C-DAC : Information Technology (IT) and language training to Japanese and Indian Professionals

Pune, September 3, 2002: Softbridge Solutions, Japan and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), India, today entered into a strategic alliance to deliver cross cultural Information Technology (IT) and language training to Japanese and Indian Professionals.

The partnership between Softbridge and C-DAC will enable both organizations to offer comprehensive training, software solutions and services to customers in the Indian and Japanese markets. The alliance will also allow C-DAC to offer a wide range of IT training courses to Japanese students and professionals. Softbridge will provide comprehensive Japanese language training to C-DAC graduates, to equip them to work in Japan. In addition, Softbridge will promote C-DAC’s offshore development capabilities in the Japanese market.

Commenting on the alliance, Prashant Jain President and CEO, Softbridge Solutions, Japan said. Japan is facing a tremendous shortage of skilled IT manpower. C-DAC’s Advanced Computing training programs with their contemporary syllabus, technological superiority, professional conduct and industrial acceptance will provide growth opportunities for Japanese professionals and companies. “C-DAC graduates would benefit too as they would learn the Japanese language, a prerequisite to work in Japan, he added.

Terming the alliance as Emutually beneficial R K Arora, Executive Director, C-DAC said The alliance symbolizes the conviction of Softbridge in C-DAC’s expertise. C-DAC is ideally positioned to meet the requirements of Softbidge in terms of its training requirements, consultancy and developmental needs

Headquartered in Singapore, Softbridge has an office in Tokyo, Japan and a liaison office in Pune, India. Softbridge Solutions channels a vast pool of IT resources from the offshore development centres based in India, to meet the needs of the Japanese IT market. It is focused on software outsourcing (Internet, Mobile Application, Database application development) and providing highly skilled & experienced engineers for short-term assignments to Japan.

C-DAC, a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India is noted for its proficiency in High Performance Computing, Multilingual Technology, Advanced Computing Training and a range of other activities that cater to the requirements of key economic sectors including power, health, financial services and so on.