Lixil Group Corp., Japan's leading manufacturer of household products, has launched a training program for plumbers in India to help fill a shortage of such workers while improving professional standards.
Dubbed "Project Nadee," the program aims to produce 50,000 commercially licensed plumbers in the next five years, said Bijoy Mohan, CEO of Lixil Asia Pacific, at a launch event in New Delhi last week. Lixil Asia Pacific is a group division based in Singapore.
The program employs mobile learning and in-person training. It is designed to improve plumbers' earning power by giving them certified skills. Plumbers in the South Asian country do not usually receive formal technical training and generally make poor wages.