Toyota Kirloskar Motor Concludes Skill Festival 2025, Reinforces Commitment to Building India’s Skilled Workforce

Bangalore: Reaffirming its long-standing commitment to shaping the future of India’s skilled workforce, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today successfully concluded its much-anticipated Skill Festival 2025, held at its Bidadi facility, celebrating the spirit of vocational excellence, innovation, and youth empowerment. The event marked the culmination of months of intensive skill development programs and contests aimed at nurturing India’s future-ready talent pool.

The ceremony was graced by the presence of Dr. Ragapriya R (IAS), Commissioner, Department of Industrial Training and Employment (DITE) Government of Karnataka and senior TKM leadership. The event began with a showcase of TKM’s skill development journey—highlighting key milestones and the adoption of new-age technologies to shape talent for tomorrow. A dedicated skill exhibition and video walk-through offered glimpses into the depth and diversity of talent nurtured under TKM’s training ecosystem.

Students from partner ITIs across Karnataka also showcased their prowess in disciplines like Mechatronics, Auto Body Repair, and Prototype Modelling—emphasizing TKM’s deep investment in nurturing talent from the grassroots level.

Central to the festival were the Toyota Internal Skill Contests, hosted by the Toyota India Centre of Excellence, offering a rigorous platform for associates to compete across critical manufacturing domains—including Assembly, Welding, Press, Paint, Maintenance, Logistics, and Quality. From 5,800 participants, the top three performers from each department underwent four weeks of intensive training at Gurukul, Toyota’s in-house skilling academy. A total of 51 finalists were felicitated during the grand ceremony for their outstanding achievements.