Bangalore:
To ensure Karnataka''s attractiveness as the prime knowledge
sector destination in the country, the state government
is helping academic-cum-industry majors set up `IT finishing
schools`. The idea is to spread employment by training
engineering graduates from towns and rural areas, who
will then be placed directly in software and hardware
firms across the state.
M
N Vidyashankar, information technology secretary, government
of Karnataka, told reporters, "Karnataka is the first
state in the country to facilitate such novel IT schools,
which will enable tech graduates hailing from secondary
cities, towns and rural areas to get absorbed in the knowledge
sector with the right skills, aptitude and competitive
spirit.
"The
strategy is to not only bridge the growing demand-supply
gap, but also make sure talent pools are readily available
for the knowledge firms setting up or expanding their
operations in secondary cities like Mysore, Mangalore,
Hubli, Bellary, Belgaum, Gulbarga and Raichur," Vidyashankar
said.
The
government has given the green signal to the Raman Institute
of Information Technology (RIIT) to set up the first such
IT finishing school in Mysore. With an up-front investment
of Rs12 crore, it aims to train about 5,000 engineering
graduates every year.
Banks
such as Syndicate Bank have offered to provide 5-year
tenure loans up to Rs75,000 to prospective graduate trainees.
The
second IT finishing school will be set up by the Dayanand
Sagar Educational Institute on the outskirts of Bangalore.
And Dale Carnegie, a leading US-based soft skills training
institute, has offered to set up the third school at the
upcoming Bidadi Knowledge City, Vidyashankar said.
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