Global Talent Track (GTT) of India has announced that it is adopting the IEEE Computer Society's Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) certification to enable the Indian software engineering workforce to prepare for jobs in the software engineering community. GTT,headquartered in Pune,specializes in providing employability skills to undergraduates who are seeking employment in the technology industry. Under the agreement with the IEEE Computer Society,GTT will adopt and actively market the CSDA to undergraduate computer science and software engineering students. GTT will become an IEEE CS Registered Education Provider (REP) and expects to prepare hundreds of thousands of students to successfully complete the CSDA exam over the life of the agreement. "We have agreements with leading universities in India to bridge the gap between the academic curriculum and the requirements of the industry and train their students to become successful IT professionals," said Dr Uma Ganesh,CEO of GTT. "We have mapped our curriculum with the curriculum guidelines of CSDA and are confident that we should be able to equip the students with the required skills." The CSDA,designed for entry-level software developers,was introduced in May 2008 and rolled out worldwide in September. It is intended to provide undergraduate computer science and software engineering students their first credential toward a solid career foundation as a software development practitioner. The Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) certification is intended for mid-career software development practitioners. GTT intends to train two hundred certified professionals in the first year and five hundred the following. Over 1,000 software development practitioners have advanced their career opportunities through CSDA and CSDP certification. India being one of the leading countries contributing in space of software professionals the certification combined with GTTs proven training platform would help the students acquire the right skill sets to join the global workforce.. said Dr. Kasturi Rangachar,president IEEE Computer Society 2008.
