Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said that its strategic business unit TCS iON has joined forces with Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) to launch industry-led skilling programs.

Nettur Technical Training Foundation is an Indian technical and vocational education and training institute.

The partners will offer high-demand skill development programs across the areas of robotics, manufacturing, automation, and electronics, in a unique phygital model, developed by TCS iON.

Tata Consultancy Services and Nettur Technical Training Foundation will have three diploma and a dozen certification courses to offer. The duo aims to skill and upskill over 60,000 youth in India to make them job-ready for the prevailing and future industry requirements.

Dr N Reguraj — Managing Director of Nettur Technical Training Foundation said: “This unique program offered as a blended model of hands-on training plus the online content delivery as per NTTF standards would make the youth “Multi-level Certified” and skillful, to suit the high-demand job roles across sectors like robotics, automation, Industry 4.0, and electronics.

“The successful students will have an opportunity to choose among innumerable job postings listed on the TCS-iON platform.”

To be launched by TCS iON, the programs are said to be designed according to the recent reforms in academics and industry-defined standards with an objective to bridge the skills gap.

Enrolled candidates will get the flexibility to learn at a time and place of their choice under the mentorship of best-in-class trainers from the industry and Nettur Technical Training Foundation. Besides, they will be provided hands-on experience at the TCS iON learning and practice centers located across India.

Venguswamy Ramaswamy — Global Head of TCS iON said: “The Indian electronics manufacturing service industry is expected to grow over six times from $23.5 billion to reach $152 billion by 2025. To realize this growth, the country requires its youth to acquire vocational skills in addition to core education.

“The TCS iON-NTTF partnership is aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, aimed to make the future workforce skilled and equipped to pursue exciting career opportunities in emerging industries.”

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