Tally launches 'earn while you learn programme' for youths

New Delhi, Sept 12 (UNI) Software company Tally (India) Pvt Ltd today launched 'Pragati - earn while you learn', an accounting principals training programme that offers performance-based cash awards worth Rs 6,75,000 to meritorious students.

The programme would help the youth to get the experience of entrepreneurial skills depending upon their career aspirations.

''The programme, a pan-India initiative, will close on October 18 this year,'' Tally (India) Global Education and Traning Business Chief Executive Officer Avinash Gupta told reporters here.

Through Pragati, the company planned to reach out to a wide section of society including students, homemakers, accounting professionals and entrepreneurs.

Students irrespective of their educational backgrounds could enroll either in the Tally Financial Accounting Programme or Tally Financial Accounting Certification, he said.

Mr Gupta said the company had deployed a field force of over 5,500 people for 45 days to forge collaboration with colleges across the country.

Presently, the company had collaborated with Delhi, Osmania, Bangalore and Tamil Nadu Universities. It is in the process of collaborating with the Himachal Pradesh University.

The fee of the programme is between Rs 5,200 to Rs 6,000 and it is a three-month module, Mr Gupta said.

UNI