| TRAINING major NIIT has introduced
a new ‘industry-endorsed’ multiple-track GNIIT programme
for career aspirants in IT. The new GNIIT programme has been ‘co-designed’
with the IT and ITeS industry and is geared to fulfil their emerging
manpower needs. The programme envisages four specialisation tracks
built upon a common foundation.
Delving on the unique features of the new GNIIT
programme, Vijay K Thadani, CEO, NIIT said that a significant part
of the programme content has been customised to meet the specific
requirements of large recruiters.
“The new industry-endorsed GNIIT programme,
designed in consultation with the recruiters and NIIT alumni from
across the IT sector, will help bridge the huge IT manpower demand-supply
gap by offering the ‘right skilled IT manpower’ in a
steady and predictable manner,” said Thadani.
Dr Smarajit Dey, head of individual learning
business, said, “The new programme combines generic IT skills
with company-specific skills to create a pool of professionals who
are both industry-ready and are productive immediately.”
“NIIT has visualised placement partnerships
with leading IT and ITeS companies who would also be involved in
the selection process of candidates,” added Dr Dey.
The programme has identified four specialisation
tracks—Software Engineering; Systems Engineering & Networking;
Information Systems Management and Business Process Management.
These streams were identified based on an assessment
of the most demanded job skills based on the hiring trends of the
IT and ITeS industries and after studying the kind of jobs that
GNIIT students were engaged in over the last few quarters. All students
begin with a common foundation semester, after which their performance
and specific strengths are used to determine the specialisation
they would opt for.
The GNIIT programme also focuses on the emerging
technology platforms that will be in demand in future. But in addition,
these programmes have been designed with specific industry requirements
in mind.
NIIT has paid specific attention to the needs
of the BPO industry that requires technical and other manpower in
large numbers at short notice. NIIT has created accelerated options
and exit points mid-way through the programme in order to meet these
needs.
The launch of the new GNIIT programme comes at
a time when the shortage of ‘right skilled IT manpower’
has become a burning issue for HR managers.
The IDC Nasscom McKinsey Ministry of CIT Task
Force report has predicted a fresh demand of over 5 million IT and
ITeS professionals by 2012. Of this, the ITeS industry alone will
need about 2.9 million professionals.
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