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RTITB develops logistics skills in India with partner Praguna and AMTOI
Dear Editor,
Please find below the latest press release from RTITB.
October 2016
RTITB develops logistics skills in India as partner Praguna collaborates with AMTOI
Praguna, RTITB’s exclusive, accredited partner for forklift training across India, is teaming up with AMTOI (the Association of Multimodal Transport Operators of India) to boost vocational skills development in the Indian logistics sector.
AMTOI, the premier trade body working to promote multimodal transport in India, has appointed Praguna as a recognised Skills Partner. As a result, AMTOI will both endorse Praguna’s various skill development initiatives and recommend these programmes as a suitable enabler for career development in the logistics sector.
Praguna works closely with UK-based RTITB, the globally recognized body for workplace transport training, combining RTITB’s global expertise and Praguna’s local implementation skills in order to deliver a wide range of programmes in logistics and supply chain skills development.
“We believe this is a big opportunity to increase the safety, skills and efficiency of the Indian logistics workforce,” says Laura Nelson, Managing Director of RTITB. “Well-trained, highly skilled operators and drivers are crucial for safety and efficiency in logistics operations, so we are honoured that AMTOI are endorsing our ongoing work with Praguna, and are proud to be helping to make a difference.”
The partnership with AMTOI will help Praguna to promote the importance of skill development in building an efficient logistics sector. As AMTOI has an extended board that includes all the leading logistics trade bodies and members from leading logistics companies, Praguna will have a valuable new platform to communicate and collaborate with the logistics industry.
The partnership will also support the Government-backed ‘Make in India’ and ‘Skill India’ campaigns and encourage further development of the Indian maritime sector.
“The partnership with Praguna will help us to fast track the agenda of skill development,” says Mr. Vivek Kele, President of AMTOI. “Through their association with RTITB, Praguna has skill development programmes for materials handling equipment ready to be rolled out. The industry can start taking immediate benefits.”
“I have confidence that this partnership will give great impetus to logistics skills development and will lead to formal training and skill advancement for those in critical blue collar roles in the logistics sector throughout India,” says Saurabh Goyal, CEO of Praguna, thanking AMTOI for endorsing the Praguna initiative.
The initial training programmes delivered under this new initiative will include training for forklift trucks, reach trucks, stackers, and battery powered pallet trucks. All can be delivered either at Praguna’s training centre in Dharuhera, Haryana (near New Delhi) or at customers’ premises. Further training programmes, including those for reach stackers, cranes, and articulated trucks, will be also be added at a later date.
For more information about the initiative, please visit www.thinklinklearning.in or www.amtoi.org or www.rtitb.in
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About RTITB
RTITB sets industry leading training standards specifically designed to change behaviour and make measurable improvements to efficiency, risk and safety.
As the preferred regulatory body for workplace transport training, our accreditation, audit, certification and instructor training services are reliable, robust and developed by a team dedicated to the common goal of keeping people safe.
We set training standards for goods vehicle driver licence acquisition training, driver assessment, Driver CPC Periodic Training, yardshunter training, banksman training, and all types of materials handling equipment: making us the only company able to provide absolute assurance for a full range of workplace transport training.
Our training standards are used extensively in the UK, Ireland, India and the Middle East, across a number of sectors: supply chain, freight forwarding, warehousing, road haulage distribution, oil and gas, food and drink manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, construction, cold chain, ports, and airports and public sector organisations such as councils and prisons.
Established in 1965 and with over 50 years' experience, RTITB is the regulatory body of choice for businesses committed to safety and efficiency. Since inception well over 1 million people have attended RTITB courses.
Since 2014, more than 268,000 delegates have been trained to RTITB standards.
Since 2014, more than 268,000 delegates have been trained to RTITB standards.
Visit www.rtitb.co.uk for further information.
About Praguna
Praguṇa is an initiative taken by ThinkLink Learning for Skill Development in Vocational Roles where Supply Chain Operations are impacted through lack of appropriate skills. The initiative aims to create jobs that give a more meaningful and rewarding work experience to people at the bottom the Supply Chain Pyramid while working with employers to invest in their skills and pay better wages that are paid for by demonstrated ROI through efficiency, safety, productivity, cost and quality in less than 6 months.
For more information on Praguna ThinkLink Learning visit www.thinklinklearning.in.
About AMTOI
AMTOI was established in 1998, following the enactment of Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 as a non-profit making body registered under the Indian Companies Act. Its core managing committee consists of seven members which is assisted by a Board of Advisors consisting of the representatives of Government and public sector organizations.
AMTOI’s endeavour is to bring together all the segments of the maritime community under one common platform to promote Multimodalism in India. Their members are shipping lines, shipping agents, freight forwarders, transporters, CFS operators and custom house agents.
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