Digital Empowerment and Faculty Capacity Development for creating impact for a better tomorrow by Microsoft in partnership with ICT Academy

Microsoft works with non-profits around the world to provide them with affordable access to the technology they need to support their work in local communities, and to leverage technology to help them be more efficient, effective and innovative in doing their important works.

Microsoft has partnered with ICT Academy to provide digital curriculum and certifications for fundamental technology skills - as well as courses critical for success in today’s technologically evolving world to academic institutions and their educators, students and staff. This Program offers training not only on fundamental technology skills but also technical courses for students, faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing a career in IT after graduation. Through ICT Academy, more than 25,000 individuals have been trained and assessed utilizing Microsoft Digital Literacy Platform.

Microsoft has also partnered with ICT Academy in providing advanced technology knowledge to the teachers in the state of Tamil Nadu on various advanced Microsoft Technologies. Around 2,000 faculty members from the rural colleges have been trained on emerging technologies thereby enhanced the faculty members’ capacity.

Oracle Academy creating twenty first century teachers and students in partnership with ICTACT in the state of Tamil Nadu

Some of the most essential and important subjects will open so many doors for the twenty-first century students in Computer Science (CS) and Engineering domains. To help educators of Computer Science to awaken and deepen students’ interest in these important fields of study, the Oracle Academy makes available Computer Science education resources that are up-to-date, industry-relevant, and engaging. Oracle Academy has partnered with ICT Academy for providing these Industry relevant curriculum and training to faculty members in the state, thereby making them the twenty first century teachers.

Oracle Academy in partnership with ICT Academy has been training faculty members and students in rural institutions in the state of Tamil Nadu. Under this initiative, Oracle has trained more than 500 faculty members in the state of Tamil Nadu, who actively participated in the programs and made a difference in their teaching - learning process, specifically in the areas of Database Design, Programming Skills and Business Skills, which are the most important fields of study for the future Computer Science graduates. The teachers were also provided with access to online learning resources as part of the program.

Many institutions in the rural South India do not have access to the Industry inputs and access to newer technologies. This is considered to be the most challenging aspect for developing teachers and students. Hence this initiative of Oracle Academy in partnership with ICT Academy is attempting to bridge the rural-urban divide by providing access to its knowledge and resources to teachers in the rural institutions.

Tamil Nadu Warehousing Corporation as a part of its CSR initiative decided to train 100 unemployed youth in the rural districts of Tamil Nadu with ICT Academy as its implementation partner.

The training aimed to get the unemployed youth ready for the industry. The training was provided on "IT Skills, Soft Skills and Office Management".

The certification course for 200 hours on "IT Skills, Soft Skills and Office Management" has benefitted 100 youth in the State of Tamil Nadu.

Access to Autodesk software, learning resources, Faculty Training and Student Skill Development in Tamil Nadu through ICT Academy

Autodesk a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, partnered with ICT Academy with an objective to train faculty members and students with key technical skills and eventually helped improve employability in the country. In order to meet this objective, Autodesk also came forward to provide free access to its design software, creativity apps, and learning resources to Educational Institutes in the State of Tamil Nadu through ICT Academy.

Autodesk in partnership with ICT Academy continuously works to up-skill the faculty members and students of the Civil & Mechanical Engineering branches, thereby augments student employability in the core industries. As a part of the partnership, Autodesk acts as an industry and technology partner to improve technical education through a faculty-centric approach.

Autodesk provides Augmented Training programs with Autodesk Master Trainer Programs for the teachers in the state of Tamil Nadu, and Immersed and Applied Learning opportunities for students through various programs.

This program has impacted more than 500 colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu so far, benefitting the teachers and students in the areas of Design.

Skill Outreach Program - Employability Skills Training to Students by CSS Corp in partnership with ICT Academy

CSS Corp, a global technology services company partnered with ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu to enhance employability through providing technology-based career training at free of cost to Tamil Nadu students under CSS Corp’s CSR Program. The “Skill Outreach Program” focused on equipping the graduating students with the relevant capabilities in “technology support” to make them readily employable.

This initiative was an integral part of CSS Corp’s CSR program and is aimed to bridge the gap between industry and academia thereby increase employability, and help creating a scalable and sustainable talent pool for the IT services industry. Students were trained on both soft skills and technical skills and were periodically assessed on knowledge, skill and other abilities required for employment. Students were provided with free access to CSS Corp online training portal to pursue the courses apart from the regular classroom training by the Industry experts from CSS Corp. In partnership with ICT Academy, so far 500 students are trained in 2015, and all successful students are offered with employment opportunity in CSS Corp.

Capacity Building of Higher Education Faculty members in Tamil Nadu

In order to impart skill and competency based learning, it is necessary to explore and provide opportunity to both faculty members & students, for getting a reasonable amount of exposure to the work culture in an industrial environment, especially for those teachers in the tier II and the tier III cities.

Cognizant Technology Solutions came forward, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), to conduct long-term structured Faculty Capacity Development Program named “RIPPLE” for the benefit of faculty members in the state of Tamil Nadu. Cognizant Technology Solutions partnered ICT Academy in implementing RIPPLE for colleges in rural Tamil Nadu.

RIPPLE encompassed all its Faculty Development Programs, where volunteers of Cognizant's Outreach provided training to the faculty on the IT industry and the skills / attitude / aptitude needed for students to get employed in the growing IT sector. The program also comprised of core technologies and soft skill modules. These volunteers then continued as mentors for the faculty and helped the faculty in delivering the program for students in the colleges.

This program benefitted around 300 faculty members from rural colleges in the state, thereby will benefit 15,000 students. The program was implemented by ICT Academy for Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Digital Empowerment by Dell EMC Corporation through ICT Academy

DellEMC India CoE, under its overarching philosophy of “People, Planet and Possibilities”, believe in making responsible choices towards a better world. DellEMC is committed to contribute meaningfully to the community - through key focus areas that include education. DellEMC has partnered with ICT Academy in the Digital Empowerment initiative and has committed towards donating 100 laptops for training the rural masses on Digital Literacy conducted by ICT Academy.

This initiative was aimed to trigger and inject vigor to the Nation's Digital India vision to empower at least one person per household with crucial digital literacy skills by 2020.

The ICT Academy Digital Literacy Mission with the technology support of DellEMC is helping people to deliver basic digital skills to citizens which are required today, to interact in the digital world.

Digital Empowerment by INTEL through ICT Academy

Intel through its Digital Literacy initiatives aimed at improving Digital Literacy Skills among citizens of India. As a part of the program Intel partnered with ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu in order to create Digital Literacy among students, teachers and individuals in Tamil Nadu. This program has equipped a huge share of beneficiaries in the state with Digital Literacy Skills.

This partnership aimed at contributing to the National Digital Literacy Mission aims to create digitally literate people across the country. This partnership has unleashed the power of technology and has brought a great transformation among the community. ICT Academy along with Intel through this program has created a digital revolution that will truly impact large number of teachers and take education to the next level.

The ICT Academy Digital Literacy Mission with the technology support of DellEMC is helping people to deliver basic digital skills to citizens which are required today, to interact in the digital world.