Veranda launches new platform for upskilling in IT industry

CHENNAI:

Veranda Learning Solutions

on Thursday launched Veranda Acacia, a learning platform to bridge employability skills gap in India's IT industry, with the signup of its first set of delivery centres across 25 locations.


The Acacia Phase 1 programs are aligned to standards of

NASSCOM

in collaboration with industry and approved by the

Government of India

, Veranda said, adding that the programs focus on enhancing the learners’ employability quotient through a 100% practice-oriented and industry-aligned curriculum.


Acacia programs are aligned to the emerging needs of the IT industries, and are offered to the undergraduate and postgraduate students, both at Acacia’s delivery partner centres and in institutional campuses. A total of six career tracks are offered, three each in Phase 1 and Phase 2, namely

Full Stack Web Development

, Cloud and DevOps, Data Science,

Cybersecurity, Mobile App Development

, and

Artificial Intelligence

and

Machine Learning

. The learners are trained for the employment-aligned tech stacks and also provided with placement support.


“All our programs are outcome-driven and with Veranda Acacia we aim to bridge the current skilled workforce gap in the tech sector. We will deliver high quality, affordable, and experienced instructor-led courses across tier 2 and tier 3 towns to enable learners to quickly integrate within the industry in the coming 12 months," Kalpathi S. Suresh, Chairman cum Executive Director, Veranda Learning Solutions, said.


"Having trained fresh recruits for several leading IT companies over the years, we have precisely framed this program for making a fresh graduate work-ready and deployable. The quick sign-up of our first 25 centres is encouraging as we already see this number growing significantly," Veranda Acacia's business head

Himanshu Dandotiya

said.

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