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Media Reports
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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