Maruti Suzuki sets 30% female intake goal for Manesar JIM by academic year 2028-29
Maruti Suzuki wants women to fill 30% of student places at its Manesar-area skills institute by 2028-29, up from roughly 5% today, with free tuition and a planned hostel to help get there.
- 30%
- ~5%
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What Happened
Maruti Suzuki intends to lift the share of women among students at its Uncha Majra campus of the Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing to 30% by the 2028-29 academic year. Female enrolment there is about 5% in 2025-26, the company says. To close that gap the carmaker is paying for much of the change itself, covering tuition and promising campus housing. The campus sits near Manesar and is one of four such institutes Maruti runs with the Indian and Japanese governments.
- about 5%
- 30%
- Women students pay no tuition at all, under a waiver introduced this academic year
- A separate hostel for women is planned
- More women in teaching and support roles
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Courses at the campus focus mainly on the automotive sector
Maruti runs four Japan-India Institutes for Manufacturing in total. Two sit in Gujarat, at Mehsana and Gandhinagar, while the others are in Haryana, at Uncha Majra near Manesar and at Sonipat. Female students there are inducted according to where employment opportunities exist in the region.
The institutes are a joint project of the Indian and Japanese governments, created to build a pool of skilled workers for India's manufacturing industry. Maruti says it is stepping up efforts to bring more women into the country's automotive manufacturing workforce. The goal at Uncha Majra is part of that broader drive by the company.
Why this matters
The institute trains workers for Indian manufacturing, and Maruti's four such centres feed directly into the country's automotive sector. Prospective female students gain free tuition and campus housing, while the target signals a company-level attempt to widen who enters that workforce.
Terms in This Story
- JIM
- A Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing, a training centre set up jointly by the Indian and Japanese governments to build manufacturing skills.
- trade
- In vocational training, a specific skilled occupation that a course prepares students to work in.
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