In India, Informatics plans to set up around 75 centres. Four regional centres are also planned in Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai to look after the infrastructure and other requirements of these centres.

Informatics has been in the country since 1990 through a master franchisee agreement. The company decided to enter the country with a direct equity participation and large-scale plans after probing opportunities here in 1996.India has one of the largest IT education industries in the world. It is also one of the low-investment-high-return sectors and has nearly 92 education institutes, parting training in most of the latest technologies.

Apart from this, there are company-sponsored institutions like Sapient Colleges ofSAP and Java centres of Sun for exclusive training.

In such a scenario, any new entrant will have to offer something unique to capture any significant share of this market. "Informatics will depend on its quality of education," said managing director and chief executive Pradeep Tripathi.

He said that more than 40 leading universities across the US, UK and Australia have granted recognition to its IT education courses. In India, the company would like to leverage on its accreditation from the world-renowned universities of Oxford and Cambridge for its diploma courses in computer science.

Informatics has tied up with two major companies, Microsoft and Oracle for offering education on their technologies. It's Microsoft Certified Solution Developer course parts training on all Microsoft products and technologies including Windows 32-bit architecture and user interface design.

Informatics has a structured education scheme in IT education and training. The honours diploma in information technology has beenpresented as a comprehensive course with six semesters to cover all aspects of IT education. It has a fee of Rs 54,000. Informatics certified software developer course covers C, C++, Database Management Systems, Structured Query Language (SQL), Oracle database administration, Visual basic among other things. Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies (ADCS) helps students to develop skills in problem identification, analysis and solutions and all aspects of hardware and software at a fee of Rs 24,000.

For internet, Informatics offers Certified Internet Professional course and diploma in computer studies for basic learners. Tripathi said Informatics has built up tremendous reputation over the years. "Some companies abroad insist that students must go through Informatics training so that they can cut down on costs on that front," he said.