IBM collaborated Telangana Government to work with TASK for skill development of 30,000 students

Hyderabad : IBM and the Telangana government on Monday announced a collaboration to provide online courses for the state’s students to enhance their technical and professional skills.

IBM will work with Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) to offer Open P-TECH, a free digital education platform focused on emerging technologies and professional development skills, for 30,000 students over a period of one year across engineering, degree and polytechnic courses, IBM said in a release here.

Apart from providing access, IBM and its training partners would also train college teachers in using the platform to guide their students and help on-board them onto the platform and mentor students to learn these skills that will enhance their readiness for their future careers and the workplace.

Under this partnership, IBM will offer its entire catalogue of Open P-TECH courses in emerging technologies like Cyber Security, Blockchain, AI and Machine Learning, Cloud, Internet of Things, along with professional skills, like Design Thinking to learners between 18 to 22 years of age for free of cost.

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Speaking on the occasion, Telangana Government Principal Secretary ( ITE&C) Jayesh Ranjan said we have established a Blockchain District and have also declared 2020 as the Year of AI. Young minds, who are trained in these technologies will find good job prospects in the state, he added.

He expressed happiness that TASK and IBM have come together for the Open P-Tech initiative and urged students to make use of the opportunity.

TASK CEO Shrikant Sinha, said, In today’s rapidly changing technological world, it is crucial for students to know the basics of Emerging Technologies. We are glad to collaborate with IBM for the Open P-TECH program.

The technological strength of IBM gives us confidence that the 30,000 students enrolling for these courses will greatly benefit from them, he said.

IBM India-South Asia Managing Director Sandip Patel, said “Our collaboration with the Telangana government is a significant milestone, complementing the state’s education curriculum with professional, new-age, and white-collar skill sets for students”.

He said with Open P-TECH initiative , students learn to leverage their digital, emerging technology and professional skills to improve their employability. IBM’s skilling initiatives are aligned to the country’s SkillIndia mission, and this collaboration between the Government, academia and industry is another step towards providing our youth with access to digital education and professional skills to future-proof their career, Mr Patel added.

IBM’s Open P-TECH, a free digital education platform, focused on emerging technologies and professional development skills, was launched in India in March 2020.

The platform equips learners and educators with foundational technology competencies, along with workplace skills. Under the partnership, Open P-TECH platform will offer courses to develop soft skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving etc.; a set of 11 key skills which are generally not available in a college curriculum, but are high in demand and are valued in the job market, he added.