1.
Gearing up for
tomorrow’s
IT landscape

2.
The big IT Building skills -
for today, tomorrow
challenge
A quick survey of today's IT industry and job
With enterprises quickly diversifying and evolving new business
models, they are looking to hire a work force that has the
relevant skills and can run from day one. Students on the
market reveals some immediate gaps: other hand, graduate with inadequate skills and spend close
to six months in training and on-boarding.
500,000 engineering students graduate annually, Project Praviin - an IBM initiative - was launched to
but lack relevant skills for IT* partner with colleges and universities in India to better
educate millions of students for a more skilled and
competitive IT workforce. Through training and professional
2,50,000 jobs in India's IT sector today** certification, Project Praviin enables students to quickly
adapt to the work scenario and experience a speedy
on-boarding process.
By 2020, it is predicted that 110 million people
will be added to the workforce***
The average fresh hire spends close to 4 to 6 months
in training****
While the IT sector is set to hire 2.5 lakh professionals in
the coming year, the biggest names in the industry are Objectives:
battling a widening gap in skills. Candidates possessing
all the relevant skills to apply theory to practice and bring
real results, are hard to come by. The industry needs an
ecosystem that can help students hone all the relevant Enable a strong
skills that organizations require. ecosystem: academia,
Build a self-sustaining Create an infrastructure
industry groups,
engine to create a pool for training business
government, Independent
of industry-ready students partners and
Software Vendors and
and IT professionals. students.
System Integrators
with IBM.
*NASSCOM | **NASSCOM-McKinsey Report | ***Goldman Sachs study | ****NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2010

3.
The nucleus of the ecosystem
At the heart of Project Praviin is the IBM
Bridges the gap Provides an Creates a physical Forms local hubs
Software Center of Excellence (CoE). between academia industry-relevant space that serves for commercial
Established across the country, these centers and industry curriculum and as the training training, product
are the crux of the learning ecosystem that requirement professional and certification development for
connects the IT industry to academia, certification hub Independent
students and our customers. Software
Vendors, Business
Partners as well
The CoE is the hub of learning,
as incubation points
software applications and an environment
conducive to hands-on training.
Ready pool of trained Connect with IBM
manpower Innovation centers,
Labs and Academic
Skills for future
Initiatives
incubation labs for
business ideas
Incubation centers and
Business opportunities a ready talent pool for
for partners business ideas
CUSTOMERS
INDUSTRY
150 CoEs
STUDENTS
Training & certification
ACADEMIA
An opportunity to
21 States
in using IBM software,
free of cost
Opportunity to work
participate in industry growth
A chance to impart an
industry-relevant curriculum
100 locations
on live projects Provide students with
A chance to be employable skills Currently, the CoE delivers training and certification on:
industry-ready even Software brand courses
before graduating included in curriculum
Information Management Rational Tivoli Lotus WebSphere
Business partners
as training providers
Developing capability in Enterprise Level (Web) Application Development and Management, Database Administration, Enterprise
Server/Storage Management, Collaboration, Project Management and Business Analytics

4.
Putting theory to practice
How it works
The Great Mind Challenge (TGMC)
CoE is set up Students invited for training
CoE is set up in Students are invited
collaboration with The Great Mind Challenge is an annual nationwide software development competition, created by IBM's Academic initiative.
to come experience
enlisted institutions Open to students of engineering across India, it gives enterprises the opportunity to present real-world business cases to
the IBM software
students to develop solutions using IBM software. While they act as mentors to students, the process enhances students'
suite and get training,
employability and over the years TGMC has become a platform for large IT corporations looking to hire young talent.
free of cost
Ideas are explored IBM certification is awarded The IBM's Blue Scholar Program CoE Community for Academia
The CoE provides opportunities Students receive free IBM
to work on business incubation certification, which is
with ISVs and entrepreneurs considered an attractive The Blue Scholar Program gives students the Blue Scholar tag, The CoE Community for Academia selects Student
credential by potential IBM's seal of approval and provides the required credibility, Ambassadors from CoEs, as the face of the academia,
employers in the IT industry making it easier for employers to identify candidates. the link between universities and the community.
Students get real world projects
IBM provides opportunities
to work on real world projects

5.
Ready talent for business
ready technologies
Project Praviin is designed as a learning ecosystem to mutually benefit the
student community, ISVs and SIs, and the industry at large. As an integral
Aligned with the part of the industry and a significant corporate entity, Project Praviin has
industry’s needs multiple benefits to offer you.
Elevating the level of Reducing training and Creating a workforce
industry-relevant on-boarding costs suited to your environment
skill sets in students
The gap between the need for skills and the When your potential employees come With over 500,000 engineers graduating
academic standards that exist must be tackled equipped with the skills you need and require annually, but lacking skills relevant to your
by nurturing real-world and industry-relevant them to have, you can reduce training and requirements, you spend 4-6 months training
skills within academic curriculums. Project induction costs significantly and help them each one, before he/she can be a fully
Praviin helps students go beyond theory and migrate to taking on challenges faster. productive resource. You can now partner with
apply practical knowledge to solve real world Project Praviin and train students in
challenges. technologies relevant to your needs thereby
helping you reduce the time and money spent
on re-skilling fresh hires.
Project Praviin: How can you partner
The next wave with Project Praviin?
1 Facilitate Industry participation in Opportunity to partner with IBM for Create curriculum and participate in
Project Praviin joint CoEs across 150+ colleges training students on skills relevant to
your software environment
Integrate TGMC and IBM CoE to Nurture young talent while still on
2
develop applications, products campus through special projects Mentor them for The Great Mind
relevant to the industry Challenge
3 Make students industry ready with Opportunity to recruit talent before
live project opportunities during campus placements
course of study
To partner with us, adopt a Center of Excellence or deliver training:
Write to: projectpraviin@in.ibm.com | Visit: www.ibm.com/in/projectpraviin

6.
Project Praviin has DB2, Rational, Tivoli - the most
widely used softwares in the industry. So when
students get exposed to these, they automatically
become industry-grade.
Mr. Amar Atmakuri,
Chairman, Institute for Electronic
Governance, Govt of Andhra Pradesh
To partner with us, adopt a CoE or deliver training:
Write to: projectpraviin@in.ibm.com
Visit: www.ibm.com/in/projectpraviin