Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Monday took a big leap in creating a pool of trained manpower in new-age technologies and enhancing employment opportunities in the IT space with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurating Tech Mahindra’s international BPO centre and a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) here on Monday.
The BPO centre will open up additional job avenues and boost ‘skilled in Odisha’ campaign, helping the candidates explore opportunities in the international business domain in the state, said a government statement.
Tech Mahindra had signed an MoU with Odisha Infrastructure Development Corporation on November 4 to open the BPO centre at Fortune Tower in Bhubaneswar for its fortune 500 global customers.
The state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence at College of Engineering and Technology (CET) has been set up through the tripartite partnership among Tech Mahindra, Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) and CET.
The centre will train 30 students every year, focussing on upskilling and familiarising them with new-age technology like AI and machine learning, the statement said.
Chairman of Odisha Skill Development Authority Subroto Bagchi, Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Pramananda Nayak, Managing Director & CEO of Tech Mahindra C P Gurnani and others attended the inauguration programme.
