Maruti Suzuki join hands with Centurion University for BBA in Retail Management

BBA in Automobile Retail is a part of Maruti Suzuki’s Skill Development initiatives, where it partners with universities across the country to offer Industry Integrated Degree Program for students.

Mr. Manoj Agrawal, Executive Advisor, Maruti Suzuki, Prof. Supriya Pattanayak, Vice Chancellor, Centurion University of Technology & Management

Further expanding its Skill Development initiative, Maruti Suzuki India Limited signed an MoU with Centurion University of Technology & Management (CUTM), Odisha (Bhubaneswar campus), for a three-year industry-oriented BBA in Retail Management course from 2023-24 academic year.

The course curriculum, jointly curated by Maruti Suzuki and CUTM, in line with the UGC guidelines, is tailored to suit the automobile industry requirements, the company said in a media release.  To enable students to understand and strengthen their skills in real working conditions and to make them job-ready, the course is split into one-year classroom training and two-years ‘On-the-Job Training (OJT) at Maruti Suzuki dealerships, the release said.

The programme follows the ‘Earn While You Learn’ model, enabling the students to earn a stipend during their two-year ‘On-the-Job Training’ at the Maruti Suzuki dealerships. On completion of the course and based on the performance of the students, Maruti Suzuki will support placement across Maruti Suzuki dealerships in the state.

BBA in Automobile Retail is a part of Maruti Suzuki’s Skill Development initiatives, where it partners with universities across the country to offer Industry Integrated Degree Program for students.

Maruti Suzuki has tie-ups with six universities: Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (Gurgaon), Delhi Skill & Entrepreneurship University (Delhi), Savitribai Phule Pune University (Pune), GLS University (Ahmedabad), Tata Institute of Social Sciences – School of Vocation Education (TISS-SVE) (Mumbai), and B.K. Birla College (Kalyan). A total of 380 students are being trained as a part of these partnerships across different cities.