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Tata
Infotech Education sets sights on China, finalises S Africa
foray
Saumya Bhattacharya
in New Delhi
It's now the turn of IT training major Tata
Infotech Education to set sights on the market in China. The
company is in talks with universities in China to tap the
market there. It has also zeroed in on Korea, Botswana and
Columbia for its immediate plans for the overseas education
market, according to Tata Infotech Education head Rahul Thapan.
Incidentally, with the domestic market
in the grip of a slowdown, IT training majors are headed abroad
to keep the revenues flowing in. China is central to the expansion
strategy of most of the major IT training companies in India
including NIIT and Aptech. NIIT Ltd has 27 centres in China
while Aptech has till now established 53 centres in China.
On its part, Tata Infotech Education is
leveraging on the existing footprints of the Tata group in
all the overseas markets to establish its presence there.
In China, the company is in talks with four universities but
the modalities have not been finalised as yet, Mr Thapan says.
Tata Infotech Education has also adopted
the franchisee route for its expansion abroad. In certain
markets we work with local partners as they have a pulse on
the local market, says Mr Thapan.
Under this expansion strategy, Tata Infotech
Education has entered into a tie-up with IT training and systems
integration major CS Holdings to enter the South Africa market.
In New Delhi to finalise the agreement,
Mr Dan Ellappa, national manager for business development,
CS Holdings, points out, The tie-up is targeted at tapping
the need for modules which work across multiple platforms.
Though there are vendor-specific courses available in South
Africa, there is immense potential of integrated courses.
The vertical modules on insurance, banking
and telecom will also be new concepts for the market, he
says.
The joint venture is targeting a turnover
of $3.2 million over the next three years. Centres will be
set up in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban initially.
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