IIHT launches course in infra mgmt services

The Indian Institute of Hardware Technology (IIHT), in association with Sikkim Manipal University, has launched a course in Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) -- a first of its kind in the world, both at the graduate as well as post-graduate level.

The graduate course is a three-year programme, comprising six semesters. The graduate degree will be accorded by the Sikkim Manipal University, which will also partner IIHT in designing the course, assessment and testing. It will also map the course to the requirement to University Grants Commission's credit-based system.

"There are more than 2 million jobs in the IMS industry. The industry is facing an acute shortage of manpower. Hence, it was logical for IIHT to team up with the Sikkim Manipal University to launch this course for the first time in India," said N Keshava Raju, Chief Executice Officer (CEO), IIHT.

During the initial phase, IIHT will launch 50 exclusive centres, called the 'IIHT Varsity', all over India to offer these courses. "By the end of the financial year, we will have 100 exclusive IIHT varsity centres. These centres will be evenly spread all across the country," added Raju.

Each varsity will also have a placement cell. The course will provide job opportunities in areas like desktop support services management, server and backup management, network management, database management administration, messaging systems and security services management besides IMS outsourcing firms.

Targeted at students as well as working professionals, IMS graduates can also get international accreditation and global recognition by obtaining international certifications from various IT majors. The institute will start admitting students from 18 June onwards.

Raju added the course does not require the approval of the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE), the regulatory body for technical education, at the moment.