Better drivers begin with better understanding.
ACSAARTHI™ is being developed to understand the real challenges faced by driver-employing organisations and the skills professional drivers will need for the future of mobility.
Professional driving is changing.
Road safety, advanced vehicle technology, digital fleet systems, customer expectations, specialised vehicles and new mobility models are changing what employers expect from a professional driver. ACSAARTHI™ is being built around evidence from the field.
Understand
Listen to driver-employing organisations and identify real operational problems and workforce gaps.
Define
Translate recurring needs into clear skills, competencies and assessment priorities.
Prepare
Use validated evidence to shape future training, refresher learning and workforce readiness.
What we are trying to understand
Driver Challenges
Recurring operational and behaviour-related problems employers experience with current drivers.
Skill Gaps
Capabilities that are often missing or weaker than expected in new driver hires.
Future Skills
New competencies employers expect to become important as vehicles and mobility systems evolve.
Workforce Demand
Approximate hiring demand, hard-to-fill roles and the scale of professional driver requirements.
Evidence will grow as employers respond.
Only aggregated, reviewed findings will be published here. Individual employer responses and contact information will not be displayed publicly.
Last updated: 2026-09-16
From evidence to capability
Core Driver Skills
Safety, vehicle control, inspection, efficiency and professional behaviour.
Advanced Mobility
ADAS awareness, EV operation, telematics and digital fleet systems.
Specialised Driving
HGV, bus/coach, tanker, reefer, mining, emergency and other specialised roles.
Refresher Upskilling
Evidence-led periodic learning for working drivers as technologies and risks change.
An initiative of FFGPMT
ACSAARTHI™ is being developed within the education, skills and workforce-development ecosystem of Freedom Fighter Gangadhar Prasad Memorial Trust.