Technology giant IBM on Monday 21.06.2010, said it will set
up 75 new Centres of Excellence (CoE) at engineering colleges
across 60 cities in India, which will train students on various
softwares.
The locations for the 75 new CoEs will be selected from among
the top 300 engineering colleges in the country and will span
20 states, IBM said in a statement.
Last year, IBM had set up over 75 such CoEs across Karnataka,
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu,
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, among others, it added.
The IBM CoEs are aimed at creating a platform for the development
of software skills among students and gives students the opportunity
to develop business solutions.
In addition to setting up CoEs, IBM also plans to bring its
Global Entrepreneurship Initiative (GEI) to some of these
colleges.
Through the GEI programme, IBM will select a few projects
based on their feasibility and provide guidance to take them
to the market and build a sustainable business for the entrepreneurs,
it said.
"Apart from providing free training, certification and
software to these colleges, IBM plans to convert the CoEs
into incubation centres to bolster software skills and ensure
industry-ready professionals," Himanshu Goyal, Country
Manager - Academic Initiative, Developer Works and Globalisation,
IBM India/South Asia, said.
Source: PTI
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