"Many countries in the developing parts of the world are interested in developing their IT capabilities and meet the demand in the export market. Qualified manpower, which is recognised as the key to this success, is in short supply. They have looked at the way India has been able to garner resources and address the market," observes Mr. Pramod Khera, executive director, and global head of training and education, Aptech Ltd. Hence their attempt to take a leaf out of India's success story.

China, for example, has seen that government initiatives alone will not suffice if it has to grow to keep pace with the demand. A delegation from the Chinese ministry of science and technology, which recently came to India, ended up signing a joint venture with Aptech for computer training.

As per the agreement, Aptech will provide know-how to Beijing Beida, an affiliate company of the Beijing University, to set up training centres and provide course structure and content. The course content would be translated by the company, and imparted to students. Seventy-five such centres would be set up next to the polytechnics.

Thus Aptech courses would be offered in 75 such colleges, where students would take up the two-year eACCP career program says Mr. Khera.

A similar exercise is being replicated in Russia. Aptech has tied up with the Technical University of Saratov near Moscow for a similar kind of arrangement, where the translation will be into Russian. By the end of the first semester, five other universities will be offering this course.