Tech course for non-tech students introduced
The Mysore-headquartered Raman International Institute of Information Technology, known as RiiiT, has introduced a new course, Technology Infrastructure Services (TIS) for 2011.
The course have been introduced for non-engineering graduates from different streams like BSc, BCom, BA and diploma for creating employability, according to RiiiT’s Head-Education Pedagogy V Urmeela.
In association with the Karnataka Vocational Training & Skill Development Corporation (KVT&SDC) of the Government of Karnataka, RiiT-IT finishing school aims to bridge the industry-academia gap by training graduates, especially those from the engineering stream. After the training, these students will be industry-ready professionals.
The curriculum has designed to be on a par with industry requirements with a blend of technical skills, life skills, analytical and English skills to develop the required skills for employability among the students. Its content is in accordance with the standards and norms of the Skill Development Corporation, she said.
Started with the country’s first IT finishing school in 2007, RiiiT has trained around 500 students since the first batch intake of 12 students in 2008-09 scaling it up to 327 students in 2010-11. Of them, over 85 per cent have been absorbed by various companies. The gender ratio among the passed out is 42 per cent girls and the rest are boys.
“Science graduates and engineers have got placements in software industries, including CMM level 5 companies for different roles in software development and IT enabled services. Over 60 companies from Mysore, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad have recruited the trained students. This success has inspired us to launch the TIS course this year,” Urmeela told Business Standard.
“According to a Nasscom report, only 25 per cent of the engineering graduates are employable. RiiiT has overturned the number by making 80 per cent placement after the finishing course,” she says.
Students who had earlier not been placed during their campus placement have now been selected from both backward and most backward taluks under ‘Unnati’ scheme.