According to Mr Rahul Thapan, head, education service division, Tata Infotech Ltd, the refocus on application from concept has been prompted by the shift in the industry's perception to look for application-based growth. In a scenario, where the companies let the platform decide the application, Tata Infotech has also moved to applications.

The G-Tech course, where the new module is being applied, is an 8-semester programme spread over 30 months. The last semester of this programme will now be emerging as industry semester which in turn would focus on industry specialisation and industry orientation. The latter would consist of taking customer care, legal aspects, presentation skills and ethics into account, points out Mr Thapan. This course conforms to HND curriculum (Higher National Diploma) from Edexcel International, a leading force in education and training in UK. The company has also entered into a tie-up with University of Hertfordshire, UK, to confer upon the students a B. Tech degree in information technology from the university. This is a post-G-Tech programme and the higher national diploma awarded after G-Tech makes the students eligible for the University of Hertfordshire programme. This classroom-based programme will cost Rs 60,000.

The company is also in the process of finalising a similar pact with a US university for one of the modules of the G Tech programme which is yet to be identified, Mr Thapan said.

The company is also expanding its base in India and plans to set up 200 centres nationwide in the current fiscal. It also plans to increase its presence abroad with 50 centres to be established this year. It already has 10 centres abroad through the franchise route.

Tata Infotech Ltd entered the field of mass computer training in 1992 to fulfil the need for quality computer education through Tata Infotech Premier Training Centre. It was the first in the education industry in India to receive the ISO 9001 for "courseware design, development and conduct of career, professional and short-term courses including corproate training in the information technology area" from Standardisation Testing and Quality Control (STQC) directorate, Department of Electronics for its centres in Delhi and Chetpet in Chennai.