As part of its ongoing commitment to enhance the skills of IT professionals in the country, Oracle today announced that Oracle University, one of the largest corporate training organizations in the world, has trained and certified over 42,000 Oracle Professionals in India since it began operations in the country in 1995.
Oracle University offers training and certification programmes to Indian students through its own six classrooms across India – in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, and through the classrooms of over 325 Authorised Training Partners such as NIIT, SQL Star and New Horizons.
Oracle University enables individuals to learn the use of leading Oracle technologies including Oracle Database, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel and E-Business Suite Applications through classroom as well as Web-based training that can either be self-learning or instructor-led. Oracle awards different levels of certifications to students such as Oracle Certified Associate (OCA), Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) and Oracle Certified Masters (OCM) on its technology and applications offerings. On average, Oracle University conducts 2000 exams every month across all its certification tracks in India. Oracle also offers Workforce Development Program (WDP) to working professionals through a wide education partner network.
“Oracle Certified Professionals have the proven skills and training to maintain projects on time and on budget, leading to a quicker return on investment for customers,” says Mr. Parag Bhayani, an Oracle Certified Professional at Infosys. “Infosys collaborates with Oracle University and certifies their large pool of Oracle professionals on various OCP certificates like E-Business Suite and Oracle Database.”
“Oracle certified professionals have provided measurable benefits to our customers and have helped them gain higher productivity for their organizations,” said Mr. Alok Tandon, Director – Education, Oracle University in India. “In fact, according to a recent survey conducted among Oracle certified professionals, over 88 % of respondents think they are better qualified to manage more complex issues and projects because they are Oracle-trained and certified”.
Workforce Development Program and WDP at Engineering Colleges
In order to make Oracle training and certifications more accessible to working professionals and also to bridge the demand - supply gap of Oracle Certified Professionals, Oracle has designed the partner-driven Workforce Development Program. Over 90,000 students in India passed through the WDP program in the last year (June 06-May 07).
As part of this program, in the past 12 months, Oracle University partnered 100 engineering colleges across the country including Symbiosis Institute, Pune Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India, Thapar Institute of Technology and Maharashtra Institute of Technology. Through this program, students get trained and certified on the latest Oracle technologies on campus while continuing to pursue their engineering degrees.
About Oracle University
Oracle University is the premier provider of Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Retek, and Siebel training, and one of the largest corporate training organizations in the world, providing education solutions in more than 400 training locations, 70 countries, and 9 different languages. Thousands of in-class, onsite, and on demand Web-based and CD-ROM courses, along with education services such as custom content creation, end user training, and change management services, allow Oracle University to provide education solutions specific to each customer’s unique needs.
About Oracle India
Oracle entered India in 1987 and set up an India Development Centre in 1994. Today, Oracle has two India Development Centres as well as Indian hubs for Oracle's global support, consulting and financial services operations. Through its extensive network of more than 400 channel and alliance partners under the Oracle PartnerNetwork, Oracle India markets the complete range of Oracle products and services across India. Oracle Database products are supported on 13 major Indian languages. Oracle India has more than 6,700 customers in the telecommunications, banking, insurance, manufacturing and utilities industries, across the government and private sector. Oracle India is a major partner for E-Governance initiatives of Central and State Government bodies in India. The Oracle-HP E-Governance Centre of Excellence is located at Oracle India’s head office in Gurgaon, near New Delhi. Oracle also has its Retail Centre of Excellence at Bangalore.
About Oracle
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