Apple today announced a new training center in Bengaluru as part of an expanded effort to provide technical training and skill development for employees across its supply chain in India.
Apple said the new Apple Education Hub in Bengaluru will serve as a centralized training and coordination facility for supplier employees in India, making it the company’s first education center of its kind in the country. The center will begin offering courses in March and works in partnership with the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which will provide faculty and degree programs with support focused initially on digital literacy and Swift programming.
In parallel with the Bengaluru center, Apple is expanding its suite of development courses to more than 25 supplier facilities across the country. The updated curriculum will be rolled out starting with Tata Electronics and is designed to cover digital literacy, Swift coding, robotics, automation technologies and smart manufacturing practices. Apple said the offers are funded by its $50 million global supplier workforce development fund, which supports education and skills training initiatives across the company’s supply chain.
The same spirit of innovation that drives our products also drives our commitment to supporting people throughout our global supply chain. We are delighted to expand our technical training courses in India, giving thousands of employees the opportunity to learn valuable new skills and explore new career paths.
The company said the new courses build on the existing portfolio of more than 75 programs currently available to supplier employees in India. The offering includes technical skills, professional development, health education and rights awareness training, which Apple says is designed to ensure workers are aware of workplace standards and protections. Apple works with international organizations and local partners to deliver these programs.
Apple’s expanded training efforts also include plans to expand its robotics education program, which launched in India in December 2024. The initiative focuses on training factory educators in specialized robotics labs, after which those educators will adapt the material and conduct hands-on sessions in their own facilities. Apple said it plans to expand the robotics program to additional supplier locations in India later this year.
Apple also announced plans to expand its vocational training program for people with disabilities in India. The program was recently launched by Salcomp and aims to provide employment and professional development opportunities for people with disabilities in Apple’s supply chain, as well as improve safety, accessibility and inclusive practices in manufacturing facilities. To date, the program has supported more than 18,000 supplier employees worldwide and builds on Apple’s partnership with Enable India.