Bharath University Announces Collaboration With SAP India

Bharath University, a leading academic institution in Tamil Nadu, has announced its collaboration with SAP India to incorporate and deliver SAP curriculum to all its students. Through this partnership, Bharath University will become the first University in Tamil Nadu to offer SAP curriculum to all the students via the SAP SITE LICENSE MODEL.

Each year India produces over 2.5 million university graduates, of which 20 percent are technical graduates. According to a recent NASSCOM report, only 25 percent of these technical graduates are considered employable by IT and ITeS companies. The report also states that India’s IT sector will face a potential shortfall of half a million skilled professionals annually. To address this shortfall, Bharath University seeks to form a strong industry-academia alliance to nurture and further hone student skills.

Announcing the collaboration, Dr. Sundeep Aanand, Chancellor and President of Bharath University said, “The essential element of a graduate engineer today is his employability. Bharath University is committed to ensure industry ready students and the collaboration with SAP India is one such effort in this direction. Similar collaborative efforts have been put in place by the other departments of Bharath University”.

Ms. Mageshwari Ramaiah, Head of SAP Education, SAP India said, “SAP and Bharath University share a common goal of creating a workforce of IT professionals for the 21st century and with this collaboration, we will enable the graduates to enter the workforce with a competitive edge and be welcomed as global professionals with a well-defined career path to follow”.

Mr. Rajeev Agarwala, Head of Atos Education and Training Business said, “Atos is the leading SAP education partner in India and we are happy to partner with Bharat University in providing the students with SAP trainings. Having a strong connect between the industry and the academic curriculum is essential for the overall development of the students. We are confident our association will benefit the students and enhance their career prospects.”

This collaborative effort is a small step in realisation of Bharath University’s vision to develop and blossom the future technocrats and leaders of this Great Nation.

About Bharath University

Bharath University has its origin in Bharath Institute of Science & Technology formed in 1984 as one of the pioneering private efforts into higher education in the State of Tamil Nadu. The College grew into a multi discipline post graduate and research institution in a short while. This was followed by setting up institutions for dental, medical, nursing and physiotherapy education. All these institutions were conglomerated into a Deemed to be University in the year 2003 u/s. 3 of the UGC Act. The University is committed to the grand task of providing quality education, which will transform the students into efficient and successful professionals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.bharathuniv.ac.in

About SAP

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 248,500 customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

SAP Student Academy is a key initiative undertaken by SAP Education to empower the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students of Institutes across India. The key objective of the program is to enhance Student Employability through Contemporary and Industry relevant SAP courses. SAP Student Academy has been successful in imparting affordable SAP trainings to over 15000+ students across 200+ Institutes in India.

SAP SITE LICENSE MODEL is an innovative model designed in keeping with the challenges faced by Indian Universities . Under this model, the Institute will be empowered through right mechanisms to offer SAP Courses that can blend easily with the curriculum and offered at highly subsidized fees.

About Atos:

Atos SE (Societas europaea) is an international information technology services company with annual revenue of EUR 8.8 billion and 77,000 employees in 47 countries. Serving a global client base, it delivers IT services in 3 domains, Consulting & Technology Services, Systems Integration and Managed Services & BPO and transactional services through World line. Atos India is an authorized SAP Training partner contributing to the SAP ecosystem by providing the largest number of trained SAP consultants, with a unique blend of extensive product and project experience to harness the full power of SAP.

For further information please contact:

David Francis/ Venkat R Krishnan

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E-mail- david.francis@gri.co.in/ vknan@yahoo.com