Taking their partnership forward, NIIT and Intel on Thursday joined hands to train 50,000 IT professionals over the next three years by introducing specialised training programme on Intel technologies for software developers and architects.
Initially, the training programme will focus on multi-core processing in 10 select centres of NIIT and in the long run the programme will be extended to around 50,000 students which is 10 per cent of India'a current IT workforce over the next three years, said NIIT's Chairman Rajendra S Pawar.
The upper-end of the courseware meant for CEOs and CIOs of IT companies is fee-free while for developers and architects it would be fee based. Pawar did not reveal the cost for these courses.
The programme which would do away with 'Hour Glass' by performing multi-task at the same time would also be taken to other Asia Pacific countries including China at a later stage.
Intel India's President Ketan Sampat said Intel was in discussion with operating systems vendors like Microsoft, OEMs, engineers and packaged software companies to offer the courses in a holistic manner.
Intel has a 10 per cent stake in NIIT through Intel Capital and is also a partner in the school education project.
{{/usCountry}}Intel has a 10 per cent stake in NIIT through Intel Capital and is also a partner in the school education project.
{{/usCountry}}Part of Intel and NIIT's ongoing cooperation aims at doubling the number of Indian schools benefitting from computer assisted education to 80,000 by 2010, Pawar said.
The programme will utilise Intel's technology and innovation and NIIT's instructional design, development and delivery expertise.