Rajasthan first state to administer NAC test

Jaipur, Oct 31 (UNI) Rajasthan will become the first state in the country to administer the NASSCOM Assessment of Competence (NAC) test on November 18.

The NAC test will be held in Jaipur and Ajmer. The NASSCOM and Hewitt with active particpation of ITES-BPO industry players, designed NAC, a national assessment and certification programme, aimed at creating a continuous pipeline of talent by transforming the 'trainable' workforce into an employable workforce.

Kiran Karnik, president, NASSCOM said:''We are expecting about 2,000 candidates across various colleges to take the test in Rajasthan in the first instance.

''We are hopeful that the initiative will be a major means of bridging the short distance, which today stands between Indian graduates and the industry's requirements, through the world class testing, certification and skill-set identifying methodologies being used for NAC.'' Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh will soon follow Rajasthan in rolling out NAC.

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