About the Program

The rapid adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies across public and private sectors worldwide has created a pressing need for a skilled workforce. However, students—who represent the future of this workforce—often face challenges in accessing quality training due to regional disparities in affordability, infrastructure, and availability.

To bridge this gap, the Atos Prayas Foundation, in collaboration with the ICT Academy, presents the Youth Empowerment Program. This initiative is designed to equip students from Arts, Science, and Engineering colleges with essential employability skills aligned with today’s industry demands. Through specialized training in IT, KPO, BFSI, Retail, E-commerce, and Logistics, the program empowers students across India, opening doors to meaningful employment opportunities.

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Features

100 hours of training (80 hours Technical Skills + 20 hours Soft Skills)

Hands-on experience with industry requirements

Assessment & Joint Certification by Atos Prayas Foundation and ICT Academy

Placement facilitation for the students certified

Courses

Students will be trained in any one of the sector-relevant courses below along with soft skills.

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Selection Criteria

Students who are +2 passed with no ATKT, Final year/Graduates pursuing any stream - B. Com, B.A, B.Sc. and/or Master's degree (No ATKT) from underprivileged communities under any one criterion mentioned below.

Student with a family income less than INR 4.5 lakhs per annum
Students with single parents
Physically challenged students
Student supported by a guardian
First-generation graduates

Expression of interest for institutional partnership

Higher Education Institutions across India can partner in this initiative. This training program will be fully sponsored under the CSR initiative of the Atos Prayas Foundation and will be implemented by the ICT Academy.

For enquiries, write to: Projects@ictacademy.in

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About Atos Syntel Prayas Foundation

Founded in 2006, S’Prayas is Atos’ Corporate Social Responsibility vehicle. With the mission of “Enriching Young Minds”, S’Prayas has created new opportunities for many bright, underprivileged children in the communities we call home.

As a technology company, we believe in holistic enrichment and imparting knowledge through the power of computer learning. Over our 12+ year journey, we have set up computer labs at NGO centers across India, and our volunteers have worked tirelessly to help children in these communities develop life skills and become responsible and productive members of society.

S’Prayas leverages Atos’ most important resource — our people — and their collective knowledge to help these children enrich their lives. Our volunteers contribute their time, skills and experience to work with local outreach programs to drive social change.

Our commitment to innovation is reflected in the S’Prayas computer-based learning approach, which incorporates the latest educational thinking and digital tools to prepare disadvantaged youth to join tomorrow’s workforce.

For more information, please visit www.atos.com

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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 exercising on developing the next generation teachers and industry-ready students.

ICT Academy was started to meet the industry's skill requirements and generate more employment, especially in tier 2 and 3 towns, the rural parts of the country. The organisation 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

Contact Us

ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu

Module No. E6-03, Sixth Floor, Block E
IIT Madras Research Park
Kanagam Road, Taramani,
Chennai 600 113
Tamil Nadu, India

Contact mail: contact@ictacademy.in

Phone: T 044 6928 6800