SECUNDERABAD, India — May 03, 2016 – Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) today announced at an event its collaboration with SAP India Education to boost IT education in the region. These courses from the SAP Student Academy Program have been designed with the vision of up-skilling youth of Telangana to promote professional expertise in the latest trendsetting applications. The association is aimed at upliftment of the youth by addressing impending challenges in skilling and drive fundamental social changes at the grassroot level.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was exchanged in the presence of the Honorable Governor of Telangana & AP, Shri ESL Narashiman, Chief Minister of Telangana, Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao other ministers and distinguished members from Government, Academia and Industry.
Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge is a nonprofit organization created by the Ministry of IT, Telangana for bringing synergy among institutions of Government, Industry & Academia and offer quality human resources and services to the industry. Minister for IT, Telangana Shri KT Rama Rao said, “The new initiatives by TASK will boost the dynamic and evolving IT industry and help increase the job prospects of talented, deserving youngsters in Telangana. This will give an overall impetus to the industry at large.”
“The key focus at TASK is to enhance the employability quotient of young graduates in the state and enable them to be a part of India’s booming digital academy. TASK has been collaborating with industry leaders to provide skill based training to the students and make them industry ready”, said Mr. Sujiv Nair, CEO- TASK
TASK’s framework is designed to produce enough number of readily employable graduates by improving their IT skills. “SAP is dedicated towards building a digital economy and through this alliance students can gain access to engage with one of the world’s leading technology companies. With TASK, we aim to empower youth with technological skills required to give them a competitive edge for better career opportunities across the globe”, added David Osborne, Global Head Education – SAP.
Some of the other key initiatives from TASK include:
- Soft skill development programs for Graduates
- Faculty development programs
- Technology Entrepreneurship Program for students in collaboration with ISB
- Technology Skilling Programs in collaboration with Hitachi, Samsung, Infosys, IBM, Microsoft, Autodesk and SAP.
- ESDM Scheme Implementation and coordination of Training Programs for Government Departments
- Finishing School Programs for Corporates
The SAP Student Academy has been successful in imparting affordable SAP trainings to over 15,000+ students across 200+ institutes in India. SAP Education wishes to set-up Student Academy centers at various college campuses associated with TASK as the authorized education partner and facilitate e-learning.
About SAP
As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable approximately 310,000 business and public sector customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com
About IPA Education Private Limited
IPA is backed by years of expertise in the field of professional training and education. Incorporated as a proprietary firm in the year 2002 by an expert group of Professionals, IPA started as an initiative to impart quality education in the niche of accounting. The ISO 9001:2016 Certified Institute has since grown by leaps and bounds with over 10 state-of-art centers in Kerala and operations in Hyderabad and Chennai. IPA trains over 3000 students annually in various modules and has till date produced over 600 certified SAP Consultants. The reputation IPA enjoys today attributes mainly to the immense level of dedication of its faculty constituting of Charted Accountants, Tax Consultants, Professional Accountants, SAP Experts and Retired Officers having National and International repute.
“IPA is truly honored to be a part of this initiative. We believe that through this program we will be able to accomplish a two-prong benefit of creating a young and vibrant resource pool to cater to the ever increasing demand of the industry for quality and certified SAP consultants thereby opening up an abundance of global career opportunities for the students. We are committed to reaching out to all TASK affiliated colleges and ensure maximum number of students are benefited through this program.” Badrinaryanan Jayaraman, Excecutive Director of IPA said.