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To set up 100 career development centres

Hyderabad May 24 HCL Infosystems Ltd has sewn up plans to set up 100 HCL Career Development Centres (HCL CDC) designed to fine tune skills of technology workers, including employees of corporate houses.

This effort is part of the company's drive to part-bridge the demand supply mismatch of trained workforce, which is widening by the day.

The company is also evaluating options for setting up overseas centres, and South Africa and West Asia would be initial options.

Training engineers

The Executive Vice-President of HCL Infosystems Ltd, Mr Rajendra Kumar, said that the Indian ICT market is estimated at about Rs 84,000 crore and projected to grow to Rs 2,40,000 crore by 2010. Of this, about 60-70 per cent is hardware and infrastructure calling for huge manpower base with such skills.

HCL has developed a courseware that covers software, hardware and telecom sector, and squarely fits this into the demand for professionals in the emerging convergence business environment. The accent of these centres would be to train engineers in diverse skills helping them handle the entire spectrum of business.

This would be complimented by more specialised training depending upon what the industry demands, based on case studies and live business projects.

Apart from this, there is huge demand within the corporate sector for constant retraining of work force to meet new technology challenges. These centres would also provide training to corporate houses customised for their business requirements.

Franchisees

Of the 100 centres planned by HCL, 10 of them would be handled by the company and the rest offered to franchisees.

Announcing the setting up of their 23rd centre in the country and the first in Hyderabad, Mr Kumar said that the company has plans for introducing short-term modular courses to enhance skills of working professionals aspiring career shifts. While the company offers students flexible payment options, the courseware costs range from Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000 depending upon the time-frame and the range of courses opted for.

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