CMC Academy, the IT Education arm of CMC, launched an authorised training centre at Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, as part of its initiative to make large numbers of youth employable by providing job-enabled training.
“CMC Academy offers industry-relevant education and training of the highest quality, preparing the youth for a strong career across a variety of jobs. We are happy to have KM Ventures as our franchise partner,” said Arun Varma, global business head for education and training at CMC. “We are expanding capacity across the country to address the growing demand for vocationally-skilled youth by the industry and have recently entered into an alliance with Unitec Institute of New Zealand for offering high-end vocational programmes,” he added.
During the inaugural ceremony held on February 24 in Gurgaon, Kunal Mallik of KM Ventures, franchisee of CMC Academy, said, “Gurgaon has a growing IT and services sector, and is an education and training hub attracting students from the region and across the country. CMC Academy will enable graduates and students pursuing graduation in any field to get them employable for IT jobs. We are delighted to be associated with CMC in their education and training initiative.”
CMC Academy, Gurgaon, will offer flagship diploma programmes like CMC GRAD in software engineering and IT Infrastructure Management and its accelerated version for 2013 graduates; CMC EDGE, advanced Diploma for Engineering and Science Graduates and a host of entry-level and high-end short-term courses for professionals; ADFA — Advance Diploma in Finance and Accounts for graduates and several fast-track diploma programmes for graduates as well high school students.
Various studies including those done by IT industry body Nasscom have shown that 75-80 percent of graduates desiring jobs in the IT industry do not have the relevant skills and are hence unemployable. To remedy that, CMC has taken initiative in providing job-enabling training and education at CMC Academy.
CMC’s unique ‘CMC Communication Edge’ programme for communication and presentation skills, interview skills and overall personality development helps students prepare for the industry. CMC offers assistance in placement on select programmes.