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magazine ICTACT - ORACLE Higher Education Initiative For Tamil Nadu ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) has partnered with Oracle Academy to Support Professional Development of Faculty and Help Students Develop Critical IT Skills. The Oracle Academy and (ICTACT), have signed a memorandum of understanding to support more than 400 colleges in Tamil Nadu through the Oracle Academy program. Under this agreement, the Oracle Academy will provide software, technical support, and access to curriculum and professional development opportunities for the faculty of the enrolled institutes to deliver ‘Introduction to Computer Science’ and ‘Advanced Computer Science’ programs. These programs will benefit around 250,000 students from the state in three years. As part of the ‘Introduction to Computer Science’ program, the Oracle Academy will provide the following to participating colleges: 300 hours of curriculum for database design, programming with SQL and programming with PL/SQL. 10 weeks of virtual training and 5 days of instructor-led training for select 240 instructors by July 2011. Access for all faculty and students to a hosted online environment to conduct their regular classes. Mr.M Sivakumar CEO of ICTACT and Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik MD of Oracle India exchanging the MOU in the presence of Dr.Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Honorable IT Minister of Tamil Nadu and Mr.Lakshmi Narayanan Vice Chairman Cognizant. on Oracle 11g, while all other faculty members will be entitled to receive discounts on faculty training. The students will also receive discount vouchers for their certification exams. The Oracle Academy is a cutting-edge program that provides global education institutions with industryleading software, curriculum, support, and certification resources that the faculty can integrate into their classrooms. As a result, students gain hands-on experience of the latest technologies and develop skills that help them excel in the next-generation workplace. At present, more than one million students in 91 countries are enrolled in the Oracle Academy program. In India, over 58,000 students from more than 350 educational institutions are currently benefitting from the Oracle Academy program. Under the ‘Advanced Computer Science’ program, colleges will receive software licenses for Oracle 11g Database, Application Software and Developer Suite; 24x7 technical support and access to curriculum developed by Oracle. In addition, 200 select faculty members will be provided free training 14 ICT CONNECT MAGAZINE
magazine INVITING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) invites Technical Universities, Engineering Colleges and Arts & Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu to be part of this initiative as institutional members thereby benefitting the teachers and students. Industry Specific faculty Training Programs and Workshops Industry relevant Content Access to ICTACT Learning Portal International Research Journals in ICT Domain Membership Benefits Research Collaboration Link to ICTACT Portal Assessments & Certifications To Enroll as members please visit www.ictact.in or Technical support to selected final year projects Job fair opportunities to students Contact : Mr. S. Subramaniam DGM - Academic Initiatives - 95000 46709 - subbu@ictact.in Activities of ICT Academy for Educational Institutions ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu is engaged in the process of training the teachers of Higher Education in the domain of Information and Communication Technology on the Industry relevant content to top up with the regular curricula of the various universities in Tamil Nadu. : We have successfully conducted 43 training programs to over 2400 teachers from 772 Engineering & Arts and Science Colleges. These programs have given deep insights on the hands on application on various technologies that are currently used by the IT Industry. We engage with the Technology Companies and bring in their content and Industry experts as trainers to train the teachers. We also give them the content to be taken to the students. We are currently working with Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, National Instruments, Cadence, TCS, Cognizant etc. There are other programs in pipeline for ICT areas. To take to the next logical step of reaching the students we have now initiated a pilot project with 5 colleges to conduct certification programs to the interested students in their respective college. The teachers in those colleges have been trained by us, the industry relevant content was given by us along with the course plan which includes theory, lab modules and project work on the technology. The students are to be engaged in the college premises through the Academy trained faculty and the Academy will have interventions during the program by way of guest lectures, project evaluation and final assessment. This will lead to the joint certification along with the respective college. Further, the certified students’ resume will be hosted in ICTACT Education portal for the Industry to look into, when they hire freshers during their recruitment process. Further, we are in the process of calling for Projects proposals from the Final Year students of ICTACT Member Colleges from Engineering/Science disciplines in the areas of Information and Communication Technology. These projects after its completion will be reviewed for its originality and select the best of them and award a trophy along with a cash prize. Our International Journals have been received well by the member institutions. ICT CONNECT MAGAZINE 15
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