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The Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited's ICT Academy, which was proposed to be set up under public-private-partnership model in 2008 but had terrible luck finding investors, has finally become operational. ICT's project to impart training to teachers and students will be rolled out next month, said state IT secretary P H Kurien. The project, partially funded by the Centre, aims at providing training to 5,000 teachers and 2 lakh students in three years so as to make them industry-ready and employable.

The ICT Academy Kerala will be run by an autonomous board of governors with three representations from the state government. The IT industries investing in the project will have to get a clearance from their respective board members. One of the industries, UST Global, is already on board, while three others are expected to ratify their presence by month-end, said Jayasankar Prasad, special officer ICT Academy Kerala.

"Setting up of Nasscom's regional council for Kerala has added momentum to the project. The academy is being set up on the lines of the ICTACT (ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu)," he said.

Leading IT Company such as TCS, Infosys, IBS, UST Global, Nest, RP Tech, Sun tech and ITC Infotech are all part of the academy. The academy has already received Rs 2.5 crore of the total Rs 6.5 crore aid from the Centre. The project is being implemented through Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited.

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Autor(en)/Author(s): Sangeetha Nair

Quelle/Source: The Times of India, 23.09.2013

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