WNS Launches Programme For Students To Increase Employability

<p>WNS, business process management (BPM) services provider firm, on Wednesday launched a training programme for college students, based on the NASSCOM Qualification Packs (QP) to improve employability and enable them to be industry-ready.<br><br>With a focus on Tier 2 and 3 cities, this programme aims to train 1,000 students in next six months across 35 colleges in Nasik, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Pune, Kaziranga, Chandigarh and Vizag.<br><br>Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS and Chairman, NASSCOM BPM Council said, "From our experience, we realised students from tier 2 and tier 3 cities are not able to get through the employment selection process due to lack of English language communication skills and soft-skills. In this programme, we are making sure that students undergo English and soft-skills training so that they don't miss out on global career opportunities due to such shortcomings".<br><br>The training programme has 80-hour long curriculum spread over two months that will enable students to join specialist roles in the BPM industry. Also, WNS will impart training in English, Excel and Soft-Skills to students. The curriculum will cover knowledge of Accounts Payable and Receivables (guided by NASSCOM's QP standards) - duration of 52 hours; Business Skills (Communication, Business Communication, Business Context, Planning, Organizing and Analytical Thinking Skills) - 18 hours and training in Excel - 10 hours.<br><br>"The Indian BPM industry is today completely different from the traditional BPO set-up.&nbsp; It includes careers for specialists such as CAs, MBAs, Doctors, Medical practitioners and so on. The industry also runs processes using high-end technology and analytics. With a goal of delivering $50 Billion by 2020 to the Indian economy, the industry needs more employable talent," added Murugesh.<br><br>(BW Online Bureau)</p>