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IBM opens first centre of excellence in IT education
PTI[ MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2003 08:33:23 PM ]
KOLKATA: IT major IBM on Monday opened its first centre of excellence
in IT education in West Bengal with joint collaboration with the West
Bengal University of Technology here while announcing to take up
computer literacy programme in 300 schools in the state.
The IBM Centre of Excellence, which would work under the department of
IT of the university, would be followed by a number of such CoEs to
boost IT education and research in the state.
Inaugurating the CoE, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said this
"marks the beginning of a collaborative effort between IBM and the
WBUT in the sphere of IT education.
IBM, he said, would soon take up a joint programme with the government
to impart computer literacy in 300 schools.
Stating that West Bengal had emerged as a front-runner in development
of IT industry, he said altogether 175 IT and ITES units employing
over 15,000 people had set up shops here.
He said the proposed software development centre of IT major Wipro
would come up by March next year.
The chief minister also stressed on collaborative efforts between the
IT education sector and the industry to sustain the growth in the IT
sector.
State IT Minister Manab Mukherjee said the state government was
holding talks with a number of computer majors, including IBM for
setting up a number of such CoEs throughout the state.
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