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About

Global demand for fresh Digital Talent is approximately 8x larger than the size of its current talent pool. ITC Infotech’s Learning Initiative aims to train pre-final year students on advanced IT skills by establishing the ITC Centre for Skill Development. ITC Infotech’s Leaning Initiative enables college students, especially women from Socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds towards a career in Science, Technology, and Engineering & Mathematics (STEM). With the partnership of ICT Academy, ITC Infotech is providing a platform for students to become Industryready, with exposure and knowledge on best-in-class, industry-aligned IT Skills. The curriculum is designed to equip students with technical and behavioural skills to pursue a career in IT and provides skills that focus on placements in IT companies through partnerships and a robust Industry Connect.

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Project Overview


    April 2024 – March 2025

    To equip students with technical and behavioral skills to pursue a career in IT and provides skill that focus on placement

    Graduating Women students/Youth getting trained in best- in class, Industry – aligned IT Skill, obtaining Joint certification and facilitated with placements

    Coimbatore / Pune / Northeast

    800 beneficiaries - 400 Coimbatore/100 Pune/300 North East

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Activities of the ITC Centre for Skill Development

Training Students

Training 50-100 students of each institution on advanced technology

Industry 4.0 Tech Course

Delivering 135 Hours (100 hours Tech Skills + 30 hours Soft Skills + 5 hours AI) of training aligned to the future of work.

Faculty Mentor

Two faculty members per college will be trained and assigned the role of mentors

Employee Volunteering Program

“Enrich - Volunteering Initiative" an exclusive mentoring session will be organized by ICT Academy in collaboration with ITC Infotech

Assessment & Certification

Joint certification by ITC Infotech & ICT Academy will be issued to students on successful completion of training and assessment.

Placement Facilitation

Certified beneficiaries will be facilitated with placements by ICT Academy

Online Event

– To conduct online event to offer accessibility and learning opportunities with increased engagement, reaching diverse students while minimizing environmental impact.

Industry Visit for select beneficiaries

- Industry visits bridge the gap between theory and practice, exposing students to real-world operations, inspiring career aspirations, and fostering networking opportunities.

Government Engagement

Government engagement in projects to impact by providing policy support, resource allocation, and expertise, fostering collaboration between sectors for sustainable social change.

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Courses


Students will be trained in any one of the technical skills below along with GenAI and Soft skills

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Selection Criteria

Final-year arts, science, and commerce college students, particularly women from underprivileged communities in the specified locations, who meet at least one of the following criteria.

    Students whose family income is below the threshold for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category

    Students with single parents

    Student supported by a guardian

    Physically challenged students

    First-generation graduates

Who can enrol?


Final-year students of arts and science colleges in Coimbatore, Pune and the North-east states of India.

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Aspire – Impact story

‘Aspire’ ITC Infotech's STEM education program enabling IT industry readiness is a continuous project launched in the year 2022 to increase the employability of non-engineering students in engineering domain.

First year 265 students from 4 colleges were impacted from Coimbatore & Guwahati locations

Second year 750 students & 17 faculties from 12 colleges were impacted from Coimbatore & Assam & Pune locations

Close to 50% students have received gainful employment and many are in the cusp of getting employment and joining the workforce.

Recruitment partners from different industries like IT, Software, ITeS, BFSI, Retail, ECommerce, Logistics, and NBFC have participated in 30+ placement drives conducted across the project location

With the salary range between INR 1.8LPA to 7LPA offered to the beneficiaries. Majorly hired for roles like Application Developer, Graduate Trainee, Junior Process Associate, Trainee Engineer, Data Analyst, Full Stack Developer

Success Stories

Placement Partners

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Testimonial Video


About ICT Academy

ICT Academy is an initiative of the Government of India in collaboration with the state Governments and Industries. ICT Academy is a not-for-profit society, the first of its kind pioneer venture under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model that endeavours to train higher education teachers and students thereby exercises on developing the next-generation teachers and industry-ready students.

ICT Academy was started to meet the skill requirements of the industry and generate more employment, especially in tier 2 and 3 towns, the rural parts of the country. The organization was formed with representations from the State Government of Tamil Nadu, leading companies in the ICT industry and the National Association of Software Services Companies (NASSCOM) in India.

Through its various initiatives, ICT Academy has been part of strengthening India's four important visions on Skill India, Digital India, Startup India, and Make in India.


For more information, please visit www.ictacademy.in


About ITC Infotech

ITC Infotech is a leading global technology services and solutions provider, led by Business and Technology Consulting. ITC Infotech provides business-friendly solutions to help clients succeed and be future-ready, by seamlessly bringing together digital expertise, strong industry specific alliances and the unique ability to leverage deep domain expertise from ITC Group businesses. The company provides technology solutions and services to enterprises across industries such as Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Travel and Hospitality, through a combination of traditional and newer business models, as a long-term sustainable partner

ITC Infotech is a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd. ITC is one of India’s leading private sector companies and a diversified conglomerate with businesses spanning Consumer Goods, Hotels, Paperboards and Packaging, Agri Business, and Information Technology


To know more visit www.itcinfotech.com/



EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIP



The Tier II & Tier III colleges located in Coimbatore, Pune and the North-east states of India are eligible to partner in this initiative. This training is a fully sponsored program under the CSR initiative of ITC Infotech implemented by ICT Academy. For enquiries write to

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