Genese and Ukaid collaborate to create skilled manpower in cloud computing

Kathmandu, Sept. 22

Genese Solution, a company working in the cloud computing ecosystem and software development, has started collaboration with UKaid Skills for Employment Programme.

Niranjan Udas, Director of Genese Solution, and Baljit Vohra, Team Leader of UKaid signed the collaboration agreement amidst a special signing ceremony organised in Janakpur in the presence of Lal Babu Raut, Chief Minister of Province 2 and Lisa Honan, Head of DFID Nepal.

As per the agreement, Genese is preparing to launch a special project, Genese Cloud Academy (GCA), to upgrade the capacity of academic institutes in Nepal by facilitating access to and adoption of globally recognized cloud computing training and certification, followed by job placement.

The company also said that it would introduce the popular Amazon Web Service (AWS) Educate programme in Nepal to deliver industry-relevant cloud computing training and access to jobs globally through Amazon’s job portal.

Ukaid will be co-investing in the project while ensuring close coordination with relevant government entities at the federal, provincial and local levels, the private sector, donor agencies, and other stakeholders.

Within the first year of the project, Genese will build strategic partnership with 25 plus selected academic institutions across different cities of Nepal (with focus in Provinces 2 and 5). 

It will encourage adoption of internationally recognised online training modules like the AWS Educate programme and Microsoft Learn programme to provide a pathway for students and teachers to access tools, courses, and certification on emerging cloud computing subjects.

This program has the support of AWS Educate, Microsoft Education, Google Education, Alibaba Cloud Academy, Cisco Networking Academy, and Atlassian University. 

Using a blended online training and in-person instruction approach, aided by training of trainers to sustainably upgrade the capacity and standards of the academic institutes, Genese intends to build the work-readiness of graduating students so that they are able to effectively enter and meet the productivity demands of the industry.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 23 September 2019.