NASSCOM proposes to train pre-final degree students
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siliconindia | Monday, 10 January 2011, 17:44 IST

Hyderabad: NASSCOM, the industry hand of the IT sector has proposed to give training to pre-final degree students in Andhra Pradesh to start with. The main motive is to make them job efficient by the time they finish up with their graduation.The news is being confirmed by D Srinivasulu, CEO of Rajiv Udyogasri Society (RUS), a public-private partnership, proprietorship and cooperative society.
About 2.2 million employers are working with BPO/KPO industry and the figure is expected to cross 10 million by the end of 2020, many of whom are taken as soon as they pass out from their respective colleges. Around 10 percent are fit to join the industry amongst them and rest needs training.
Government has decided to train some 30,000 students across seven universities which include Osmania, Kakatiya, Andhra, Visakhapatnam, Nagarjuna, Sri Venkateshwara and Sri Krishna Devaraya. Main highlight of the programme is to attract students from rural areas and cost per student evaluated at around 1200 will be borne by RUS. Students from rural areas will be considered once again if they miss out on scoring required marks in the first session.