The first batch of 30,000 under graduate student from 100 colleges affiliated to the University of Pune will start training courses for the ITeS sector. These college are located in the three districts of Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar. Global talent track a start up founded by Uma Ganesh and Ganesh Natrajan, currently Nasscom chairman and vice chairman of Zensar Technologies, has signed a five year agreement with Pune University for the delivery of the courses. The Rs 6 crore project is supported by Cisco both financially, technically as well as by the University which will offer the premises for the training as well as its infrastructure, in the form of connectivity and faculty.

Pune has emerged as the leading employment provider destination in various tier-II cities in the country, followed by Lucknow and Pondicherry, points out an Assocham study on job opportunities.

Pune, with a share of 16.5 per cent, is the number one job provider while Lucknow and Puducherry accounted for 12.30 per cent and 10.50 per cent respectively, out of the total jobs tracked by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in the last quarter of fiscal 2007-08.

Titled as ‘Tier II and III Cities New Employment Centre’, the study highlights Pune’s top five employment generating sectors comprising IT, ITeS, Banking, Education, and Automobile.

The top five sectors in Lucknow which have created vast employment opportunities in the period under reference include Education, Banking, FMCG, Insurance, and ITeS.

In case of Puducherry, these are Aviation, Banking, Energy, FMCG and Hospitality, the study says.

Among tier-III cities, Ranchi has emerged as the top employment provider with a share of 13.80 per cent. Manglore and Mysore were ranked second and third, constituting 11.60 per cent and 11.08 per cent of the total vacancies offered, the study, released by ASSOCHAM Secretary General D S Rawant says.