Wipro Trust, Nasscom to hone IT Skills of Graduates
Wipro's trust Mission 10x has tied up with the National Association
of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) to enhance skills of engineering
graduates in IT and related sectors, the global software major said.
"The joint initiative will offer skill development programmes such as
'foundation skills in IT' to train engineering graduates for suitable
employability in the burgeoning tech industry. Nasscom's assessment of competence
technology will be used to assess their skills through diagnostic test and final
test," Wipro human resources vice-president Pratik Kumar
said in a statement here.
About 550,000 engineering graduates pass out every year from about 3,000 engineering
colleges in the country. Though India has one of the world's largest scientific
and engineering pools, the growing demand-supply gap for skilled, industry-oriented
professionals is expected to test the limits of its manpower development capabilities.
The programmes will support deployment of e-learning content for faculty capability
building like 'Aarambh' and promote a 'unified learning kit' to reduce the gap between
academia and industry practices in multiple engineering disciplines.
"The industry has been investing in the skill development of employees through in-house
training programmes and certification courses. To ensure scalability, we are working
with various government bodies, members of the academia and the IT-BPO industry
to enhance employability skills amongst its prospective workforce,"
Nasscom president Som Mittal said.
Launched on Teachers' Day Sep 5 2007, the not-for-profit Mission10x empowered over
13,000 faculty members in the innovative learning approach.
"The programme will provide an equal opportunity to aspirants from different parts
of the country who wish to join the IT industry," Pratik Kumar added.
Courtesy: indiaedunews.net
