IIT Madras Offers Free Skill-Based Training for Engineers With Placement Opportunity

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation is offering a free skill training programme in partnership with Sony India Software Centre for engineering graduates.

The course named ‘Sony India Finishing School Skill Development Training Program’ is aimed at imparting industry-ready skills in a few selected areas.

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“This program is intended to bridge the knowledge and skillset gap that exists between graduate students and the industry’s requirements. We hope that many students, specifically from non-urban parts of India will benefit from this initiative,” says Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras in a media statement.

Things to know:

• It is a free full-time offline training course of six months duration.
• A total of 30 students will be selected for the training course. 
• The classes will be conducted in the classrooms of the IIT-M PTF in Chennai.
• The course will be provided in select areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, cyber security, computer graphics and business communication skills.
• The course is open to students who passed out in the years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.
• Graduates whose parents have an annual income of less than Rs 8 lakh can apply.
• Candidates must have a minimum of 60 per cent aggregate in all examinations.
• Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria will be shortlisted for an entrance test.
• The entrance test will be conducted at select centres in Tamil Nadu.
• The top-ranking candidates in the test will be called for personal interviews.
• Successful candidates will be informed about the starting date of the program by email.
• Based on the performance in the interview, the top-ranking 30 candidates will be selected for the course.
• Fifteen students with the highest score will be paid a stipend of Rs 10,000 per month for the first two months.
• The stipend will be renewed for the subsequent months based on their performance.
• The remaining 15 students will be given free training.
• Post-training Sony India Software Centre will extend employment to the top 15 performers of the course.
• The IIT-M Pravartak Technologies Foundation (PTF) will also extend placement assistance to the remaining students by arranging interviews through the IIT-M PTF placement cell.
• Certificates will be provided for the students on successful completion of the training program.
• Registrations are open now and the program launch period will be during August to September.

How to apply:

• To apply for this course, click here and fill out the application form.

For further clarifications, you can reach out on 044 6900 0000/9043674267 or send an e-mail to [email protected] with the subject “Finishing School Program”.

Edited by Yoshita Rao