El Salvador

Center of Excellence

The objective of the same is foster closer relationship with the reception country, offer Indian IT leadership experience in IT services and act as a catalyst to establish better trade relationship with the recipient country. This would essentially mean the following:-

Penetrate to a diverse section of society and intelligentsia in the recipient country
Create a platform of goodwill and friendship with the people of the recipient country
Promote a positive image of India, using our capabilities in Information technology.
Increase the visibility of Brand India in the recipient country

Contract Awarding Body:

Ministry of External Affairs, India

Brief Description of the Project:

Project duration: 2 years
Students: Provided by the host government
# of students to be trained: 800
Courses: Short duration courses varying from 24 hours to 96 hours (Java, Linux, .NET, Networking, SQL, Database, Office Applications etc)
Audience: Students & Professors from Universities, High schools, Technical schools, Engineering colleges, Employees from Ministry, Judiciary, Govt. departments, General public
Faculty: NIIT staff
Courseware, Online testing and certification for successful candidates
Center Administration: Host government

Infrastructure:

2 online classrooms, 1 Faculty room, 1 Server room along with LCD projectors, Scanners, Printers, UPS

Highlights:

The first IT Center of Excellence was set up by NIIT in Cuba. This center has successfully completed it’s 2 year duration and NIIT is in the process of getting an extension for 1 year for the project.

Current engagements:

Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Jamaica.