CIBE

CyberPlus Initiative for Better Employability

Vision

To make India the indisputable leader in IT workforce – in quality and quantity.

Mission

To train the Indian workforce looking for employment and prepare them to be strongly eligible for employment in the IT sector.

Benefits for Participants

• Get high-quality training from industry experts
• No fees! Attend the training free and get placed by merit. Every participant will have a sponsor (we will arrange for that)!
• Don't get cheated by people promising you everything under the sky in exchange for your money!

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Benefits for Sponsors

• For a low cost of ₹1,000/- per month for 12 months, you'll be able to sponsor one person's training
• If the sponsored participant is grateful for the training, he/she will hopefully sponsor at least 2 others within 1 year of joining a company. As the chain grows and more people are helped every year, you can be proud that it all started with 1 sponsorship from you!

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Benefits for Mentors

• An opportunity to do something for your country and countrymen
• An opportunity to use your skills, experience and expertise in a way that many others can benefit
• An additional source of income (if your are not volunteering your services)

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Benefits for Companies

• Get skilled, trained manpower for your organisation and save on training time and costs
• Suggest training areas that you want people to be well-versed with so that your burden reduces
• Get a single-point access to multiple industry-ready candidates, thereby simplifying your recruitment efforts

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The Background

India is already a preferred destination for outsourcing IT work. We Indians somehow seem to have a knack for mathematics and logic – both of which are very essential for programming.

The number of people trying to get into the IT industry is so high that quality often takes a backseat. There is a huge demand for talented, skilled workforce in the industry, but the vast majority of the unemployed workforce are unskilled and looking for a breakthrough.

Students (freshers) realize that they don't have all the necessary skills, but don't have a reliable and sincere mentor to depend upon. There are many unscrupulous elements in our country who run training institutes or employment agencies, promise jobs to these students and cheat them in various ways. Students therefore do not know where to go and are wary of being cheated.

We decided to put an end to this by allowing students to join our classes, complete the training, get placed by their own merit – all without having to pay anything to us or anybody else! That way, they have no fear of getting cheated, and can judge the effectiveness of the training in their lives on their own.

After they get placed, if they feel that the training was really worth the price (but they did not pay nevertheless), they undertake to sponsor the education of at least 2 others within 1 year of joining their company, using a small percentage of the salary that they are drawing. The chain starts there! If they are not convinced with the role of the training in their lives, they are under no obligation to continue the chain and need not pay anthing to anyone. The chain ends there!

We are confident of the impact we can make in the lives of these people. We will keep the system open and transparent for the whole world to see who has sponsored whom, and who hasn't sponsored anyone despite their course being sponsored, and why!

About the Program

To start with, the training program will span approximately 2 months and will cover C (6 days), C++ (6 days) and Java (6 days). These languages are the base that all students should know to participate in interviews and tests for employment. Classes will be held 2-3 days a week, with exercises, assignments, self-study and project works planned for the rest of the days.

The course will be continuously improvised. More technical sessions will be added, and there will be emphasis on non-technical skills as well. Volunteers from the industry are invited to spare some time (maybe half a day per volunteer) to share their experiences and expertise with the students.

Some of the technical enhancements include HTML, CSS, XML, SQL, CGI, PHP, J2EE, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Linux systems programming, JQuery, Ajax, Ruby, Joomla, Drupal, etc.

Some of the non-technical enhancements include resume preparation, aptitude improvement, communication skills, language skills, presentation skills, motivation and self-improvement, etc.

We ideally would want to deliver the following program for now:

Sponsorship

• Sponsors pay the training fees of Participants.
• The course fee per participant to be sponsored is ₹12,000/- (12 monthly installments of ₹1,000/- if needed).
• Anonymous sponsorships are not allowed, as it will prevent us from being open.
• Part/shared sponsorships are not permitted.
• Sponsors can choose how many people they want to sponsor, and can take up to a year's time to make the payment (in case of monthly payments). Sponsors are requested not to back out in the middle of the sponsorship as it burdens us.