ICT Academy

ICT Academy is an initiative of the Government of India in collaboration with the state Governments and industries. ICT Academy is a not-for-profit society, and a joint venture under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model.

ICT Academy
AbbreviationICT Academy
MottoCreating New Generation Talent Pool
TypeNon-Profit Organization
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu
Location
Chairman
Lakshmi Narayanan
Chief Executive Officer
M Sivakumar
President
Dr B Anbuthambi
Staff
150 - 200
Websitewww.ictacademy.in

ICT Academy was started to meet the skill requirements of the industry and generate more employment especially in tier 2 and 3 towns, the rural parts of the country. The organization was formed with representations from the State Government of Tamil Nadu, leading companies in the ICT industry and National Association of Software Services Companies NASSCOM in India.

ICT Academy is recently endorsed and recommended by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India Aayog), the National Planning body of Government of India as one of the unique organization for dissemination and replication, which is aligned to the Skill India Vision of the Government of India.[3][4]

With training of teachers and students as the primary objective, ICT Academy has been working through a seven pillar program in the areas of Faculty Development, Student Skill Development,[5] Entrepreneurship Development, Youth Empowerment, Industry-Institute Interaction,[6] Digital Empowerment and Research & Publications.

Initiatives

For Students

For Institutions
  • Membership[16]
  • Faculty Development Programs
  • Faculty Workshops
  • Academic Conferences[17][6][18]

Journals
  • ICTACT Journal on Communication Technology
  • ICTACT Journal on Image & Video Processing
  • ICTACT Journal on Soft Computing
  • ICTACT Journal on Microelectronics
  • ICTACT Journal on Management Studies
  • ICTACT Journal on Data Science and Machine Learning

IJCT, IJIVP, IJSC and IJME are approved and listed in UGC CARE List 1

Awards
  • In 2017, ICT Academy was recognized as No.1 Contributor in India by Autodesk.
  • In 2018, ICT Academy received National Excellence Award from ASSOCHAM [19]
  • In 2019, ICT Academy received Best Skill Trainer Award from TNSDC.
  • In 2020, ICT Academy received Community Spotlight Award from CISCO.
  • In 2020, Automation Anywhere honored ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu, for its outstanding contributions in helping students to build Robotic Process Automation Skills during "New India Learnathon 2020".

References
  1. "Expand operations in Hyderabad". The New Indian Express. 23 October 2017.
  2. "ICT Academy expands Activities". The Hindu. 30 January 2016.
  3. "NITI Aayog Singles Out ICTACT for Best Practices". The New Indian Express. 4 November 2015.
  4. "ICT Academy to expand activities". The Hindu. 30 January 2016.
  5. "Oracle, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu aims to train 45,000 students in IT over next 3 years". ET CIO.com. 29 June 2016.
  6. ANI (1 February 2019). "Minister for IT inaugurates 'ICT Academy Bridge 2019' conference" – via Business Standard.
  7. Prasad, S. (18 December 2016). "Mega IT job fair draws over 6,000 candidates" – via www.thehindu.com.
  8. "Mega job fair to recruit more than 2,000 candidates". The Times of India. 31 May 2019.
  9. "AICTE makes internships must for engineering students". The New Indian Express.
  10. "'IT companies should create content in local languages'". 5 September 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.
  11. Staff Reporter (24 August 2017). "Improve employability skills to take on 'uberisation of workforce': TCS HR" – via www.thehindu.com.
  12. "Karkala: ICT Academy Youth Talk regional round held at NMAMIT". www.daijiworld.com.
  13. "ICT Academy, Tamil Nadu conducts training at Govt Polytechnic Kohima The Morung Express". 19 June 2017.
  14. ANI (2 February 2019). "ICT Academy announces winners of the cloud literacy month 2018 competition" – via Business Standard.
  15. "ICT Academy to train 2L Telangana State students". www.thehansindia.com. 26 October 2017.
  16. "Srinivas University becomes institutional member of ICT Academy". The Times of India. 24 May 2017.
  17. "ICT India Convergence on March 1". The Hinndu. 26 February 2017.
  18. "'Talent in GFX and animation sectors should be tapped'". Deccan Herald. 31 January 2019.
  19. "ICT Academy, receives National Excellence Award 2018". www.ictacademy.in.
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