TASK joins hands with Salesforce to impart skills to students

The Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) today teamed up with Salesforce to provide "valuable Salesforce skills" to over 2,000 students and 100 faculty members over the next two years.
TASK is a not for profit organisation established by the Government of Telangana to enhance skilling for youth.
"We are very pleased to partner with Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, to create a student success platform that will help launch careers in the world of cloud computing," a release quoted Sujiv Nair, CEO, TASK as saying.
"The Salesforce ecosystem will produce nearly 2 million jobs between now and 2020, according to IDC, and we're excited to help prepare Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) students with valuable Salesforce skills to thrive in today's digital economy," said Sundar Nagarathnam, senior vice-president, Salesforce University.

Under the partnership, the Salesforce Academic Alliance team will facilitate instructor-led training to third and fourth-year students of engineering colleges registered with TASK in two flagship courses: Application Development, and Programmatic Development Using Apex and Visualforce --eventually leading to Associate and Professional Salesforce certifications.
"TASK will also be empowered to deliver its own Trailhead workshops, where students will learn how to leverage Trailhead's fun, easy, self-guided learning as an ongoing training and knowledge source," the release added.