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ASDC’s Annual Partners Forum 2025
June 25 @ 09:00 – 17:00
This year’s Annual Partners Forum 2025 by Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) is centred around the theme
Stronger Together, Transform Tomorrow
It recognizes the rapidly evolving landscape of the automotive industry and highlights the critical need for collaboration among learners, organizations, and key stakeholders.
Objective: The forum aims to foster and elevate future-ready skills through innovative approaches to skilling, upskilling, and training. Serving as a unique platform, the event will bring the automotive community together to co-create actionable recommendations that drive meaningful transformation. These collective efforts are geared towards empowering the youth and preparing them to meet the demands of the next decade and beyond.
Participation: Over 250 industry partners from across the country will convene for this annual event.
The event will take place in the august presence of:
Chief Guest
Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy
Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel of India (Ministry of Heavy Industries)
Guest of Honor
Prof. T. G. Sitharam
Chairman, AICTE
About The Organizer: ASDC stands as India’s pioneering sector skills council for the automotive industry. It was established with the backing of the National Skills Development Council and is endorsed by esteemed bodies such as the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), and Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations of India (FADA).
Agenda:
| Time | Session |
| 09:00 AM to 10:00AM | Registration |
| 10:00 AM to 10:05 AM | MC – Agenda Presentation and Lamp Lighting by Dignitaries |
| 10.05 Am to 10.10 AM | Welcome Address Vinkesh Gulati, Vice President, ASDC |
| 10:10 AM to 10:15AM | President Address F R Singhvi, President, ASDC |
| 10:15 AM to 10:25 AM | Guest of Honour Address Dr. Rodney Reviere, Cluster Coordinator – GIZ India |
| 10:25 AM to 10:35 AM | Guest of Honour Address Shri T. G. Sitharam, Chairman, AICTE |
| 10:35 AM to 10:40 AM | Convocation of Female Candidates – Project Saksham |
| 10:40 AM to 10:50 AM | Recognition of CSR Partners |
| 10:50 AM to 10:55 AM | Unveiling ASDC Annual Report |
| 10:55 AM to 11:00 AM | MoU Signing 1. HCL Foundation and ASDC 2. Victoria Foundation and ASDC |
| 11.00 AM to 11.05 AM | Chief Guest Facilitation |
| 11:05 AM – 11:15 AM | Chief Guest Address Shri H D Kumaraswamy, Minister, Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) |
| 11:15 AM – 11:20 AM | Vote of Thanks Arindam Lahiri, CEO, ASDC |
| 11.20 AM to 11.30 AM | TEA BREAK |
| 11:30AM to 12:20PM | Panel Discussion Classroom to Career: Reimagining Vocational Education under NEP Speakers – Dr. Padmakali Banerjee, IILM Gurgaon – Mr. Dilip Nandkeolyar, Commonwealth University – Mr. Deepak Paliwal, PSSCIVE – Mr. Atul Kulkarni, VIIT – Prof. N Ravichandran, Jamia Hamdard – Utkarsh Agarwal, BW Auto India ( Moderator) |
| 12:20 PM to 12:25 PM | India Didactics Association Address Aditya Gupta, CEO & MD, India Didactics Association |
| 12:25 PM to 12:30 PM | Sponsor Address George Telegraph Training Institute |
| 12:230 PM to 01:20 PM | Panel Discussion CSR Unlocking Potential – Sustainable Livelihood Skilling through CSR – Mr. Mahesh Shetty, JSW Foundation for Skilling & Livelihood PAN India – Mr. Gaurav Majumdar, HCL Foundation – Mr. Raghavan, Lucas India Services Limited – Mr. A K Somvanshi, Victoria Auto Private Limited – Mr. Mahesh Kumar Kaikini, Hero MotoCorp Limited – Rajesh Rajgor, Motor India (Moderator) |
| 01:20 PM to 01:25 PM | Sponsor Address Vision India |
| 01:25 PM to 02:25 PM | LUNCH |
| 02:25 PM to 03:25 PM | Open House |
| 03:25 PM to 03:30 PM | Vote of Thanks Meenu Sarawgi, EVP & Chief, ASDC |
| 03:30 PM onwards | High Tea |