Oracle University trains 70,000 Indian students

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Leading higher educational Institutions in India are engaging with Oracle University's Workforce Development Program (WDP) to provide Oracle training and certifications to their students at an affordable cost

WDP is claimed to help students to acquire skill sets that will prepare them for a career in the IT sector.

Oracle WDP has partnered with over 550 engineering colleges, business schools, Institutions and has enrolled 70,000 students in India, said a press release.

Some of the institutes, which are members of the Oracle WDP programme include Symbiosis Institute, Pune Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India, Maers MIT, NMIS University, Kalaslingam University, SRM University, SV NIT in Surat, MET, St Xaviers College, VIT University, Vellore and Dr D Y Patil University, among others.

NIIT, a talent development organization, has become Oracle's largest Workforce Development Partner (WDP) partner in India. Some of the other leading WDP partners include SQL Star, Karrox, Aptech, the release added.

Recently, Sinhgad Technical Education Society, one of the largest educational groups in Maharashtra, tied-up with Oracle University to impart global certified training courses through WDP to its students in Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relationship Management applications.

The objective of Oracle Workforce Development Program is to make Oracle training and certifications more accessible to students and to bridge the demand - supply gap of Oracle Certified Professionals, stated the release.

Under the programme, students are being provided courseware from Oracle and are given hands on experience and training on Oracle software. Discount vouchers are offered to students for extending

special online OCP examination fees. Also participation certificates are awarded to students after the completion of each module.

Oracle courses are offered through its partner network of more than 550 centers of Oracle Authorized Training Partners and Oracle Workforce Development Partners across India, said the release.