College of Computing and Applied Software Engineering (CCASE), under the aegis of Rai Foundation, has become the first IBM PartnerWorld participant in India. CCASE entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with computer major IBM to equip students to successfully enter the job market after graduation. The Partnership with industry leaders such as IBM helps scale new heights in the realm of technical education and IBM's Academic Initiative Program will help students to effectively meet industry requirements and provide great employment opportunities, specially with IBM.

Under the initiative, the faculty would learn to use IBM's latest software tools, which they would impart to the students. The program will enable the participants to have a hands-on experience in IBM software products namely DB2, WebSphere Rational software testing tools and Tivoli. Mentors from IBM along with the faculty will closely monitor the work of the students.

The first batch is starting on June 15, 2007 and is strictly based on entrance test from IBM. IT major IBM, in collaboration with its business partners, has announced the date for entrance exam on May 28 and June 6, 2007. The duration of the course is 3 months. Urvesh Chaudhary, HOD - Computer Science Rai Foundation Engineering College, says, "enrolling for IBM's certified courses puts an end to all career related worries of students." She further adds, "This course has tremendous potential and is being mooted as the solution to tackle the high number of vacant jobs in IT industry."

IT major IBM has a formidable presence in Indian market and they want to expand. For this, they require more and better professionals. That's why IBM is offering this very economical course. Praising this tie-up, Executive Director Rai Foundation Ms. Nymph Kaul says, "to meet increasing industry demand we need more such ties, where industry-academia join hands to train professional as per industry demand."

Rai Foundation is a non-profit body set up to address various socio-cultural concerns of India and its people. With India's largest network of professional colleges and 10 campuses across the country, Rai Foundation is committed to make India a knowledge superpower. It nurtures talent by offering several scholarships to the meritorious and needy, especially underprivileged / orphan girls every year. Rai Foundation was the first in India to launch Rai OpenCourseware - FREE online study material - that made world-class higher education within the reach of one and all throughout the world.