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Aptech tie-up with Isha Foundation
 Aptech Limited, IT training
major with a growing presence in the formal education space, has announced a
tie-up with leading Coimbatore-based NGO, Isha
Foundation, to participate in
its Rural Rejuvenation Project.
Aptech, as part of its
continuing social-conscious initiatives, will provide free IT training and
courseware to students from villages in and around Gobichettipalayam where
Isha Foundation is present. Prof V Periyasamy, principal, Gobi Arts and
Science College, handed over the books to the children during a recent
function.
Says
Pramod Khera, CEO & managing director, Aptech
Ltd, “We’re pleased to
be associated with Isha Foundation to further the cause of IT literacy. At
Aptech, we believe that corporate social responsibility is an integral part of
an organisation’s overall commitment to society. Through the years, our
societally-conscious activities have reflected the company’s philosophy:
giving back something to society of which we are a part. Apart from courses
for students and professionals, we have in the past also designed special
courseware for other citizens.”
 Expressing happiness at this
tie-up between Isha Foundation and
Aptech, Uttam Raj, coordinator, Rural
Rejuvenation Project of Isha Foundation said, “We celebrate the beginning of
a special relationship with Aptech. Isha Foundation strives to improve the
quality of life through its social outreach programmes and our service
activities among tribes and villages will continue to expand. This tie-up with
Aptech will add another dimension to our programmes and I am confident IT
skills thus garnered will stand the students of these villages in good stead.”
 Aptech
Ltd, leading provider
of IT education, has begun concerted forays into the formal education space
with the setting up of Aptech University. As a global player with complete
solutions-providing capability, it has a long history of participating in
community activities. Aptech has, in association with leading NGOs, provided
computers to schools, provided education to the underprivileged and conducted
training and awareness-camps, Aptech students have donated part of the
proceeds from the sale of their art work to NGOs, amongst a host of other
activities.
Isha
Foundation is an international public service organisation dedicated to self-realisation.
It commenced its Social Outreach Programmes in 1997, working with tribal
peoples and villagers. Over 100,000 Isha volunteers work to improve the
quality of life for the impoverished of body, mind or spirit through these
programmes. Isha Foundation’s service activities among tribes and villages
continue to expand in ever-widening circles to enrich its symbiosis with the
community of all people everywhere. www.ishafoundation.org
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