Training institutes by WIPRO and Aricent Technology are on the cards?
April 28th, 2007
Update 1 (May 6 2007): Also reported in Business Standard.
Update 2 (May 6 2007): WIPRO’s proposed center is similar to the recently built Infosys’s center in Mysore.
There have been several news reports [Telegraph,EFYTimes,Kalinga Times, Samaja1, 2, Sambada] today that Govt. of Orissa has agreed to provide 100 acres to WIPRO and 30 acres to Aricent Technology in the Puri-Konark coast for the establishment of IT training centers for 3000 and 1500 professionals respectively. All the news items are from the Government of Orissa side. I.e., such an announcement has not come from WIPRO or Aricent Technology.
[If this really happens, it will be similar to the Mysore training center of Infosys which has been getting a lot of press.]
The above news items are part of a general release about a meeting of Orissa’s IT task force. Other decisions to have been taken in the meeting includes establishment of Infocity 2, establishment of a knowledge park near the proposed IIIT, Dhirubhai Ambani’s interst in opening an IT center near Khurdha, Development of a 25 acre residential complex near Infocity 1 and development of a 300 acre satellite city for IT professionals between Bhubaneswar and Khordha.
Entry Filed under: ITIs, Training institutes, short term courses
2 Writeup
1. RANJAN JHA | May 2nd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
The new training institutes at bhubaneswar by wipro company is very good news,but there alot of news of this type that particular company is opening such institute and some month passes away then we see that such news were completly falls.
So, there must be disclosing of such type of news by concerning party like in this case by wipro.
2. Chitta Baral | May 2nd, 2007 at 8:39 pm
In January one of the Wipro VPs, who is a close friend of mine, did discuss this issue with the CM and the CM immediately agreed to whatever land needed for this. The news items suggest that it has progressed beyond that. But until an announcement comes out of WIPRO and/or Mr. Premjee comes to lay the foundation stone, I would not be 100% sure of this happenning.