Dear Faculty Organiser,
We are truly happy to be associated with you as a Knowledge Partner for the past few years. We provided Spoken Tutorial Software/ IT Courses training in your college and have grown together. The team at IIT Bombay has continued to offer new and exotic courses of world-class quality, so essential for our students to get an employability-worthy skill set.
The new academic year will start soon - this is the right time to plan. You have already submitted planners & calendars in advance, covering the next 2 semesters. Be assured we will be with you all the way guiding, enabling & enhancing the quality of our delivery. In this connection, I wish to inform you of a policy change that has come to us from MoE Govt. Of India. Effective July 2018 we are expected to charge a nominal annual amount from the colleges we are working with. This decision has been driven by the fact that we are a mature and successful program, therefore from now on we need to generate revenue and sustain our Project financially, on our own. The amount is Rs. 25,000 +GST per year to be paid by colleges for an unlimited number of Training Workshops & Certification Tests for any number of their students & staff. There is no upper limit.
We did extensive inquiries with our Engg., as well as Arts, Science, Commerce colleges and found out pleasantly that this amount was very manageable. In fact, considering a simple calculation for providing Basic Computer Skills - say getting our LibreOffice package training with Certificates of Word Processing, Spreadsheet & Slide presentation at Rs.200/ student - just for 125 students, the amount works out to a total of Rs. 25000/year/college. Most of you will be training 100s of students as you move to additional courses and more departments. You will roll out our Java, C/C++, Python, Scilab, PHP, Linux, Drupal, Arduino, HTML, and many other lucrative courses. Certainly, it is a tremendous value for money. At the outset, this news could come as a surprise, as until now, the Spoken Tutorial training programs were free of cost. But it is my belief that this move will be accepted in a positive way.
The Information Module & Payment link is live on our website, and we will help you with all the information you need to make the payments. We urge you to-
Do drop a mail immediately to your respective State Training Managers, informing them of your college's decision, so we can proceed with the training. We guarantee our continued high-quality services to all. If you have questions, don't hesitate to contact the Training Manager of your respective state.
Yours Sincerely,
National Coordinator - Training
Spoken Tutorial, IIT Bombay
NMEICT, MoE, Govt. Of India