NASSCOM, DXC join hands to train youth on new age technologies

Visakhapatnam DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) and NASSCOM Foundation jointly launched the Employability Skills Program to train 7,500 underserved students from six States in new age technologies.

A social initiative of DXC Technology, the program will train students from 35-plus tier II and tier III technical and non-technical colleges from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra on artificial intelligence, data science, IoT, UI-UX design and cybersecurity.

NASSCOM Foundation and DXC Technology have identified TMI e2E Academy as the training partner and the NASSCOM. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; will extend its cooperation. The program has already onboarded 2,500 candidates and plans to enrol approximately 5,000 more students by the August-end, according to a press release.

This unique social collaboration by DXC Technology will engage students through 80 hours of blended learning-based curriculum, divided into three levels. The first level will be common for all where the students will undertake a 14-hour course through Future Skills Prime. The curriculum for the second and the third levels will be tailored to the technology specialization chosen by the students.

The program will also make the students industry ready for employment opportunities through soft skills training. They will learn to face interviews, sharpen communications skills, and become acquainted with a typical office environment. NASSCOM Foundation will also involve leaders and subject matter experts from across the industry to conduct role model sessions for the students.