Volume 1 - Issue 8 - ICTACT.IN

ICTACT ProjectsThe Department of Employment &Training (DET), Government of Tamil Naduand DGET, Government of India has approvedICTACT as an assessing and certifyingbody for Basic Computer Course(BCC) in the state of Tamil Nadu.ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu is an approvedtraining body for all Government. Itis in the state of Tamil Nadu, based on theapproval, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu hasdone a massive training program on BasicComputer Course for 13500 students inGovernment ITI across Tamil Nadu.ICTAcademy of Tamil Nadu is also conductingcomputer based online assessmentson BCC Course for the students in theIndustrial Training Institutes (ITI) in thestate of Tamil Nadu.This assessment is conducted bothfor private (on request) and GovernmentITI. BCC examination is a computer basedonline assessment, conducted throughICTACT online assessment portal. The assessmentis conducted at ICTACT campusor the respective institutions or at districtwise ICTACT Skill Development andAssessment Centers.These centers are common examinationcenters where the students from theITI(s) those who do not have necessarycomputer labs & internet facilities will beassessed. ICTACT has assessed and certified13500 students so far and is projectedto assess more than 20000 studentsevery year from 2013-14.After completing this course the ITIstudents are recognized in all leading MNCand are internationally accepted. Throughthis Digital Literacy Program these studentsare able to meet the industry demands.After the training program the students’capacity to work in a digital environmentenhances and thus the studentsbecome optimistic towards their career.This not only benefits the students butalso improves their entire family and thesociety in which they live.v v vTech NewsSecurityOn the 2nd of July 2013, the Indian Government formally approved andpublished the National Cyber Security Policy (NCSP). The policy had beenlying as a draft document and awaiting its formal release for some years now.Whether it is the USA’s PRISM program or some other factor that pushed theGovernment to officially release it, we don’t know. But what is important isthat this is a big step in the right direction. While the publication of a policydocument itself will not readily get us to a secure state, it will definitely push usalong in the right direction.InternetOnly 5 percent of SMEs in India have a website, reveals Google-FICCI report.FICCI, in partnership with Google recently released new research that showedthe web makes a big impact on small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in India.The study revealed significant opportunities both for India’s booming SMEsector, where fewer than 5 percent of all businesses even maintain a webpresence, and for India’s economy: Small Medium Enterprises are critical to theeconomic growth in India, where 47 million SMEs employ about 100 millionpeople and contribute to more than 8 percent of India’s GDP. According tothe report, only 51 percent of online SMEs use the web to advertise. A mere 27percent use it for e-commerce. But with 95 percent of businesses yet to establisheven a website; India is poised for big gains as more small enterprises comeonline.Source : www.informationweek.inJune 2013 I 38