TalentSprint, a Hyderabad-based skill development and training company, on Friday entered into a tie-up with city-based Chaitanya Education Group to set up in-campus training centres in seven engineering colleges of the latter.
Under the memorandum of understanding signed between the two, TalentSprint will provide a full suite of employability-related courses on software testing, software engineering, aptitude test preparation and business communication skills to students at the Chiatanya colleges.
“Currently, of the total 30 million graduates passing out every year in India, only 15-20 per cent are employable. In the next 10 years, the number of graduates passing out will increase to 90 million from the current 30 million,” Santanu Paul, managing director and chief executive of TalentSprint, told mediapersons.
Ramana Sarpella, vice-president (technology and consultancy services), Chaitanya Education Group, said, “Given the skill gap that exists between the IT companies requirement and the current skills of the graduating students, this initiative will be helpful for the students of Tier-II cities, mainly in the regions of Kakinada and the Godaveri belt.”
“TalentSprint’s PLC programme, which is designed to provide industry-centric skill development to students while they are in college, will target 1,000 students in the first year,” Paul said.
