Coimbatore, July 04,
2011: NIIT Limited,
leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer,
today announced the launch of its innovative Careers@Campus programs at Sri
Ramakrishna Engineering College (SREC) and Sri Ramakrishna Institute of
Technology (SRIT), Coimbatore. World Chess Champion Viswanathan
Anand unveiled the programs, which aim to make students industry ready by the
time they graduate. Also present on the occasion were Mr. C. Soundararaj, Managing Trustee,
Mr. R. Vijayakumhar, Joint Managing Trustee of SNR Sons Charitable Trust; Dr. A.
Ebenezer Jeyakumar, Director (Academics), Dr. R. Radhakrishnan, Principal, Sri
Ramakrishna Engineering College and Dr. R. Joseph Xavier, Principal, Sri
Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, besides Mr. G. Raghavan, Chief Executive,
Career Building Solutions, NIIT Limited.
NIIT’s
Careers@Campus is an initiative to offer employability enhancing programs to
undergraduates students in their own college campus. These
programs, mapped to the college calendar, will be delivered through innovative
in-campus training modules.
In the fast evolving Indian economy,
several sectors are increasingly facing the need of inducting talent through
entry-level and lateral-level recruitments. According to a BCG report, by 2020,
world would need 46 million workforce, whereas India will have a surplus 57
million.
Despite the huge
opportunities available, India faces an acute shortage of skilled, employable
talent. This skill gap is a combination of lack of technical skills as well as
professional life skills. According to studies, only 25 percent of fresh
engineers are employable due to lack of technical and communication skills. A
joint survey by FICCI and the World Bank states that 64% of surveyed employers
are dissatisfied with engineering graduates’ skills. It has therefore become a
necessity to equip the graduates with employable skill sets, for meeting the
industry requirements.
Commenting on the
launch, World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand said, “I am
pleased to launch NIIT Careers@Campus at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College and
Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology. I am sure these programmes will equip
the students with adequate skills required for embarking on a successful
professional journey.”
NIIT’s continuous engagements and
placement alliances with the employer organizations contribute to ensuring that
the programs offered under NIIT’s Careers@Campus programs are aligned to
industry requirements. Students would be imparted specialised
functional skills and critical communication and personality skills, essential
to building a successful career. The overall curriculum is
specifically designed keeping both industry expectations and career aspirations
of the students in mind.
Mr. C. Soundararaj, Managing Trustee,
of SNR Sons Charitable Trust said, “This is yet another unique commitment
by our trust to impart education with cutting edge
technology”.
For students
pursuing diploma programmes, NIIT will offer placement assistance on successful
completion of the programme. All students of Employability Enhancement
Programmes will be offered Placement Assistance wherein they will be provided
opportunities to appear in interviews via participation in Campus interviews,
Job fairs etc.
Mr. G. Raghavan, Chief Executive,
Career Building Solutions, NIIT Ltd. said “Careers@Campus is an
initiative by NIIT to bring employability enhancing skill sets to the doorsteps
of college students in campuses, to make them job-ready professionals. I am very
pleased at the opportunity of bringing across these programs, to the students of
great institutions under the SNR Sons Charitable Trust”.
The Employability
Enhancement programmes, mapped to industry requirements, are aimed at bridging
the gap between academic education and industry needs. Students undertaking the
programme will undergo training in critical soft skills like Communication
skills, Personal development, Presentation skills etc.
About Sri
Ramakrishna Engineering College
Sri Ramakrishna
Engineering College, established in 1994, is affiliated to Anna University of
Technology, Coimbatore and approved by All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE), New Delhi and Government of Tamil Nadu.
It is an autonomous institution,
offering eight UG and seven PG programs. SREC is the first self financing
engineering college in this zone to get autonomy from the UGC.
About Sri
Ramakrishna Institute of Technology
Sri Ramakrishna
Institute of Technology was established in 2002. It offers 6 Bachelor degree
programmes and 2 Master degree programmes. The institute has a strength of over
2,000 students and 138 staff members.
About NIIT
Careers@Campus
NIIT’s
Careers@Campus is an initiative based on feedback from industry to help students
bridge the gap between education and employability.
Today, though most
of the universities impart great conceptual grounding, there keeps emerging a
need for employability enhancement through skill upgradation on new technologies
as well as communication skills and personality development.
To help bridge the
skill gap between education and employability, NIIT has taken the lead to design
courses that prepare first-day, first-hour ready professionals required by the
industry. Careers@Campus programs have been developed by active industry
engagement. A set of special courses that deal with typical environments that
students will face at their first jobs, Industry experts as guest lecturers,
industry endorsed curriculum and pedagogy, are the hallmarks of these
programmes.
These programmes
will be delivered using a synchronous learning platform through a combination of
live expert faculty, on-the-ground trainers and online learning. To deliver
training, there will be an NIIT designated Industry expert faculty in the
studio. Additionally there will be NIIT facilitators in the classroom who will
assist in maximizing student interaction by helping students in raising queries
and encouraging them to engage in discussion.
About
NIIT
NIIT Limited,
leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer,
offers learning and knowledge solutions across 40 countries.
Leading IT
magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the ‘Top IT Training Company’ award
successively for the past 18 years, since the inception of this category. Rated
among India’s Business Superbrands 2008, NIIT’s Individual Learning Business
offerings include industry-endorsed programmes for students seeking careers in
IT - GNIIT, Edgeineers and Global Net Plus for IT
professionals.
NIIT has provided
computer-based learning to over 14,000 government and private schools. The
futuristic NGuru range for schools is a holistic education package that
comprises Interactive Classrooms (an embedded Teaching Learning
Material, that uses elements of interactivity, automation and web links
library); Math lab (technology tools that enable school students to learn and
explore mathematical concepts); IT Wizard (equips the students with core
computer knowledge and IT skills); and Quick School (an Education Resource
Planning solution for school management).
For working
professionals, NIIT Imperia, Centre for Advanced Learning, offers Executive
Management Education Programmes in association with Indian Institutes of
Management (IIMs) at Indore, Kolkata, Lucknow, IMT Ghaziabad and IIFT
Delhi.
NIIT Institute of
Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI), formed by NIIT with equity participation
from ICICI Bank, offers programmes for individuals and corporates in Banking,
Financial Services and Insurance.
NIIT Uniqua,
Centre for Process Excellence, addresses the increasing demand for skilled
workers in the business and technology services industry by providing training
programmes in relevant areas. This is a part of NIIT Institute of Process
Excellence Limited, a NIIT-Genpact venture.
NIIT’s Corporate
Learning Solutions, offers integrated learning solutions (including strategic
consulting, learning design, content development, delivery, technology,
assessment and learning management) to Fortune 500 companies, Universities,
Technology companies, Training corporations and Publishing
houses.
NIIT delivers a
tailored combination of catalog learning products, technology and services
through Element K offerings. These include: vLab®: hands-on labs, instructor-led
courseware, comprehensive e-reference libraries, technical journals, and
KnowledgeHub™: hosted learning management platform.
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