The Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advanced Technology (R-CAT), which serves as an IT finishing school and imparts training to youth and working professionals while developing soft skills to make them industry-ready, was established by the Rajasthan government with assistance from international companies such as Oracle and Cisco.
The state’s Department of Information Technology & Communication oversees the management of R-CAT (DoIT&C).
Senior state government official: “This will improve youth employment chances in the public and commercial sectors.”
The state government, he continued, “wants to establish a cohesive environment for producing excellent technical staff for business and government through globally recognised training programmes, leading to a narrowing of the gap between learning and application of technology.”
Over 80 training programmes are being offered in R-CAT, the official claims. They include large data analysis, clinical data analysis, quantum computing, the Java programming language, robotics, cloud computing, blockchain, augmented reality/virtual reality, and data science.
Infrastructure, trainers, and cutting-edge equipment have all been supplied by the state government.
The training programmes range in length from one week to six months. International firms that carry them out include VMware, Red Hat, and SAS in addition to Oracle and Cisco.
Students will receive world-class certification from the institute. The state government intends to launch R-CAT branches in additional districts.
The first group of pupils are receiving free instruction from the state government. The goals of R-CAT are to increase the employability of young people (undergraduates, graduates, and postgraduates) in the state in information technology and related disciplines, conduct research, support start-ups for industry updates, utilise established labs, etc., partner with industry for insights, implement certificate courses, and guarantee the quality of services (QoS) on all the deliverables by chosen training partners.
