New Delhi

Creating technically savvy professionals

Madhur Tankha

Employment-oriented training

NEW DELHI: Aimed at providing employment-oriented training programmes in computer hardware and networking, GT Computer Hardware Engineering College on Thursday announced the opening of five training centres in the Capital.

The training centres at Rohini, Karol Bagh, Janakpuri, South Extension Part-I and Preet Vihar providing an advanced diploma course in computer hardware and networking (one year), advanced diploma in mobile phone maintenance (six months) and glonet that cover five core examinations of vendor specific certification programme have been launched by the Jaipur-based institute.

"We have opened five new training centres in Delhi with the aim to create fully trained professionals. The centres will cater to both Indian and foreign students. Recognition has always been given to software engineering but now the importance of hardware engineering in computers has also been identified. This sector would employ 4.8 million professionals both directly and indirectly by 2008," said the Chairman and Managing Director of GT Computers, S.K. Gupta, at a press conference here.

The mobile phone maintenance course will not only enable students to work at mobile service stations but also provide them expertise so that they can start their own business.

Pointing out that the entire perception of mobile phones had undergone a sea change, Mr. Gupta said the phones had moved beyond a tool for spoken communication to a mini-entertainment product containing games, video messaging and internet connections. "As a result of the extensive use of digital cellular technology, the demand for professionals for the mobile phone industry has increased significantly. Similarly, computers have become such a vital part of our personal and professional lives that it is hard to imagine a single day without them. We want to create employees who are skilled," he added.

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