Today, skill imparting and up-gradation is most wanted to professionals Keeping this in focus and as our objective, and with support from both National and International institutions, the EFS Academy, India has developed programs to suit professionals needs. EFS Academy has developed many ‘skill-based programs,’ that are grouped under major skill-sets. These programs are tailor-made to the training needs. For this purpose, we have partnered with the ‘National Education University, USA,’ and the ‘State University of New York USA’ for the course design, content, and delivery, to meet the requirements of professionals. These programs are administered by RIMSR, EFS Academy, which are technology driven dedicated skill-enhancement institutions in India. The programs are delivered on e-platform. Upon successful completion of the courses, the participants are duly certified. These Programs offers more than 200 skill-sets so that professional has option to choose based on their specific needs. The focus is on the content, quality and the learning index of the participants. To say it in short, these programs are extremely useful, to professionals to professionalize themselves with the global standards.

1. Skill Enhancement
Training for
Employees

2. Introduction
• Technology is having a major impact on the
delivery of training, skill enhancement
programs
• Using technology for skill development, training
requires collaboration among the areas of:
▫ training
▫ information technology
▫ management
▫ Employees, Trainers

3. Use of Technology in Training
• Training delivered by the computer:
▫ 60 percent is not instructor-led and is done
through self-paced Web courses
• companies deploying e-learning:
▫ 56 percent offer it to all employees
▫ 45 percent offer it to select groups of employees
▫ 26 percent offer it to customers, vendors

4. Where is the Future?
• Leaders, Employees need to manage the
changing role of training, life long learning
employees
training
Technology
The
future is
NOW

5. Need of the Hour
Trainers Mentors
OrganizationsCompany Integrated
Infrastructure Fit the need of Employee
Leaders, Employees,
Trainers as change agents

6. Technologies’ Influence on Training and
Learning:
• New technologies have made it possible to:
▫ Reduce the costs associated with delivering
training
▫ Increase the effectiveness of the learning
environment
▫ Help training contribute to goals
• New technologies include:
▫ Multimedia
▫ E- learning
▫ Electronic support systems
▫ Training software applications

7. Technology has made several benefits
possible:
• Employees can gain control over when and
where they receive training
• Professionals can access knowledge and expert
systems on an as-needed basis
• Employees , Trainers can choose the type of
media (print, audio, video) they want in a
training program

8. Technology has made several benefits
possible:
• Course enrollment, testing, and training records
can be handled electronically,
▫ reducing the paperwork and time needed for
administrative activities
• Employee’s accomplishments in training in
progress can be monitored
• Training can be delivered to employees at their
place rather than requiring them to come to a
central training location

9. The E-force
E-learning is the way in which technology is
changing the face of training. Over the past 10
years organizations have transformed from
building centered places where employees
learned skills, to convenient venues where
employees interact using multiple modalities.
Most of the Organizations have adopted E-
Learning for training and skill enhancement.

10. Impact of technology on the learning
environment:
• Technology has allowed learning to become a
more dynamic process
▫ The learning environment has expanded to
include greater interaction between learners and
the training content
▫ There is greater interaction between learners and
the instructor
▫ Instruction is primarily delivered to the learners
online using the internet
▫ Instructor is more of a coach

11. Impact of technology on the learning
environment:
▫ Learning occurs through:
 communicating with other learners
 working on virtual team projects
 exchanging ideas
 interacting with experts
 discovering ideas and applications
▫ Experts and resource materials are part of the
learning environment

12. Advantages and Challenges of E-Learning:
Advantages
• Self-paced
• Interactive
• Consistency of content
• Consistency of delivery
• Unlimited geographic
accessibility
• Immediate feedback
• Built-in guidance system
• Appeals to multiple senses
• Can test and certify mastery
• Privacy
Challenges
• Trainee comfort with using
technology
• Need Learner effort on
effectiveness

13. The Focus…
In today's competitive environment,
knowledge of a specific field is seldom enough to
place oneself in the most advantageous position
in the organization .
To get an edge over the competition, one
needs to be more than just prepared for their
customer needs ( internal & external) .
Employers are looking for the right attitude,
soft skills, global certifications and
customer satisfaction that ensures them
output of the best caliber.
It is this 'employability and adoptability'
that remains the focus of Career Skills Program.

14. ‘
• The Objective is to train and certify annually one million Students,
and professionals in IT and Soft Skills every year.
• This is a nationwide program to cause skill imparting, and up-
gradation amongst professionals & students with the support of
National and International Institutions.
• MIITE is the dream of Dr. Appu Kuttan, who is fondly referred to as
‘Appu.’
• He is the Founder and Chairman of the National Education
Foundation (NEF) the U.S. national non-profit leader in STEM+
(Science, Engineering, Technology and Math, IT, Business,
Management, Soft Skills) education, announced the APPUJI
Scholarship program to meet India’s critical skilling challenge.

15. EFS Academy, RIMSR
• EFS Academy is run by RIMSR educational trust started in 2010.
• objective is to aid the students and professionals who are keen on
continuing their life long education & skill enhancement.
• The vision of EFS is to achieve “International Quality Education To All.”
• EFS Academy, RIMSR dedicated educational trust in Bangalore, well
known for quality skill enhancement, management education, and
in business, IT, Soft skills to enhance skilldevelopment. India needs
to skill 10 million youth annually and our initiative will help lead the
way.
• EFS Academy promoted by professional management training
institution, namely, RIMSR (Rangnekar Institute of Management of
Management Studies and Research) Prof. (Dr.) S. Sadagopan, Director,
IIIT-B is mentor & Head of Governing Council of RIMSR.

16. What we Provide…
The EFS Academy has developed many Categories of Programs,
containing over 800 ‘skill-based courses, that are tailor-made to
the training needs of Indian professionals, in collaboration
with ‘Skillsoft,’ which is pioneer in the field of learning, delivering
highly effective content through innovative technology.
For this purpose, EFS has partnership with ‘National Education
Foundation, USA‘ and ‘State University of New York, USA’.
Currently, the training courses available are:
• Office Productivity IT Skills Certifications
• IT programming Skills & Certifications
• Soft Skills Certifications
• Project Management & functional Certification

17. OFFICE-PRODUCTIVITY IT SKILLS,
About 500 Desktop Skills (Office Productivity IT Skills) courseware titles are for
working professionals who rely upon desktop, laptop applications such as
Microsoft Office, MS Project, Adobe Acrobat, SAP , Business Analytics, etc,..
Some of them are:
• Adobe Products likeAcrobat 9, Dreamweaver CS5,
Flash CS5, Indesign CS5, Photoshop CS5, Illustrator
CS4 etc.
• Microsoft Products like Office 2013, Live meeting,
Sharepoint, MS Project, MS Excel,AdvancedAccess,
Visio, etc.
• SAP products like SAP for Project Teams,
QuickBooks Pro 2009, Business Objects BI,
SAP Business One, SAP Business Suite 7 for End Users.

18. PROGRAM ON SOFT SKILLS …
Soft Skills are developed keeping the work requirements in
view. These courses are ideally suited Employees,
managers, senior executives, and all working
professionals. The training package covers 180 skill-sets in the
following solution areas:-
1. Professional Effectiveness
2. Management and Leadership
3. Project Effectiveness
4. Business Strategy and Operations
5. Customer-Facing Skills
6. Finance, HR, andAdministration

19. MIITE
To train and certify annually one million college students, PROFESSIONALS in IT,
Soft Skills
Prof. Harsha Kestur, Director, RIMSR, EFS Academy.

20. National Education Foundation (NEF)
Headquartered in the Washington, DC Metro area. Formed in 1989 after
consultations with national leaders including former President Bill Clinton and
Intel founder Dr. Gordon Moore.
NEF is the U.S. national non-profit leader in bridging the academic and job
skills divides by providing world-class education in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math), English, digital literacy, IT, business, soft
skills and management to millions of student and professionals.
 Offers more than 5500 high quality online courses and mentoring
 Uses state-of-the-art LMS (Learning Management System)
 Motto: "High quality education for all."

21. Benefits to Organization
1. Regular skill upgrades for employees at most economical price,
2. Association with a International reputed Institutes and Brands.
3. Course Completion Certificates from SUNY, USA ranked globally
within top 100
4. Giving back to Society through Subsidized Education, Organization
can to extend vendors, clients to family members of employees .
5. Forming of world class skill education center along with NEF, USA
and their academic partner SUNY,USA
6. National, regional good will, PR and Publicity.
7. Employees better prepared for Modern Skill jobs
8. Motivational Boards will be provided to monitor employee progress.
9. Organization can adopt students, institutes as part of CSR credits.
10.Trainers, Senior executives can also be trained certified from SUNY
USA for Mentoring, Coaching.

22. SPECIAL Proposal to Organization
• we will help you set up a NEF world class skill
development ACADEMY (IT and Soft skills) for your
employees consisting of the following services:
Personalized learning, LMS, Motivational rewards, etc,.
• We will also provide free training for up to 9 trainers
regarding the Course and Tech support so that they can
provide mentoring.
• course Fee: Rs. 7,500/- per program per employee
• Agreement with Organization for 3 years.
• Note: Fees subject to change after mutual discussion

23. Courses
1. 635 courses consist of Business, Soft Skills, IT,
and Desktop. These courses, offered at a very low
cost, meet the Professional and Personal Training
needs of Teachers, job seekers and others valid
till Jan 2016
2. 180 business soft skills courses and simulations
are divided into the following Solution Areas: 1.
Professional Effectiveness 2. Management and
Leadership 3. Project Effectiveness 4. Business
Strategy and Operations 5. Sales and Customer-
Facing Skills 6. Finance, HR and
Administration...Rs 7500 . Our 180 business skills
courses and simulations are divided into the
following Solution Areas:
1. Professional Effectiveness
2. Management and Leadership
3. Project Effectiveness
4. Business Strategy and Operations
5. Sales and Customer-Facing Skills
6. Finance, HR, SCM and Administration
• Bite-sized ‘How To’ demos for daily problem solving .3-5
minute ‘how to’ video demonstrations
• Covering the most popular tasks and topics needed by
technology end-users and professional
• Concise and targeted with live demonstration for quick
answers to daily challenges - and easy orientation to key
features and functions

24. Courses
3. 500 Desktop Skills courseware titles are for professionals who rely upon standard
desktop applications such as Microsoft Office, Crystal Reports, Adobe Acrobat and
Lotus Notes. Our desktop solutions are ideal for day-to-day performance support, as
well as supporting major corporate software migrations
4. 1,200 course offerings are divided into the following Solution Areas: 1. Software
Development 2. Internet and Network Technologies 3. Web Design 4. OS and
Server Technologies 5. Enterprise Database Systems 6. Project Effectiveness The
courseware in these Solution Areas address over 100 current technical certifications
sought by IT professionals and enterprises providing technical products and
services to their customers, including: 1. Microsoft 2. ISC(2) 3. Cisco 4. Linux
Professional Institute 5. Adobe 6. CompTIA 7. Oracle
5. The Digital Literacy courseware provides skills training and assessment for a broad
range of computing concepts and techniques, including competency in computer
hardware and software, operating systems, word processing and spreadsheet
functions, networks and the Internet, electronic mail, and an understanding of the
impact of computing and the Internet in society.
• Over 1,700
tasks/topics covered
across the most
popular
applications:
• Office 2010
• Office 2013
• Office 365
• Office Online
• Google Docs
• Windows 8
• Graphics & Design
• Mobile Devices
• Internet & Cloud
Computing
• End-User Security
• …and others!

25. Support Function professionals training
• Interpersonal Communication
• Optimizing Work-Life Balance
• Management Essentials
• Microsoft Office & Productivity skills
• Analytics skills
• Customer Management skills
• Essential Skills for Administrative
Professionals
• Managing Customer-Driven Process Improvement
• Effective Time Management

26. Technical people training
• Microsoft Desktop & related IT skills
• Project Management Certification
• Microsoft Office Live Meeting
• Managing Customer-Driven Process Improvement
• Interpersonal Communication
• Optimizing Work-Life Balance
• Management Essentials
• Customer Management skills
• Managing Customer-Driven Process Improvement
• Effective Time Management

27. Project Management Details
• Project Management Overview.
• Understanding the Project Professional's Role.
• Defining the Problem and Strategy.
• Developing the Work Breakdown Structure.
• Estimating and Scheduling Resources.
• Scheduling & Reviews.
• Project Management Standards and Teams.
• Project Execution and Quality Management

28. Advantages
• Sea-change in contribution and team
work
• delivered on e-platform from
SKILLSOFT one of the world leaders in
eLearning & skill development
• Acquire advanced IT and soft skills and
knowledge in specialized areas
• Become successful professionals
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29. Preparing Managers for Success in A Changing World.
Train and Certify one million college students, professionals in
IT, Soft Skills
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