QAI kick starts nationwide roadshow on careers in software testing

Sept. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Allahabad, September 14, 2011- QAI the leading workforce development and consulting organization rolled out a nationwide roadshow campaign in software testing targeted at students entering the professional world. The ten city roadshow campaign started off in Allahabad. The event received overwhelming response with over 400 students from leading engineering and technical colleges from in and around the city of Allahabad. The event was addressed by Mr. Pradeep Chennavajjuala CEO Edista Testing Institute, a wholly owned subsidiary of QAI with an interactive session with the students on the trends in the IT industry and software testing as a career.  

Commenting on the initiative, Mr. Pradeep Chennavajjuala, CEO, Edista Testing Institute, “As the Software testing market is growing rapidly with niche avenues, students can plunge into functional testing or automation testing. QAI will address these requirements and be at the forefront of providing suitable offerings for workforce development across the country in various business critical skill domains through a portfolio of certifications, training processes and assessments. ”

He further elaborated, “According to the latest Gartner report, worldwide software testing market is expected to be at $13 billion and the global market for outsourced testing to be around $6.1 billion of which India is expected to contribute a 70 per cent share. Opportunities for software testers are enormous. Presently the industry employs about 1,30,000 people and this number will grow enormously considering the exponential demand in the industry. In fact, these days software testers are paid more than software developers.”

The daylong event demystified the perceptions and myths around Software Testing and discussed in detail the role of software tester in the industry today. Further, discussions around soft and hard skills required by software testers were outlined along with the roles and responsibilities, career path and benefits were discussed in detail. Software testing today is a viable career option for students and a lucrative career opportunity for students passing out from engineering and technical colleges.

About QAI (www.qaiglobalinstitute.com, www.qaiglobal.com)
QAI is a leading global workforce development and consulting organization addressing “Operational Excellence” in IT, BPO and Knowledge intensive service organizations.QAI Global Institute, the Competency Development division of QAI, focuses on creating international Education and Training products and services to address the Competence Development, Assessments and Certifications and also to cater to the large pool of manpower requiring skills for increased employability. QAI is currently servicing over 200 clients in 30 countries and our regional bases are located in US, India, UK, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Canada.

For further details, please contact:
Arka Sengupta    -   arka.sengupta@qaiglobal.com
Mehak Chaudhry / Hiti Saluja-  mehak.chaudhry@text100.co.in/Hiti.saluja@text100.co.in

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About QAI (www.qaiglobalinstitute.com, www.qaiglobal.com)
QAI is a leading global workforce development and consulting organization addressing “Operational Excellence” in IT, BPO and Knowledge intensive service organizations.QAI Global Institute, the Competency Development division of QAI, focuses on creating international Education and Training products and services to address the Competence Development, Assessments and Certifications and also to cater to the large pool of manpower requiring skills for increased employability. QAI is currently servicing over 200 clients in 30 countries and our regional bases are located in US, India, UK, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Canada.