August 11-18, 2007 a group of experts representing the Indian Government visited the Belarusian Hi Tech Park. The aim of their visit is to implement a joint project of setting up a Belarusian-Indian Information Technologies Center (IT Academy) under the aegis of the Hi Tech Park. The visit of the Indian delegation was initiated by the Government of the Republic of India in the framework of international cooperation between our countries.

Setting up an Information Technologies Center (IT Academy) results from the need to promptly improve education of IT specialists and users because information technologies is a sphere which constantly and rapidly develops. This issue is especially pressing in view of the trend towards accelerated IT industry development in our country and the sharp rise in the demand for qualified specialists.

The range of goals of the future Center will include training and advanced training of IT professionals, retraining of graduates of engineering specialties for the IT industry, and specialized training of teachers of IT subjects.

It is no coincidence that we try to take the best of the Indian experience in the development of information technologies. India is an acknowledged world expert in the area of software development and IT specialists training. According to the data provided by the Morgan Stanley investment bank in 2006 India controlled 44 per cent of the world offshore programming, and its income gained from export of software, services and business processes outsourcing amounted to $ 31, 3 bln.

Implementation of this project will enable leveraging the successful international experience of the Republic of India in the area of IT specialists training and advanced education.

Administration of the Hi Tech Park

20/08/2007