Applicants will be graduates or even undergraduates of final year in any discipline as follow;

1. Applied Sciences
2. Management Studies
3. Arts
4. Agriculture

Software Export Association (SEA) will give scholarships & jobs for top scorers of the placement test & the balance will be directed to the interviews with leading companies in the industry after completion of the program.
Anyhow, if a participant does not have a degree, he/she can also apply for this & get an industry demandable professional qualification which helps him/her to further development of his/her career.
This particular curriculum is designed as per the current market demand of the IT industry & certificates will be approved by SEA & NIIT India. This is the first time in Sri Lanka, launching a program like this & University Grant Commission & Ministry of Higher Education are supporting for the same.
Curriculum

1. Soft Skills (Communication Skills, leadership, Interpersonal relationships etc.)
2. Fundamentals of programming
3. introduction to Relational Database
4. Implementing a Database Design using SQL Server 2000
5. Project – Q3M2
6. Introduction to Web Content Development
7. Understanding Object-based Client Server Application
8. Project – Q4M2
9. Developing Portable Applications using XML Technologies
10. Object Oriented Analysis & Design
11. Developing Enterprise Wide Applications Part – 1 - .NET
12. Developing Enterprise Wide Applications Part – 1 -  Java
13. Project – Q7M! & Q7M2
14. Software Quality Assurance & Testing
15. Miscellaneous (Recap)

Special features of this program

• This program is approved by Software Exporters Association (Refer the attached letter)
• Participants who get the high marks will be fully sponsored & given career opportunities
• Within a six months period of time, participants will be converted to IT Graduates even they are in any discipline
• Successful participants will be awarded with certificates embossed with NIIT & SEA logos
  Program will give the participants a comprehensive knowledge on Networking, Software Developing & Soft Skills
• End of the program participants will be directed to interviews with leading companies in the industry

Duration – 517 Hrs

Fee Plan
Total Fee – SL Rs.135,000.00 + 15% VAT
Registration Fee 40% of Total Fees
Balance should be paid within three equal installments.

Program procedure

Partial List of Corporate Clients of MMBL Cyberskills

Private Sector

• Hatton National Bank
• Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
• DFCC
• MTN Networks (Dialog)
• Maharaja Group of Companies
• MAS Holdings Group
• Ceylon Cold Stores
• Nestle Ltd.
• Suntel Ltd.
• Ancell Lanka
• CIC
• Ecode Lanka Software (Pvt) Ltd.
• Wjaya Newspapers Ltd.
• Confifi Group
• Lanka Ashok Leyland
• Innodata
• USAID
• Lanka Hydraulics Institute
• James Finlays
• Innodata
• Dialog Telecom
• Aitken Spence
• Lankem Plantations Ltd
• Esweran Brothers
• LOLC
• World Vision
• Nations Trust Bank
• Smart Shirts
• Millenium IT
• NCR Lanka Ltd

Public Sector

• Ministry of Education – Secondary Education Modernization Project
• Ministry of Education – Distance Education Modernization Project
• Sri Lanka Telecom
• Bank of Ceylon
• Sri Lanka Police – Police Training College - Kalutara
• Sri Lanka Air Force – Head Quarters
• Presidential Secretariat
• Airport & Aviation Services
• Associated News Papers of Sri Lanka
• Tharuna Aruna Project under the Ministry of Vocational Training
• JobsNet – National Employment Sourcing Delivery Project – Project under the Ministry of Employment & Labor
• Information Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka – Journalist Project
• Information   Communication   Technology Agency of  Sri   Lanka   –   ICT training for government officers-Colombo District Secretariat and Divisional Secretariat
• Information   Communication   Technology  Agency  of  Sri   Lanka   –   ICT training for government officers-Registrar General’s Department
• Information   Communication   Technology  Agency  of  Sri   Lanka   –   ICT training for government officers-Pension Department
• Information   Communication   Technology  Agency  of  Sri   Lanka   –   ICT training for government officers-Kandy District Secretariat
• State Mortgage & Investment Bank
• Bank of Ceylon
• Peoples Bank
• National Savings Bank

Some of the significant achievements of NIIT are:

• NIIT has been named as Asia’s Largest IT Training Company in 2004 by International Data Corporation (IDC), USA.
• Leading IT magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the Top IT Training Company Award 2006. Rated among India’s Superbrands (2003-05), NIIT’s education offerings include: GNIIT, an industry-endorsed program for students seeking careers in the IT segments
• NIIT was Microsoft’s best Training Partner in 2001 and 2002
• Employers in India have voted NIIT as the first choice for recruitment
• NIIT is one of the world’s largest sources for trained IT manpower
• NIIT was Adjudged the Best Training Company through an opinion poll among over 1,000 CIOs, Software Professionals and IT Users by Computerworld magazine.

Over 70 percent of the undergraduate students are in employment and many are sponsored by their employers. The Open University is recognized for its ‘supported open learning’. The University has 13 regional centres across the UK. Internationally the Open University offers courses to over 28,000 students in approximately 20 countries across the world.

Courses offered:

Cyberskills is headquartered in Colombo and currently operates 13 branches in Sri Lanka which includes the North and East. The company has over 1,800 students on roll following various courses in the eleven locations. The company has a turnover of over Rs. 70 million per annum from current operations.

Major Training Projects we have been awarded:

• Sri Lanka Police
• Hatton National Bank
• Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)
• Ministry of Education – Distance Education Modernization Project (DEMP)
• Ministry of Education – Secondary Education Modernization Project (SEMP)
• Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)
• Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)

NIIT, leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest trainer has announced that it will offer B.Sc. (Hons) Computing and its Practice top up degree program of the prestigious Open University of UK, to its DNIIT (Hons) students in Sri Lanka. Students who have successfully completed 2 ½ years of DNIIT (Hons), can now have opportunity to join the OU degree program.

NIIT has an academic alliance with the world’s leading university, The Open University (OU) of UK, to offer its degree program to students of its 2 1/2 year IT career program

Students will have the convenience of gaining a degree from the prestigious UK University, while studying at their NIIT centre in Sri Lanka. Students will be taught by expert Faculties who have received special training on OU curriculum as well as the industry.

NIIT students pursuing the University’s degree program will be registered, examined and certified by the Open University. The first batch of The Open University, UK started on 9^th February’08 at NIIT, Union Place, Colombo.

MMBL Cyberskills Pvt. Ltd., NIIT’s only business partner in Sri Lanka organized a special launch function for B. Sc (Hons) in Computing and Its Practice Degree Inauguration Program 2008. MMBL Cyberskills (Pvt) Ltd., is a joint venture between Mercantile Merchant Bank and The Capital Maharaja

The event was attended by senior persons from NIIT’s Corporate Office in India, MMBL group, Capitol Maharajah Group, ICTA and Software Industry. At this event, attended by a large number of students, senior academicians and industry representatives highlighted the need for relevantly skilled IT professionals and how NIIT has played a key role in creating global professionals for the IT industry.

NIIT offers short and long term IT training programs on latest and emerging technologies, across its 10 education centers in Sri Lanka. The talent development company has strategic alliances with global technology majors such as Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, EMC, Adobe etc to offer training on their technologies.

About the Open University, UK

Founded in 1969, The University is the world’s leading teaching university. The OU is rated as the 5^th best in the UK in teaching quality after Cambridge, Loughborough, York and the London School of Economics. More than 160,000 students across UK and over 40,000 from outside of UK are studying at the University.

Over 70 percent of the undergraduate students are in employment and many are sponsored by their employers. The University is recognized for its ‘supported open learning’. The University has 13 regional centres across the UK.

What do the OU Students gain?

• Holders of this Degree are permitted to use the letters B.Sc (Hons) in Comp. and its Practice. after their names
• Advantage of Dual Qualification
• Full time and hands on oriented Degree program
• Blended learning through instructor led, classroom based and web based training
• World class content developed by NIIT & OU involving multiple media – like text books, online resources, DVD
• Unique methodology that ensures effective learning and higher retention
• Student support available -24*7

About NIIT

NIIT, Asia’s No. 1 trainer and leading Global Talent Development Corporation, offers learning and knowledge solutions to 5 million students across 32 countries.

Leading Indian IT magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the Top IT Training Company Award 2007. Rated among India’s Superbrands (2003-05), NIIT’s Individual Learning Business offerings include: Industry-endorsed programs for students seeking careers in IT: GNIIT, Integrated ANIIT for Engineers (IAE) and Advanced Technology Programs for IT professionals.

NIIT’s Corporate Learning Solutions, offers integrated learning solutions (including strategic consulting, learning design, content development, delivery, technology, assessment and learning management) to Fortune 500 companies, Universities, Technology companies, Training corporations and Publishing houses.

Element K delivers learning solutions for customers and partners through a tailored combination of catalog learning products, technology, and services. The offerings include: vLab®: hands-on labs, instructor-led courseware, comprehensive e-reference libraries, technical journals, and KnowledgeHub™: hosted learning management platform.

NIIT together with Element K is now the first and the best choice for comprehensive learning solutions, worldwide.

More details about this degree and training programs offered by NIIT in Sri Lanka could be obtained on the hotline 011-4 720790