NASSCOM, the apex-body of IT software and service industry in India, recently organized NAC (NASSCOM Assessment of Competence) Test in the ...
NASSCOM, the apex-body of IT software and service industry in India, recently organized NAC (NASSCOM Assessment of Competence) Test in the eight states of North East India from 17th Nov, 2007 to 23rd Dec, 2007 in phases.
What is a NAC test? My previous post “NAC Test - your passport to a BPO Job” elaborates on this. The focus of this topic is to find how each of the state participated in the NAC tests. For the future NAC Tests in North East, you can also use the data from this post to guess where the NAC Test is likely to be and who may be the contact persons.
Lets quickly get to the facts below, which says when the tests were held, how many candidates participated and where were the tests held:
From above, it is quite clear that level of participation in the tests was very low, despite majority of school/colleges in North East hill states being of English medium and also the eligibility for participation being very minimum: Graduate/PG/Final year Graduate students from any discipline could have appeared. For example, from Meghalaya only 500 candidates participated, despite having best of the English medium school/colleges in North East. While there is huge unemployment in North East India for lack of industries, close to 8 lakhs BPO job is up for grabs in next three years, (present BPO employee strength: 5.5 lakhs, employee requirement by 2010: 14 lakhs) if a NASSCOM McKinsey report-2005 is to be believed.
What is the reason of this low turn-out?
1.Lack of information dissemination: It may be because information regarding the NAC Test was not advertised properly.
2.Lack of awareness about employment opportunities in a BPO industry.
3.Lack of training institutes for preparing students for BPO industry.
While NASSCOM and the nodal state Govt. department needs to put emphasis to address the issue of information dissemination, may be the intellectuals and academicians would take effort to build more awareness about employment opportunities in a BPO industry. My previous posts:What is BPO?, How to find a BPO job, NAC Test - your passport to a BPO Job were directed towards this effort.
Do we have any training institutes for preparing students for BPO industry in North East?
Yes, we have two Hero Mindmine institute at Guwahati, which trains students for BPO industry:
Hero Mindmine, Dispur.
2nd Floor, Borah Comerical Complex,
Housing Stopage,Dr. Bhabanbra Nath Saikia Road,
Beltola, Guwahati (Assam)
Contact Person:Monalisa Goswami
Cell: 9864415405 , Email: rupanka_1970@sify.com, guwahat.dispur@heromindmine.com.
Hero Mindmine,Chandmari
169, GNB Road,
Chandmari,Guwahati (Assam)
Contact Person:Parag Jyoti.
For future NAC tests, following information about the nodal state Govt. departments in association of whom NASSCOM organized the Tests may help:
Arunachal:
Mr. Chau Dhanya Mungyak, Scientist-'B'
Department of IT and Science & Technology
Government of Arunachal Pradesh
Phone : 0360-2290833 (O), Tele-fax: 0360-2212934 (O), Mobile : 09436227753
Assam:
Sh. T.N.D. Sarmah
Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (AMTRON)
Phone: 0361-2724221, Email: tnd.sarmah@amtron.in
Manipur:
1. Shri R. K. Gouri Singh, OSD
University & Higher Education Dept.
Govt. of Manipur, Mobile - 9856318195
2. Shri N. Deben, Sr. Sc. Officer
DST and IT Department, Govt. of Manipur
Landline:(0385-2454929 email: dstmanipur@nic.in
Meghalaya:
Mr. Wonshondro L Buam
Special Officer to Government of Meghalaya, Dept. of IT
Mobile: 09863043183, Email: wlbuam@rediffmail.com
Mizoram:
Mr. Rony Lallianmawia
System Engineer, Information & Communication Technology
Planning & Programme Implementation Department
Secretariat Block 'A', Top Floor, Government of Mizoram, Aizawl -796001
Cellphone: 0-9862322811, e-Mail ID: roniez@gmail.com, Landline: (0389) 2310888 / 2319637
Nagaland: Department of Information Technology.
1. Imsayuba Naga, Project Director (phone - 9436001704)
2. Chura Katiry, Program Officer (phone - 9436001376)
3. Director (ITTE), Directorate of ITTE (e-mail - dit-ngl@nic.in)
Phone (Off.) - 0370-2271470
Sikkim:
1. Mr. Rajesh Verma, Director, IT Department, Govt. of Sikkim
Tel: (03592)-202601 & Fax: 227426, Mobile: 9434186291, Email: vermar@nic.in
2. Mr. Tsering Samdup, Deputy Director, IT Department, Govt. of Sikkim, Tel: (03592)-202601, Fax:227426, Mobile: 9434179192, email: t.samdup@nic.in
3. Mr. Mihir Pradhan, Computer Operator, CIC, Namchi, Mobile: 9832070612
Tripura:
1. 0381-2324689 (Director, Higher Education)
2. 0381-2324327 (Director, Employment Services & Manpower Planning)
3. 0381-2355751 (Director, IT) Email: it.tripura@gmail.com
While at the apex NASSCOM level, the contact persons for NAC tests are as below:
1. Dr. Sandhya Chintala, Director – Education Initiatives
2. Nikhil Gupta, Senior Associate.
Email: sigites@nasscom.org.
Hope this post brings more employment to employment starved NE states.
What is a NAC test? My previous post “NAC Test - your passport to a BPO Job” elaborates on this. The focus of this topic is to find how each of the state participated in the NAC tests. For the future NAC Tests in North East, you can also use the data from this post to guess where the NAC Test is likely to be and who may be the contact persons.
Lets quickly get to the facts below, which says when the tests were held, how many candidates participated and where were the tests held:
Click to enlargeFrom above, it is quite clear that level of participation in the tests was very low, despite majority of school/colleges in North East hill states being of English medium and also the eligibility for participation being very minimum: Graduate/PG/Final year Graduate students from any discipline could have appeared. For example, from Meghalaya only 500 candidates participated, despite having best of the English medium school/colleges in North East. While there is huge unemployment in North East India for lack of industries, close to 8 lakhs BPO job is up for grabs in next three years, (present BPO employee strength: 5.5 lakhs, employee requirement by 2010: 14 lakhs) if a NASSCOM McKinsey report-2005 is to be believed.
What is the reason of this low turn-out?
1.Lack of information dissemination: It may be because information regarding the NAC Test was not advertised properly.
2.Lack of awareness about employment opportunities in a BPO industry.
3.Lack of training institutes for preparing students for BPO industry.
While NASSCOM and the nodal state Govt. department needs to put emphasis to address the issue of information dissemination, may be the intellectuals and academicians would take effort to build more awareness about employment opportunities in a BPO industry. My previous posts:What is BPO?, How to find a BPO job, NAC Test - your passport to a BPO Job were directed towards this effort.
Do we have any training institutes for preparing students for BPO industry in North East?
Yes, we have two Hero Mindmine institute at Guwahati, which trains students for BPO industry:
Hero Mindmine, Dispur.
2nd Floor, Borah Comerical Complex,
Housing Stopage,Dr. Bhabanbra Nath Saikia Road,
Beltola, Guwahati (Assam)
Contact Person:Monalisa Goswami
Cell: 9864415405 , Email: rupanka_1970@sify.com, guwahat.dispur@heromindmine.com.
Hero Mindmine,Chandmari
169, GNB Road,
Chandmari,Guwahati (Assam)
Contact Person:Parag Jyoti.
For future NAC tests, following information about the nodal state Govt. departments in association of whom NASSCOM organized the Tests may help:
Arunachal:
Mr. Chau Dhanya Mungyak, Scientist-'B'
Department of IT and Science & Technology
Government of Arunachal Pradesh
Phone : 0360-2290833 (O), Tele-fax: 0360-2212934 (O), Mobile : 09436227753
Assam:
Sh. T.N.D. Sarmah
Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (AMTRON)
Phone: 0361-2724221, Email: tnd.sarmah@amtron.in
Manipur:
1. Shri R. K. Gouri Singh, OSD
University & Higher Education Dept.
Govt. of Manipur, Mobile - 9856318195
2. Shri N. Deben, Sr. Sc. Officer
DST and IT Department, Govt. of Manipur
Landline:(0385-2454929 email: dstmanipur@nic.in
Meghalaya:
Mr. Wonshondro L Buam
Special Officer to Government of Meghalaya, Dept. of IT
Mobile: 09863043183, Email: wlbuam@rediffmail.com
Mizoram:
Mr. Rony Lallianmawia
System Engineer, Information & Communication Technology
Planning & Programme Implementation Department
Secretariat Block 'A', Top Floor, Government of Mizoram, Aizawl -796001
Cellphone: 0-9862322811, e-Mail ID: roniez@gmail.com, Landline: (0389) 2310888 / 2319637
Nagaland: Department of Information Technology.
1. Imsayuba Naga, Project Director (phone - 9436001704)
2. Chura Katiry, Program Officer (phone - 9436001376)
3. Director (ITTE), Directorate of ITTE (e-mail - dit-ngl@nic.in)
Phone (Off.) - 0370-2271470
Sikkim:
1. Mr. Rajesh Verma, Director, IT Department, Govt. of Sikkim
Tel: (03592)-202601 & Fax: 227426, Mobile: 9434186291, Email: vermar@nic.in
2. Mr. Tsering Samdup, Deputy Director, IT Department, Govt. of Sikkim, Tel: (03592)-202601, Fax:227426, Mobile: 9434179192, email: t.samdup@nic.in
3. Mr. Mihir Pradhan, Computer Operator, CIC, Namchi, Mobile: 9832070612
Tripura:
1. 0381-2324689 (Director, Higher Education)
2. 0381-2324327 (Director, Employment Services & Manpower Planning)
3. 0381-2355751 (Director, IT) Email: it.tripura@gmail.com
While at the apex NASSCOM level, the contact persons for NAC tests are as below:
1. Dr. Sandhya Chintala, Director – Education Initiatives
2. Nikhil Gupta, Senior Associate.
Email: sigites@nasscom.org.
Hope this post brings more employment to employment starved NE states.
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