By IANS
Mumbai : To increase its talent pool in India, IT networking major Cisco System India Pvt Ltd has decided to increase its headcount six fold to nearly 360,000 in the next five years.
The IT giant has announced a series of initiatives to nurture networking professionals, which would translate to an addition of nearly 360,000 engineers within the next five years.
As a part of its initiatives, Cisco has announced two of the country’s largest technology training organisations – National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) and Indian Institute of Hardware Technology (IIHT) – as becoming Cisco Certified Learning Solutions Partners.
The two institutes will offer Cisco certified programmes to students and professionals in over 200 locations throughout the country.
“The launch of our talent-development initiative in India underscores Cisco’s commitment to expand access to the IT training and certification resources that will support the country’s continued economic growth,” said Leo Scrivner, vice-president of human resources at Cisco Services.
The company is also mulling a major push towards increasing access to its examination facilities through its primary test-delivery partner, Pearson VUE.
The IT firm will add 150 testing facilities across India by end of this year to meet these new requirements.
Pearson VUE will also deploy mobile testing centres to increase access to technology in rural and under-served areas.