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TalentSprint, a professional skill development and integrated talent management company has acquired Bengaluru-based Java Learning Center (JLC) for an undisclosed amount.
JLC specialises in offering advanced programming courses in Java and related technologies to new job seekers and young professionals, and is the preferred brand in Bengaluru for aspirants seeking employment in the IT sector.
“With the acquisition of JLC, we expect to significantly accelerate the creation and deployment of skilled IT professionals in Bengaluru, India’s largest IT hub. With increasing margin pressures and global competition, IT firms are keen to recruit skilled programmers round the year using a cost-effective, just-in-time model. This transaction is going to increase their choices considerably,” said Santanu Paul, CEO & MD TalentSprint.
JLC currently operates multiple centres across Bengaluru integrated via the virtual learning platform. The challenges faced by MOOCs (massive open online course) and other online learning systems in terms of poor course completion rates have shown that professional grade programming skills are best imparted through a blended model that intelligently combine contact and online modes of learning. As a result of the blended model, course completion rates at TalentSprint and JLC are in excess of 90%.
The current JLC capacity of 2000 trainees per year will expand to 6000 immediately as a result of this transaction, and combined capacity will rise to 30,000 trainees per year by 2020.
