S. Vishnu Sharma
Xebia Academy Global has entered into a tie-up with Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) for introducing specialisation for its computer science engineering students in the areas of software development and automation, cloud engineering and DevOps for the academic session 2020-21.
Under this tie-up Xebia Academy Global will support TIET as the industry partner and help in curriculum design and development, creating study modules containing high-quality industry specific content.
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Xebia Academy Global will also help TIET in strengthening the faculty through building a team of competent educators with rigorous teach the educator programme.
Apart from imparting industry-specific technical knowledge, Xebia Academy Global will also facilitate the placement of graduating students.
That is not all, there is more to it than meets the eye.
With this partnership, Xebia Academy Global also introduces its unique state-of-the-art digital learning platform, Instruqt- A challenge-driven Learning platform.
Designed with byte-sized learning content, Instruqt will help students learn in real-world scenarios with real technology and infrastructure.
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Through this learning platform, students will also be able to access the e-books and get live mentorship support from the Xebia experts and practitioners.
Speaking about the tie-up with Xebia Academy Global, director of TIET Professor Prakash Gopalan said they see this partnership as a step towards providing their students with better opportunities in their careers.
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‘Being a pioneer in engineering education, research, and innovation, and ranked 27th amongst top universities by the Ministry of HRD, we wanted to build a strong foundation for our students with the latest technology trends.’
This collaboration with Xebia Academy Global is to strengthen our students’ capabilities and equip them with the knowledge of the latest technology to make them industry-ready.
Xebia is a global enterprise, specialized in Digital Transformation and emerging technologies and therefore we believe our students will also benefit from Xebia’s knowledge and experience, he said.
Anand Sahay, CEO of Xebia Academy Global said their focus at Xebia has been to strengthen the industry-academic alliances and help improve employability in students by training them on emerging technologies.
‘We have experienced the need for skilled manpower and are always looking for bright students who can join Xebia, upskill themselves and get industry-ready.’
Their collaboration with TIET only fortifies their belief in their course design and approach towards industry-specific training education, he said.
‘We aim to hire students from this programme, provide them internship and placement support to make them a part of our future workforce.’
Rituraaj Juneja, Chief Industry Engagement Officer (CIEO) of TIET said modern enterprises are looking to strengthen their IT capabilities with a workforce skilled in emerging technologies.
This has increased the demand for professionals who are proficient in new-age tools and systems – one such very strong emerging concept is Development Operations (DevOps), he said.
Brijesh Kohli, Director of Xebia Academy Global said at Xebia they have been making constant strides to bridge the gap between education and employment.
‘Our courses and partnerships are designed to enable universities, empower students, and develop faculty to build an industry-academia interface.’
Our career enhancement programmes create a competitive workforce ready to meet the current and futuristic challenges in the technology space, he said.
With businesses increasingly turning towards digital transformation, the future workforce will have to be equipped with the new emerging technologies to be able to land promising jobs and careers.
This collaboration focuses on providing students with industry-specific education with experiential learning and real-time training.
This is aimed to provide students at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) an opportunity to learn new-age skills and empower them to face the future with confidence.
Xebia Academy Global (XAG) is a world-class training & education division of Xebia Group—empowering students & upskilling the workforce.
Xebia Academy Global has become a leading provider of professional certification & training solutions & maintains global training partner accreditation with over 50 globally recognised bodies such as Microsoft, Cloudera, Hortonworks, Scaled Agile, DASA, UiPath & many others in Digital Technology space worldwide.
Technologists from more than 100 countries including aspirants from the world’s leading Fortune 500 companies are using Xebia’ s learning methodology to grow their career.