Mr Joseph T Nairn, director, RIT, told reporters here on Thursday that the programme comes in view of the fact that "though India is seen as a huge resource pool for satisfying the worldwide demand for Information Technology specialists, the country itself does not offer any specialist Information Technology programme that will equip Indians to apply for jobs on an equal footing with professional around the world."

Elaborating on the programme, Mr PK Agarwal, director, RIT programme at AIM, pointed out that initially two programmes would be launched - Master of Science in Software Development and Management and Master of Science in Cross Disciplinary Professional Studies.