training in the state.
In December last year, Maruti Suzuki had signed an MOU with the Government of Uttarakhand to set up, manage and run the Institute of Driving and Traffic Research (Uttarakhand) in the state capital, Dehradun. This institute is the flagship corporate social responsibility initiative of Maruti Suzuki that works on the principle of public private partnership. Maruti Suzuki has been successfully running two similar institutes in Delhi on public private partnership model.
On the occasion, Dr. Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, Chief Minister, Uttarakhand, said, “Maruti Suzuki has been playing a pioneering role in spreading awareness on road safety and safe driving in the country for a decade now. The company has introduced world class driving training courses, scientific training methods and modern infrastructure like driving simulators. The company has already trained over 6 lakh people in safe driving and road safety. We have chosen Maruti Suzuki as the automobile major is renowned and has a vast experience in running driving training institutes. I am sure, the driving training institute in Uttarakhand will play pivotal role promoting safe driving and making state roads safe in coming years.”
Present at the occasion, Maruti Suzuki’s head of marketing and sales, Mr. Mayank Pareek, said, “I am grateful to the state for accepting Maruti Suzuki as the partner for this initiative. The Institute of Driving and Traffic Research (Uttarakhand), Dehradun will form an integral part of Maruti Suzuki’s National Road Safety mission. Under this mission, launched nationwide in December last year, Maruti Suzuki will train 5 lakh people in road safety over the next three years. Modern and scientifically designed infrastructure like the IDTR Dehradun will impart driving skills through technology and systems that are the best in the world.”
In addition to imparting motor driving skills and technical training to the public, IDTR, Dehradun will assist, advise and support the State Government in activities that contribute to safety on roads and facilitate in improving the transport system in the State. Spread over a sprawling four hectares, the state-of the-art facility offers residential accommodation to the trainees along with classroom training. Located on Jhaajra Chakrata Road, the institute has test tracks for enhancing driving skills. Advanced Driving Simulators will help impart training in a safe environment. Coinciding with the Lokarpon ceremony, the IDTR, Dehradun has launched the first batch of 20 driver trainees.
In December last year, Maruti Suzuki had signed an MOU with the Government of Uttarakhand to set up, manage and run the Institute of Driving and Traffic Research (Uttarakhand) in the state capital, Dehradun. This institute is the flagship corporate social responsibility initiative of Maruti Suzuki that works on the principle of public private partnership. Maruti Suzuki has been successfully running two similar institutes in Delhi on public private partnership model.
On the occasion, Dr. Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, Chief Minister, Uttarakhand, said, “Maruti Suzuki has been playing a pioneering role in spreading awareness on road safety and safe driving in the country for a decade now. The company has introduced world class driving training courses, scientific training methods and modern infrastructure like driving simulators. The company has already trained over 6 lakh people in safe driving and road safety. We have chosen Maruti Suzuki as the automobile major is renowned and has a vast experience in running driving training institutes. I am sure, the driving training institute in Uttarakhand will play pivotal role promoting safe driving and making state roads safe in coming years.”
Present at the occasion, Maruti Suzuki’s head of marketing and sales, Mr. Mayank Pareek, said, “I am grateful to the state for accepting Maruti Suzuki as the partner for this initiative. The Institute of Driving and Traffic Research (Uttarakhand), Dehradun will form an integral part of Maruti Suzuki’s National Road Safety mission. Under this mission, launched nationwide in December last year, Maruti Suzuki will train 5 lakh people in road safety over the next three years. Modern and scientifically designed infrastructure like the IDTR Dehradun will impart driving skills through technology and systems that are the best in the world.”
In addition to imparting motor driving skills and technical training to the public, IDTR, Dehradun will assist, advise and support the State Government in activities that contribute to safety on roads and facilitate in improving the transport system in the State. Spread over a sprawling four hectares, the state-of the-art facility offers residential accommodation to the trainees along with classroom training. Located on Jhaajra Chakrata Road, the institute has test tracks for enhancing driving skills. Advanced Driving Simulators will help impart training in a safe environment. Coinciding with the Lokarpon ceremony, the IDTR, Dehradun has launched the first batch of 20 driver trainees.
This is Maruti Suzuki’s third such initiative after success of two IDTRs at Delhi. Three more institutes, two in Haryana at Rohtak and Bahadurgarh, and one in Baroda, Gujarat are in the advance stage of completion. Maruti Suzuki is already in talks with other state governments to establish similar institutes in Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra and Karnataka.
Source:www.marutisuzuki.com
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