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Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010
Tiruchi: Bharathidasan University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) to function as a nodal institution in its jurisdiction comprising seven districts with 104 Arts & Science and Fine Arts colleges, and 13 approved institutions. Of them, 18 are autonomous colleges and the student strength in the affiliated colleges is over 1.5 lakh.
The ICTACT, a consortium of the Centre, State and Confederation of Indian Industry, will provide industry relevant training programmes in the ICT spectrum to the faculty members of the university and its affiliated colleges. Various training programmes will be sponsored by the ICT industry. The ICTACT is a pioneering venture under the private-public partnership model that endeavours to train the higher education teachers in Tamil Nadu in the areas of Information and Communication Technology, thereby making the students industry ready. It is led by a governing body chaired by Lakshmi Narayanan of Cognizant Technology Solutions with members drawn from industry leaders including K. Jayaramakrishnan of TCS, Sameer Garde of Dell, Raghunandan of Redington, Gopal Srinivasan of TVS Capital Ltd., CII Tamil Nadu Chapter Chairman C.K. Ranganathan, and State Secretary of IT P.W.C. Davidar.
In the presence of Vice-Chancellor M. Ponnavaikko, Registrar T. Ramaswamy and Chief Executive Officer of ICTACT M. Sivakumar signed the MoU on Thursday. ICTACT has already launched its first programme for the Bharathidasan University in association with CTS and TCS. The Academy is poised to launch programmes from Microsoft and many other top ICT companies at the university.
In the current scenario, both industry and institutions are faced with the challenge of addressing the gap between what students imbibe from the university curriculum and what industry recruiters expect from fresh graduates in terms of hard and soft skills. The Academy seeks to bridge these gaps through structured training programmes addressing teachers of engineering, arts and science, polytechnic colleges, and industrial training Institutes. The Academy plans to train around 5,000 faculties across Tamil Nadu in three years. The programme is expected to benefit over 2.5 lakh students.
University signs MoU with ICT Academy
Tiruchi: Bharathidasan University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) to function as a nodal institution in its jurisdiction comprising seven districts with 104 Arts & Science and Fine Arts colleges, and 13 approved institutions. Of them, 18 are autonomous colleges and the student strength in the affiliated colleges is over 1.5 lakh.
The ICTACT, a consortium of the Centre, State and Confederation of Indian Industry, will provide industry relevant training programmes in the ICT spectrum to the faculty members of the university and its affiliated colleges. Various training programmes will be sponsored by the ICT industry. The ICTACT is a pioneering venture under the private-public partnership model that endeavours to train the higher education teachers in Tamil Nadu in the areas of Information and Communication Technology, thereby making the students industry ready. It is led by a governing body chaired by Lakshmi Narayanan of Cognizant Technology Solutions with members drawn from industry leaders including K. Jayaramakrishnan of TCS, Sameer Garde of Dell, Raghunandan of Redington, Gopal Srinivasan of TVS Capital Ltd., CII Tamil Nadu Chapter Chairman C.K. Ranganathan, and State Secretary of IT P.W.C. Davidar.
In the current scenario, both industry and institutions are faced with the challenge of addressing the gap between what students imbibe from the university curriculum and what industry recruiters expect from fresh graduates in terms of hard and soft skills. The Academy seeks to bridge these gaps through structured training programmes addressing teachers of engineering, arts and science, polytechnic colleges, and industrial training Institutes. The Academy plans to train around 5,000 faculties across Tamil Nadu in three years. The programme is expected to benefit over 2.5 lakh students.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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