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Industry collaboration

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Pearson, Village Capital partner to fund ‘Eduprenuers’

Pearson has partnered with social investor Village Capital to support and fund education entrepreneurs in India who are focused on serving the bottom-of-the-pyramid market in the country. Select education start-ups will receive up to USD 75,000 (`45 lakh) in funding and will be selected through peer review by fellow entrepreneurs.

HCL to offer break-fix support to Educomp

HCL Infosystems Ltd has announced business collaboration partnership with Educomp. As per the agreement, HCL Infosystems will provide life cycle services for existing and new Educomp classrooms across India. This will include providing break-fix support and field repair services along with managing new installations of Educomp Classrooms. The service and support to Educomp classrooms would be provided by HCL Infosystems through a nationwide network of field engineers, regional repair centres and a centralised repair factory.

English Edge ties up with the Essar Foundation

EnglishEdge, the provider of technology based English language learning solutions in India, has tied up with Essar Foundation, the CSR wing of construction and manufacturing company for providing training in the English language in Hazira district in Gujarat. This initiative has been taken to introduce children and youth towards different facets of spoken English.

Virtusa, ICFAI Sign MoU for Talent Development Programmes

Virtusa Corporation, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, to engage in talent development programmes aimed at creating a pool of highly skilled Business Process Management (BPM) professionals trained on Pegasystems’ technology platform.

Tech Mahindra announces Industry – Academia Programme for IT Infra Management Services

Tech Mahindra Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with select Indian universities to impart industry ready skills in IT Infrastructure Management Services (IMS). The programme aims at creating a pool of resources to meet the demand across various facets of the IMS segment. The courses under this initiative cover the entire spectrum of IT operations, network operations and cyber security. ‘Megh’ has a designed capacity to train over 5000 associates.

Intel hosts interactive session on‘Toddlers and Technology’ with Educomp

Intel India and Educomp held an interactive event to connect with young parents about introducing technology to children at an early stage. The programme has shared a perspective on how in addition to being the epicenter of information, a personal computing device can also support positive interaction between parents and their children.

NIIT, Autodesk ink partnership

NIIT is set to ink a significant partnership with Autodesk, 3D design, engineering and entertainment software and services company, to evangelise design and promote design literacy, design skilling and research and innovation in design, in India. Given the dynamism in work roles, design thinking today is being recognised as one of the essential skills for a successful career in any industry.

New MBA Specialisations an Emerging Trend

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Prof Ashok Panjwani (Dean – Graduate Programmes), Management Development Institute (MDI) , Gurgaon shares the emerging trends in the field of management education, in conversation with Chhavi Bakaria

What are the emerging trends in management studies especially in this era of globalisation?
A distinct  emerging trend is the focus on niche areas and new emerging areas like Project Management, Banking, Infrastructure Financing &  Management, etc.

What are the popular areas of specialisations among students?
Project Management, Marketing using social media,  Services Management, etc. are the popular and upcoming areas of study in management education.

There are concerns that the quality of placements has deteriorated across B-schools even including some of the premier ones. What can this be attributed to and how can it be addressed?
Quality of placements in terms of the salary(s) offered may have definitely come down because of the capacity to pay, as also the typical MBA is not being able to justify ( by way of providing solutions to businesses to improve their performances ) the high salaries he was being paid in the just recent past. Another reason for the same is the huge availability of MBAs in the market coupled with the widespread economic slowdown.

According to reports, more than 180 business schools closed down in 2012 because they could not attract enough students. But we need more colleges and institutes to bridge the demand-supply gap. What can be a way out in such a situation?
We certainly do not need any more colleges. The closing down of colleges is a correction in the right direction as everybody wanting to do an MBA today or doing an MBA does not perhaps has the requisite mental and other endowments which are required of a robust, vibrant MBA output.

Transcripts Securing the Data

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Dr Sankaran Raghunathan, Dean, The National Management School, India

Dr Sankaran Raghunathan is an expert in transcript or document security matters; he has participated in international conferences that discuss matters related to transcripts and has made significant contributions in those debates. He can be reached at sankaran@nms.edu.in

One issue that is being addressed across countries in higher education is the secure generation, distribution, and, subsequent verification of transcripts. Imagine a situation where Universities can generate transcripts either on ordinary paper or electronically in a very secure format that cannot be tampered with; distribute this secure transcript without the need for sharing the data with any third party; with the transcript so issued being verifiable at any time or place via the internet without recourse to the original database or the issuing University.

The solution should meet the following criteria:
• Enables generation of tamper-proof transcripts on ordinary paper or electronically
• Does not require any additional spending on media
• Does not require investment in any new infrastructure either for the generation or distribution of transcripts
• Avoid sharing of student records with any central repository or third party
• Verification of the transcript should be simple, universal, and not require access to the original database
• Is less expensive to implement in terms of time, effort and money

I believe that such a solution can be found in a derivative of the bar code system or the QR code system that we all are familiar with.
In a simple format, a security mark can be used to store the student data such as grades, etc. that are normally printed on a transcript. This security mark can be printed in one corner of the transcript. The data that is originally stored there when the transcript is printed can be read by scanning the security mark. Therefore, if the data printed on the transcript is in any way tampered, the scan of the security mark will display the true data with which the verification can be done without going to the source for verification or accessing any database.
There should be a secured process evolved for generation of the security mark using the data at the time of generation of the transcript. Similarly, the decoding of the security mark should be done by an authentic process so that verification of the data from the reader is also authenticated.
Therefore, I would suggest a modification of the generally accepted generation process. The process should involve the following:
• The data that is to be stored in the security mark is first encoded using a logic
• Such an encoded data is then encrypted using an encryption key before the security mark is generated
• The security mark that is printed on a transcript cannot be generated by anybody but only by the University that is generating the transcript and which has the encoding and encrypting logic

Then, such an encoded and encrypted security mark that contains the transcript data, which is printed on a transcript can be captured as image by any scanner. The scanned image has to be opened only by the algorithm that may be available at a particular website or portal that accepts the scanned image to decrypt, decode and display the data that is stored in that security mark.
Such process need not access the original database. The University that generated the original transcript need not share the data with this portal. There is no special infrastructure needed for this portal to work, nor such an infrastructure needed to generate the security mark.
The security mark can be printed on any media including an ordinary sheet of paper. Thus, Universities can save a lot of money in eliminating the security paper on which the transcripts are printed now.
The security mark that contains the encoded and encrypted data is very secure since the security mechanism is only with the University that generates the transcript. Verification can be done from anywhere using the internet to access the portal that is the only one that can decrypt and decode the scanned security mark. Each University can have its own encoding and encryption algorithm. Centralisation of all the student transcripts is also completely avoided.
This system can be used not only for University transcripts but also wherever variable data needs to be secured on a document. Thus this is a document security mechanism.

Doon Public School 35 Years of Service to the Nation

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“Doon Public School is a hi-tech, futuristic, numero-uno school that grooms each child academically, socially and spiritually, thus, turning him out into an ethical, confident, well-balanced citizen of the world. Being pioneers in digital learning, we provide a cutting-edge technology platform for our students and believe that education can bring about a radical change in the society,” M G Vasan, Chairman

I am proud and privileged to be a part of a spirited and dedicated team, which has redefined school education. Our methodology and pedagogy of imparting holistic high-value education by combining judicious use of technology and moral values makes our students globally capable, competent and efficient. We groom leaders in every field to meet every challenge,” N V Sarat Chandran, Manager

Doon Public School is a coeducational, CBSE affiliated, senior secondary school celebrating its 35 years of service to the nation. The school aims at imparting premium quality education through a holistic and a spiritual approach in its pursuit of excellence in all the fields.
Doon Public School was felicitated with the best ‘E- School Award’ by World Education Awards 2013 at the World Education Summit held at Le Meridian Hotel, New Delhi. The reward been bestowed for the school’s stupendous initiative in the e-school programme.
The school enjoys a unique distinction of being the first school in India to have computer-aided teaching and learning through Smart Class using plasma screen with Smart Assessment System (SAS) in all the classes. The school has received the ‘Best ICT Laboratory School Education Award 2010’ for being pioneer in the field of digital learning.
To facilitate students with new modern techniques in learning, verifying and visualising mathematical concepts through educational aids, the first digital Maths Lab of India has been installed in the school. The Abacus and Vedic Maths programmes enable the students to achieve an extremely high standard of mental arithmetic and help the students excel in Bhaskara.
Amongst the other pivotal features of the school, the ‘Language Lab’ occupies a significant place as it aims at improving the students’ communication skills. Further, the ‘Digital Library’ with more than 18000 books online is an addition to the existing library.
The school has a lecture theatre provided with interactive board and facility for video-conferencing, a ‘Biotechnology Lab’, with the facility of ‘tissue culture’ and a ‘Fashion Studies Lab’ that trains the students in the theory and practice of garment manufacturing. There are special animation classes and an exclusive Lexile Framework for Reading for the students.
The sports faculty of the school imparts coaching in all the games and athletic disciplines and a well equipped gymnasium in the school ensures the physical fitness.
The school has extended its contribution to the social concerns such as Mother Empowerment for Educational Development (MEED), ‘Rural Education Mission’ and ‘Hope For the Future’ and is empowering the mothers of the school children with computer-aided learning, English speaking skills and parenting skills. ‘Hope For the Future’ is a programme to empower the under privileged for their enrichment and vision in life to make them independent. The dedicated work of our competent teachers, innovative teaching methodology and the use of cutting edge technology platforms positively hold a mirror to a bright and resplendent future and ensure that we live upto the motto ‘Excelsior

Innovating to Excel

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Addressing the concern of quality in higher education, Rashtriya Uchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (National Higher Education Mission) under the Ministry of Human Resources, has recently proposed to put a ceiling of 200 on the maximum number of colleges that can be affiliated to any university. Current figure highlights the Osmania University has 901 colleges affiliated to it while 811 colleges are attached to Pune University. Rashtrusant Tukadoji Maharaj University, Nagpur has 800 colleges with it and Rajasthan as well as Mumbai University have 735 and 711 colleges attached to them. The average number of affiliated colleges per university is 300.
There have been instances where several state universities are having large number of colleges affiliated to a single university, and this leads to decline in quality of education being offered in some of the universities, so such a ceiling is a welcome step. But, how this proposal will be implemented given the skewed college and university ratio will remain to be a tough task for MHRD. This also calls for increasing the number of central and state universities in the country. RUSA, the one lakh crore rupees scheme, when implemented will lead to setting up and upgradation of new colleges and universities.
President Pranab Mukherjee recently inaugurated a new laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) at Dehradun. He highlighted that to become a knowledge economy, India needs to revitalise research and increase its R&D spend. And the good news is that India is fast emerging as a hub for Research and Development (R&D). Big multinationals as well as international universities are seeking collaborations or off-shoring their R&D projects to India, and pumping in investment. Currently, India’s GER in PhD is less than one percent, but this can be improved if we provide better opportunities and fellowships to our budding researchers and scientists.
To contribute our share in building the knowledge economy, we had organised 9th eINDIA Education Summit 2013 on 23-24 July, 2013, at Hyderabad International Convention Centre. In this issue we have tried to present a summary of the views of various stakeholders for the overall development of education to achieve educational goals. Reading the report on eINDIA 2013, you will get a comprehensive view of the education related projects that are currently being executed in the country. The eINDIA 2013 report also sets out where proof, promise and potential lies for technology in education.

Dr Ravi Gupta
Editor-in-Chief
Ravi.Gupta@elets.in

Critical Role of Industry- Academia Interface in Making Students Employable

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Staggering data about the dearth of employability skills among Indian graduates has raised concerns about the need to foster Industry-Academia collaboration. Such collaborations can prove a win-win situation for all the parties including – Students, Industry, and the Academia
 Amarnath Reddy, CEO, Jawahar Knowledge Centre

We have lakhs of students coming out from various engineering and degree colleges, but the job market is fluctuating. It is not just dependent on the local or national economy. There are so many factors including global factors, new technologies coming in, and thus students have to get equipped with a lot of new skills to get employed. Students must understand it is not only about the syllabus or passing through your exams. They need to develop their social skills, communication skills, innovate, visualise and add value to themselves. Learning beyond textbooks is the key.
Dr Sreerama K Murthy, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, Teqnium

I would like to approach employability from the angle of educational analytics. Analytics is basically looking at data and trying to find patterns in data and then acting on those patterns. What you can measure, you can improve. So in our institutions, if you can measure what you know and what you have learnt so far, what is the best thing to learn next then you will be able to learn in a faster, more effective way. Apart from personalising education to individual student, data analysis can help in matchmaking between the student and the industry. So the quality institutions of the future must be data driven, it means the decision maker in any institution should have the right data to support him in making a rational decision. They need to have enough data about themselves and about the environment to make the right decision. For example, the Arizona State University has built a campus wide data collection and data reporting system. So anyone will be able to go on the campus intranet and for example it is a professor looking to Dr Sreerama K Murthy, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, Teqnium I would like to approach employability from the angle of educational analytics. Analytics is basically looking at data and trying to find patterns in data and then acting on those patterns. What you can measure, you can improve. So in our institutions, if you can measure what you know and what you have learnt so far, what is the best thing to learn next then you will be able to learn in a faster, more effective way. Apart from personalising education to individual student, data analysis can help in matchmaking between the student and the industry. So the quality institutions of the future must be data driven, it means the decision maker in any institution should have the right data to support him in making a rational decision. They need to have enough data about themselves and about the environment to make the right decision. For example, the Arizona State University has built a campus wide data collection and data reporting system. So anyone will be able to go on the campus intranet and for example it is a professor looking to decide a class time, and so he will be able to see the data about the students, other classes and take a decision appropriately based on the available data. Data does not come out of nowhere. The visionary institutes need to make a move for creating a data infrastructure for themselves. Also when your students are ready to take up a job this data along with students’ studying data and patterns can be made available to the industry and the industry can seek the right candidate based on the data. This will increase the employability as it will inform the employers about the relative strengths of the students.
 M P Pillai, Director, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Chennai

Tamil Nadu higher education department has taken a lot of steps by increasing the input for higher education sector and the input in engineering colleges has gone up by almost 800 percent that has led to a decline in the quality of education entering into these colleges and thus leading to unemployability. Most of academicians, including myself, do not support the stats that only 25 percent of our engineering graduates are employable. It has also to do with the fact that industry expects from day one the recruits to be productive, and that as soon as you are employed you should deliver that day onwards. There are three categories of skills that the industry expects are – Core employability skills, Professional skills, and Communication skills. This core employability and communication or soft skills it is common to all industries. To develop the professional skills in the students, which are industry specific, requires an industry input. Thus, unless we involve the industry in curriculum making or teaching it is not possible to impart the professional skills.
 VSN Raju, Chief Operating Officer, Globarena Technologies

When we develop skills among our students, we are building our country as 54 percent of our population is under 25 years of age. Employability skills are the skills required not only to gain employment, but also to progress within an enterprise so as to achieve one’s potential and contribute successfully to an enterprise. However, education imparted in majority of institutions is examoriented and not skill-oriented. At the college level, the academia should be able to provide basic communication skills, soft skills, aptitude sector specific skills through professional trainings to ensure that students perform better at the employment space. Apart from these some fundamental problems for employability skills development are the lack of industry exposure, outdated curricula and methods, dearth of trained and qualified teachers, and inability of the academia to keep pace with changing technologies and latest developments. As a result, education is not resulting in proper employment for a large number of students. There are two kinds of un-employability — lack of fundamental skills resulting in unsuitability for any job and lack of technical and soft skills resulting in under-employment. There is also a huge disparity in the student-teacher ratio leading to pushing of semi-finished talent to industries. Some of the possible solutions to the lack of employability include: effective career counseling, create awareness about traditional and emerging jobs, train faculty to leverage technology, evolve mechanisms for industry-academia partnerships to provide practical exposure to students, using internet technologies to provide access to learning resources and collaborate with academicians, industry experts, HR and peer institutions/ universities for specific skill training. 
 Amit Sharma, Additional Secretary,Government of Jammu and Kashmir

I believe that the fire within is very important. All the youngsters should strive to know what they are made for and the various lines available to them. In J&K we have a lot of initiatives as far as providing employment opportunities are concerned. For example, the J&K overseas employment corporation, which was started with the objective that our youth which is educated and skilled should find ways to access markets like the Middle East. This corporation came into existence three to four years back and we are coordinating with different ministries, overseas corporations and departments and we are trying to send skilled workforce outside also. I only request students to not have a typical mindset about employability in terms of job seekers. Try to go a step further and be job creators
 Dr Pankaj Gupta, Director General, Jaipuria Institutes of ManagementNo student is a bad student and no teacher is a bad teacher. It is all a matter of situation and perspective. There are students who think that in the three-four years after completion of class XII they would have a lot of fun, whereas there are many who are focused and clear about what they would do during these years. The most important thing is that we need to be aware of who we are and what kind of possibilities and potential is lying within us. Talking about communication skills, nobody is weak in communications; it is all a matter of igniting your inner confidence. Lot of learning, unlearning and re-learning is the need of the hour. The students should know the purpose of their life and what they want to do in life, at least in the next five years or may be during the whole day. You should also maintain a KASH (Knowledge, Attitude, Skills and Habits) diary for yourselves to be able to rate yourself on your learning from life at the end of the day. We talk about how much industry input should be there in our curriculum and we also claim that our curriculum has been vetted by the industry. But, how much of that industry curriculum is relevant for a student and how is it been taught in the classroom? So, you cannot depend on the system. Good make good students teachers and not the other way round. You need to be responsible for yourself. Be ahead of the professor, do your own study before you come to the class.
 

MHRD initiates third edition of all-India survey on higher education

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MHRD-logoNew Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) recently launched the third edition of an all-India survey on higher education for 2012-13. Through the survey MHRD aims to have a better perspective of the state of affairs of higher education in the country.

It was launched by Minster of State for HRD Jitin Prasada. The survey covers all higher education institutions across the country including universities, colleges, and stand-alone institutions.

The survey that was started in 2011 to prepare a detailed database on higher education. Keeping in view the usefulness of data collected during the first year, the Ministry decided to make this survey an annual exercise of data collection in higher education sector.

The survey compiles and manages statistics directly online from respondent institutions. The main items of data collection under survey are basic details, programme details, teaching and non-teaching staff, student enrolment, examination results and scholarships.

According to the ministry statement, the survey for the year 2011-12 is under progress.

ICAI to hold campus placement programme

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the statutory body for regulation of chartered accountants in the country, will hold its campus placement programme from 6th to 12th September, 2013 in the national capital. As many as 5000 candidates, who have recently completed their chartered accountancy, are expected to participate in the campus placement programme across India.

ICAI, through its Committee for Members in Industry (CMII), organizes Campus Placement Programme at 16 different locations in the country. The Campus Placement Programme is held twice every year in August-September and February-March.

Commenting on the placement drive, CA Subodh Kumar Agrawal, President, ICAI Said, “This is an excellent opportunity for topline Indian companies to recruit the finest minds in the accountancy space. For budding chartered accountants, the campus placement programme means they can start their career on a high note and get exposed to managing finances of some of the biggest Corporates and conglomerates. We expect strong response from Indian corporate sector despite the current spell of slowdown.”

In 2012, as many as 130 companies comprising 220 Interview Panels participated in Campus Placement Programme during both the seasons across the country and as many as 1500 candidates were offered jobs. The companies, which hired Chartered Accountants in 2012, belonged to industries like Information Technology, Financial Services, Oil & Gas Refining, Banking, BPO, Telecommunication, Mining, FMCG, Agro, etc.

In the New Delhi round, 42 companies were part of the campus placement programme in 2012 and 404 chartered accountants were recruited.

In the Campus Placement Programme for Aug-Sep, 2013 as many as 56 organisations comprising more than 100 interview teams are participating at 16 interview centres across the country. Some of the leading names of Indian industry participating in New Delhi centre are Alghanim Industries, Andhra Bank, Bharti Infratel Limited, Cairn India Limited, Coca-Cola India Inc., Engineers India Ltd, Genpact, HCL Business Services, ITC Limited, LANCO Infratech Limited, Macquarie Global Services, PAREXEL International, RailTel Corporation, RAK Ceramics, REC Limited, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., and Vedanta Resources Plc.

digitalLEARNING Announces its 5th Annual Resource Guide

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Get Featured to Get Noticed

digitalLEARNING, a premier monthly publication from EletsTechnomedia Pvt Ltd on current practices in ICT and education in India and across the globe, is coming up with its 5th Annual Resource Guide in October 2013.

India is witnessing a big leap in education sector and technology is playing a seminal role in achieving its multipleobjectives. With the increasing number of solution providers in the space there is a need for a specialised issue that can guide institutions for choosing the right solution to dig outmaximum benefits.

With its annual resource guide digitalLEARNING offers education solution providers to present their solution to education institutions that are looking for expansion and development. Being ‘one–of–its–kind’ for the Indian market, this annual issue is a comprehensive compilation and showcase of latest solutions in education and technology space. The issue will serve as a quick reference guide for everyone in the domain of education. There will be a spotlight on the companies, which are playing a seminal role in developing and implementing innovative systems and solutions at the educational institutions.

The issue gives you the opportunity to highlight your success stories and opportunity to get featured with who’s who of the education space.

If You have

Digital classroom solution, Security, campus connectivity, networking solution, publication, course content, teacher training modules, ERP, student assessment solution, Skill development solution, courses, platform, sports, Lab equipment, furniture, etc, this is for you

 

Highlights

  • The Yellow Pages of education solution provider
  • One year shelf life
  •  Wider reach among key decision makers
  • Strong brand presence and strategic positioning
  • Maximum return on investment

Read by key decision makers in schools, higher education institutions and other places of learning, digitalLEARNING magazine provides unparalleled access to key people who research, recommend and purchase your products and services. The magazine is uniquely positioned to create impactful print, digital and event opportunities that will deliver maximum benefits for your brand.

Key Features of Listing in Annual Resource of Guide

There are three types of listings in the Annual Resource Guide 2013

Basic: The product wise listing includes contact details of the company in the matrix format.

Advanced: The company contact details will be highlighted in a box with company logo.

Premium: The Premium segment will include a brand profile of the company with the advertisement. Detailed company profile includes a photograph of the representative, company logo, products and services, USP, target verticals, achievements, key people in the company, sales and after sales support details, case study, and much else.

Past Participants in the issue

NIIT, Pearson Education Service, Mexus Education, Panasonic, Next Education, BBC, Liqvid, IL&FS, Ncomputing, Hitachi, Wordsworth, Cybernetyx, eScan, Adobe, Ceeco, Knowledge Horizon, Epson, Viewsonic, Smart, NCS , Station-e, Hey Math, Vision Net, KIIT, Ryan, CVR, LPU, Amity

The reach of the Annual Education Resource Guide

• School principals, chairmen, directors, senior functionaries

• VCs, directors, deans, at higher education institutes and vocation training centres

• Ministers, senior officials at education ministries at centre and state levels

• Important functionaries at funding agencies in education space

• Important functionaries from the corporate sector, banks and PSUs, including CIOs and CTOs

• Public Administrators looking after regulation in education sector

• Heads of Academic think-tanks and other institutions

• IT vendors

• & many others

Expected number of copies to be published: 70,000

40,000 of the magazines go to schools. 20,000 go to higher education institutions

10000 go to government functionaries, corporate, internal use and Stands

Contact us now to take advantage of the opportunity of being part of

digitalLEARNING’s mega Annual Resource Guide for the month of October 2013.

 Timeline for October 2013 issue:

Editorial material timeline: 15th September, 2013

Ad material timeline: 17th September, 2013

For editorial queries contact: Pragya Gupta, pragya@elets.in, +91 8860651648

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Wipro Plans to Enhance Skill Enhancement Programme to over 5000 students

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Wipro Ltd has announced the launch of a nation-wide initiative, the Wipro Integrated Skill Enhancement Program (WISEPro) to impart communication and soft skills training to undergraduate students, predominantly from non-engineering colleges in India, with the aim of improving their employability in the Information Technology, Business Process Management (BPM), as well as other services sectors.

The pilot program of the WISEPro initiative has been introduced to the student community at Kolkata-based Techno India Group. Wipro plans to extend this program nationally to over 5000 students by the end of FY14 and especially, make in-roads into smaller centres in India, besides the large cities.

Students who successfully complete the program will be awarded a certification, post an assessment by Wipro. The certification will enable the candidates to be eligible for a placement at Wipro, if they are able to successfully clear one round of interviews as opposed to 3 or 4 levels of screening usually followed while recruiting fresh graduates at the company.

According to Dr Sandhya Chintala, Executive Director, Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM “Enhancing employability to role-specific requirements in the IT, BPM and other services sector is a step in the right direction. It is imperative that companies, academic institutions and the government work closely towards improving the employability of young people in India and help to scale up a readily deployable talent pool. The aim is to align the WISEPro program with the SSC NASSCOM guidelines outlined for CRM job roles. We are glad that an organization of Wipro’s stature has taken the lead in moving towards the adoption of published National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Job Roles / Qualification Packs (QPs) and we, at SSC NASSCOM, are glad to support and guide them in this endeavor.”

Subhasish Biswas, Head – Business Excellence, Wipro BPO said, “This initiative is an employability enhancement program that will endeavour to train students for the services sector where high levels of communication and presentation skills are required, in addition to basic domain knowledge. It aims to improve the soft-skill based competencies, foster professional skills and thereby, enhance the employability of youth for various service sector domains. We are of the opinion that considering the quality of the output being created, over a period of time, this certification will get recognition in several industries, besides the IT and BPM industries.”

Prof (Dr) Pritimoy Bhattacharya, Group Director, Techno India Group, said, “The Techno India Group is proud to provide a platform for Wipro to launch this program. This unique initiative is the need of the hour and will go a long way in making our youth employable. We are very confident that our students will leverage this opportunity well and aspire to be part of this journey of self-development.”

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