Bangaluru: IBM and NASSCOM Foundation Tuesday announces successful completion of first year of the New-collar Employability Skills Program for 2500 students across Karnataka, NCR and Haryana. Students from 23 colleges across the region completed the certified courses in data science and cloud computing.
This corporate social responsibility intervention by IBM engaged students through an on-campus approach in a 204 hour-long blended training model that uses online and face-to-face training immersions to build skills in new-age technologies like Data Science and Cloud Computing.
CEO, NASSCOM Foundation says they will continue the venture in coming and make 2500 more students from non-tech institutes employable
The colleges chosen for the program included Vijaya Evening College, East Point College, Vidya Vahini College, Vivekanand Degree College, Karnataka college Dharwad, Siddaganga College, Siddhaganga Women's College and several colleges in Dharwar, Bhagalkot, Gadag, Koppal, Nargund, and Bangaluru and Tumkur.
