Bangalore: Wipro announced the launch of a nation-wide initiative, the Wipro Integrated Skill Enhancement Program (WISE^Pro). The initiative will impart communication and soft skills training to undergraduate students, predominantly from non-engineering colleges in India, with the aim of improving their employability in the Information Technology, Business Process Management (BPM), as well as other services sectors.

The pilot program of the WISE^Pro initiative has been introduced to the student community at Kolkata-based Techno India Group. Wipro plans to extend this program nationally to over 5000 students by the end of FY14 and especially, make in-roads into smaller centres in India, besides the large cities.

Students who successfully complete the program will be awarded a certification, post an assessment by Wipro. It will enable the candidates to be eligible for a placement at Wipro, if they are able to clear one round of interview as opposed to 3 or 4 levels of screening usually followed while recruiting fresh graduates.

The 60-hour program consists of technology backed modules in a self-paced format, that give the students the flexibility to work through the modules over a period of 3 months, along-side their core graduation course. This self-learning program consists of a ‘Business Communication Skills’ module provided by renowned training organization, TaraSpan Solutions and a ‘Corporate Readiness’ module that is proprietary to Wipro. In addition to the e-learning modules, the program has periodic classroom connect programs, wherein the students can interact with trainers. The IT-ITES Sector Skills Council (SSC), NASSCOM has provided valuable guidance in designing the curriculum and training methodology of the program.
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