R-CAT: Global firms Oracle, Cisco involvement in Rajasthan govt's IT push

According to the official, over 80 training programmes are being run in R-CAT

With inputs from global firms such as Oracle and Cisco, the Rajasthan government has set up the Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advanced Technology (R-CAT), which is functioning as an IT finishing school, imparting training to youths and working professionals and developing soft skills to make them industry-ready.

R-CAT is managed under the aegis of the state government’s Department of Information Technology & Communication (DoIT&C).

“This would provide better employment opportunities to youths in the public and private sectors,” a senior state government official said.

“The state government wants to provide a cohesive environment for developing quality technical manpower for the industry and government