Mahindra Saarthi Abhiyaan and Nanhi Kali join hands for the daughters of truck drivers.

Among the many ways in which we make a difference to the transport industry, the welfare of truck drivers is one of our biggest causes. We instituted the Mahindra Saarthi Abhiyaan programme in 2014 to provide the daughters of the truck drivers with scholarships so that they pursue their education beyond 10^th standard and make a respectable life and career for themselves. Through this programme, a scholarship of Rs. 10,000 was awarded to each truck driver’s daughter who completed 10^th standard and showed a strong interest in pursuing further educational or vocational courses. Till last year, we awarded scholarships to 4408 deserving girls in more than 55 locations across the country.

For over two decades, Project Nanhi Kali has taken more than 350,000 girls from underprivileged families through ten years of schooling, providing them with regular academic and material support. While doing this, they also ensured that the young girls were not married off early, sent to work or kept at home for chores or sibling care. Year after year, hundreds of Nanhi Kalis successfully completed Class 10 and ‘graduated’ from the programme. 

However, our interactions with Nanhi Kali alumni indicate that the girls continued to be vulnerable after Class 10, and there was a need to support teenage girls in India beyond secondary education.

Moreover, with a tenth of the global population of adolescent girls, India is home to the largest and youngest workforce in the world today. This critical fact inspired us to invest in them, and in their well-being, education and providing them skills. Not just to make a big difference to them but also to tap into their productivity, economic potential and leadership for the well-being of the nation.

In order to design a programme that meets the needs of young girls, we conducted a survey - the Teen Age Girls Survey (TAG Survey) that reached over 74,000 households across 600 districts in all the 30 states of India. This survey, which was released in October 2018, echoed the voice of teenage girls in India and their biggest needs and aspirations …

• 86.9% want to learn English
• 86.5% want to learn how to use a Computer
• 76.5% wish to pursue Graduation

With this information, we joined hands with Nanhi Kali to make Mahindra Saarthi Abhiyaan even more robust and effective. And now, this 2.0 version will provide teenage girls the opportunity to pursue their dreams of higher education and obtain a university degree along with learning English and Computers. So they can go on to lead independent, dignified lives and contribute to the nation’s growth. Our new programme will start by adopting 500 daughters of Commercial Vehicle Drivers in Hyderabad and Pune and we’re sure it will go from strength to strength.

MPOWER GAINS UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM.

On the of 14^th July, the 15^th edition of MPOWER, a Management Development Programme for NextGen Youth Transport Entrepreneurs got underway at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA).

32 young transport entrepreneurs, selected by invitation, checked in for the 8-day course aimed at professionalizing Indian transport. These participants belong to some of the finest transport companies in India, of which, 3 were lady participants These entrepreneurs handle 19 different trucking applications like transportation of Cement, Fly-ash, Steel, Over Dimensional Consignment & Project Cargo, FMCG, Consumer Durables, Electronics, Finished Vehicles Transportation, Chemicals and Explosives Goods and many others.

MPOWER’s course has specifically been designed to help the NextGen transport entrepreneurs manage the growth of their organization and empower them to outperform in the Indian trucking ecosystem. 9 highly accomplished faculty members of IIM-Ahmedabad conducted the course which covered subjects like decision in fleet management, financial management, value addition via warehousing, managing spare parts and inventory, MIS design and analysis, and more. There were many other activities throughout the course like Management games and exercises, right-brain awakening workshop and reflections & experience-sharing workshops that were conducted. On the final day, the proceedings began with a group exercise where participants presented an Integrated Case Study.

On the concluding day, Mr. V Satyanarayana, Sr.GM- MHCV Sales, Mahindra Truck & Bus, interacted with the participants and shared his views on MPOWER and on the current state and challenges in the transport industry. With this, Mr. P V Satyanarayana and Mr. Rajeev Malik, VP, - Marketing, Mahindra Truck & Bus honored the participants with MPOWER certificates.      

MTB is partnering in the growth of its customer not only through its outperforming BLAZO X range but through ecosystem initiatives such as MPOWER, which are making a difference in their professional approach.

This successful engagement has motivated Mahindra Truck and Bus to reinvest in driving a positive change in the transport ecosystem

Presenting the brand-new Mahindra FURIO

Get More Profit or Give The Truck Back.Presenting the brand-new Mahindra FURIO.More Profit Guaranteed*

The brand-new Mahindra FURIO comes with a never-before, industry-first package of 5 promises. Designed around your business needs, these promises assure you the Highest Earnings, Complete Peace of Mind, Best-in-Class Comfort and Safety, Risk-free Ownership Experience and that too with an unmatched Guarantee - Get More Profit or Give the Truck Back. In fact, they will transform your business in such a big way that buying any other truck would be a big risk.

Best-in-class mileage with FuelSmart Technology – Higher profit guaranteed.

Give your business a competitive edge with Mahindra’s FuelSmart technology that lets you choose between superior mileage and optimum power as and when your business demands. Turn on the Heavy mode when carrying full loads. Use the Turbo mode when transporting big loads over steep inclines. Or simply switch on the Light mode when running without a load. Each mode squeezes the maximum efficiency from the mDi Tech FuelSmart engine to give you nothing but higher profits.

Highest Payload – Higher profit guaranteed.

Whatever you transport with the Mahindra FURIO, you will bring in more profits than ever before. Be it fruits, vegetables, milk, industrial goods, auto components, sand or cement, the FURIO is built to outperform on the road and in the account books too. All thanks to the mDi Tech engine and the FuelSmart technology which work together to optimise fuel-efficiency.

Best-in-class cabin – Better comfort, safety and convenience guaranteed.  

Ergonomically designed for a top-of-the-line driving experience, the FURIO exceeds your expectations of comfort by a wide margin. It gives you a new-age driving experience that was never available in trucks before.

The dashboard is not just attractive, it also comes with an intelligent Digital Instrument Cluster, provision for a music system and most importantly, 8 air vents for superior cabin ventilation. The driver’s seat has a 4-way adjustable setting to offer the most optimum driving posture. Add to this the tilt and telescopic steering and you have a truck that allows you to make small adjustments for big driving comfort. Now what does this all mean? Simple, more trips, even more earnings!

The Mahindra FURIO also pushes the category standards for safety even higher. A wide windshield gives greater visibility to the driver and aids in higher awareness of the area around the truck. Dual chamber headlamps provide longer light-throw to increase the safety quotient. Fog plus cornering lamps, a first in the ICV segment, increases visibility around turns at night and also adds extra assurance in the monsoons or in foggy, overcast conditions. The metallic bumper and fenders protect the main body of the truck and act as reinforcers in case of a collision.

FURIO’s cabin meets the ECE RZ9 ROZ crash norms and is the safest in its class. A 10-bar air brake system gives you superior braking performance just when it is most needed. The chassis is made with a high strength low alloy (HSLA 550) material which gives the FURIO a solid and reassuring stability and an anti-roll bar enhances this stability even further.

Now for a small but extremely thoughtful feature. This truck starts in neutral gear only. Which means a little bit of forgetfulness won’t have any big consequence.

5 years / 5 lakhs kms Free AMC and Transferrable Warranty –Peace of mind guaranteed.  

In the span of 5 years, you will earn nothing but profits as it’s an offer unlike any other. The free AMC will reduce your maintenance costs drastically and increase your profits. Our service warranties also ensure that your vehicle performs in the long run. You don’t even have to bother about its resale value, as the FURIO comes with a transferable warranty, so you can pass on the benefits to anyone at any time and experience risk-free ownership.  

Overall, you’ll not even once think about taking the risk with any other truck.

All thanks to the mDi Tech engine and the FuelSmart technology which work together to optimise fuel-efficiency, the comfort and driving experience that is nothing less than world-class for you. And more than anything, the assurance of ‘Get more profit or give the truck back’ makes any FURIO truly incomparable.