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Softbridge Solutions, Japan and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), India, today entered into a strategic alliance to deliver cross cultural Information Technology (IT) and language training to Japanese and Indian Professionals.

The partnership between Softbridge and C-DAC will enable both organizations to offer comprehensive training, software solutions and services to customers in the Indian and Japanese markets. The alliance will also allow C-DAC to offer a wide range of IT training courses to Japanese students and professionals. Softbridge will provide comprehensive Japanese language training to C-DAC graduates, to equip them to work in Japan. In addition, Softbridge will promote C-DAC's offshore development capabilities in the Japanese market.

Commenting on the alliance, Prashant Jain, President and CEO, Softbridge Solutions, Japan said, "Japan is facing a tremendous shortage of skilled IT manpower. C-DAC's Advanced Computing training programs with their contemporary syllabus, technological superiority, professional conduct and industrial acceptance will provide growth opportunities for Japanese professionals and companies". C-DAC graduates would benefit too as they would learn the Japanese language, a prerequisite to work in Japan he added.

Terming the alliance as 'mutually beneficial', Shri R.K. Arora, Executive Director, C-DAC said "The alliance symbolizes the conviction of Softbridge in C-DAC's expertise. C-DAC is ideally positioned to meet the requirements of Softbridge in terms of its training requirements, consultancy and developmental needs".

Headquartered in Singapore, Softbridge has an office in Tokyo, Japan and a liaison office in Pune, India. Softbridge Solutions channels a vast pool of IT resources from the offshore development centres based in India, to meet the needs of the Japanese IT market. It is focused on software outsourcing (Internet, Mobile Application, Database application development) and providing highly skilled & experienced engineers for short-term assignments to Japan.

C-DAC, a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India is noted for its proficiency in High Performance Computing, Multilingual Technology, Advanced Computing Training and a range of other activities that cater to the requirements of key economic sectors including power, health, financial services and so on.

C-DAC's Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) spearheads the advanced computing training domain in India. Courses offered by ACTS have been designed keeping in view the emerging trends in advanced computing as well as the contemporary and futuristic human resource requirements of the IT industry. C-DAC has extended its training activities overseas and has entered into a MoU for setting up its training operations in the Middle East, New Zealand, USA, Ghana and Mauritius.

C-DAC also provides consultancy to various state governments of India. Hitherto, C-DAC has been involved in providing eGovernance solution to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab apart from extending its expert advisory services and development assistance to the various Government and Corporate bodies.