The Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) have signed an MoU recently to offer skill development courses in local Indian languages.
The MoU was signed and exchanged by Dr Sathiyanarayanan, registrar, VIT, and Natarajan, authorised regional coordinator, C-DAC GIST PACE, in the presence of Dr Anand A Samuel, VC, VIT; Dr Aswani Kumar Cherukuri, dean, School of Information Technology & Engineering (SITE) and faculty members.
As part of this MoU, C-DAC Pune will provide necessary software and course materials in Indian languages to VIT. These courses include Office Automation, Tally ERP9 with GST, Computer Programming, Computer Applications, Mobile Application Development, Desk Top Publishing, Multi Media and Animation, Hardware & Networking, Digital Marketing and many others.
Students, who have passed Class X and above, can apply for certificate Programmes and those who have passed Class XII (10+2) and above, can apply for diploma programmes.
The programme is targeted towards skilling the youth in and around Vellore as a livelihood mission who will benefit by undergoing these Courses. “This programme will benefit heterogeneous section of society to get hands-on experience in computing for career development or self-employment opportunity. This programme is likely to cover candidates with no academic education and few programmes are open to all. Candidates who know their Mother tongue can confidently learn and earn through the various courses offered by this Undertaking,” Natarajan said.
