Everonn Education Limited, the VSAT education network, and Microsoft through its IT Academy programme, have joined together to launch Microsoft Academy Service Partner (MASP).
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Susha John, Director of Everonn Education, said MASP would engage with the Microsoft IT Academy colleges to help maximise IT Academy programme benefits. This included, training students using Microsoft official curriculum, in-campus certified trainers and onsite testing and certification. Through this partnership, the objective was to train and certify over three lakh students in three years.
Ms. John said Microsoft had been focussed on skill development and initiatives towards increasing employability in India. One such initiative was the Microsoft IT Academy programme. Everonn had been a Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS) for Microsoft for three years. She said modules would be bought from Microsoft IT Academy and Everonn would do the value addition and sell to the educational institutions. Everonn hoped to make revenue of Rs. 4 lakh per college per annum and Microsoft's revenue would be Rs. 1.5 lakh per college per annum.
Irina Ghose, Director-Education, Microsoft India, said her company hoped to penetrate into the Indian educational market through these service providers. All classes across IT academies would be conducted by Microsoft certified trainers.
