IBM, Telecom Sector Skill Council to upskill students, young professionals

NEW DELHI: Technology major IBM has joined hands with the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) to upskill students and young professionals in the telecom industry to prepare them for new emerging technologies such as big data, cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile application development, data science and business analytics.

IBM and TSSC will offer paid courses designed by technology experts from IBM and domain specialists from TSSC.

These one-week courses will offer access to relevant IBM software and platforms, including IBM Cloud, IBM Watson IoT platform, Big Data Solutions as well as mobile application development tools.

Upon successful completion of the programme, students and young professionals will be certified by IBM Career Education and TSSC.

“The partnership with TSSC is an attempt to bridge the capability gap in the marketplace. It is impossible for a company like to do us individually. For the scale, we are doing this with TSSC. This is the initiative to take those capabilities on scale in the India’s telecom market,” Karan Bajwa, Regional General Manager, IBM India / South Asia, told ETin an interaction.