upGrad joins hands with Project Management Institute (PMI)

Bangalore, twenty ninth February 2024: upGrad, one in all Asia’s largest built-in studying skilling and workforce growth majors extends its partnership with Project Management Institute (PMI) – a number one U.S.-based not-for-profit skilled affiliation for mission administration, to launch a brand new set of market-ready Bootcamps and construct a skill-ready-force of tomorrow.

With a transparent concentrate on learner outcomes, the partnership brings collectively upGrad Knowledgehut’s best-in-class digital studying expertise and superior supply platform and PMI’s Project Management experience and its world standing. Under the association, upGrad has launched two new co-created Bootcamps and 5 upgraded brief Certifications for Project Management. The portfolio consists of Software Engineering Bootcamp (SEB) and DevOps Engineering Bootcamp (DEB), rigorously designed for tech professionals with at the very least 2 years of labor expertise. The new applications will allow learners with enhanced accreditation and profession prospects.

The curriculum is reverse-engineered to go well with the market necessities whereas additionally offering learners with stronger technical know-how and implementation capabilities which in flip shall assist them in driving higher worth and enterprise outcomes.

The longstanding affiliation dates again to the launch of Project Management Professional Certification (PMP), well known because the trade commonplace in mission administration, provided by the PMI. They have been the main authority in mission administration, dedicated to advancing the mission administration occupation with globally acknowledged requirements, on-line programs, thought management, occasions, and instruments wanted to ship mission success. The partnership will allow learners to raised leverage upGrad Knowledgehut’s cutting-edge digital studying platforms and PMI’s world standing to boost accreditation and profession prospects. The newest growth additionally strengthens each organizations’ means to scale throughout geographies whereas considerably bettering outcomes for learners and enterprises.

Commenting on this Jacob Varghese, Partner Success Manager, PMI South Asia stated, “Today organizations want mission professionals who can maximize mission success. They are searching for professionals who not solely have nice technical abilities but in addition have the required talent set that helps them ship higher enterprise outcomes aligned with the imaginative and prescient of the group. At PMI we’re dedicated to assist mission professionals at each step of their skilled journey with instruments and sources for steady profession growth. We see this as a possibility to empower them with execution abilities that may propel their profession development.”

Commenting on the identical, Asheesh Sharma – President, Certifications and Bootcamps, upGrad stated, “For virtually a decade now, we now have been working with PMI to make sure our learners get the absolute best outcomes. This underscores our unwavering dedication to constructing a job-ready financial system that’s primed to deal with the worldwide enterprise challenges of tomorrow. By combining strengths, we will make sure that our learners stay far forward of the curve. This partnership acts as a particular alternative and firmly establishes upGrad Knowledgehut as the final word catalyst in empowering India and the worldwide workforce with the best and most related mission administration talent set.”

The Bootcamps are designed to supply learners with complete abilities, together with mission administration rules. With over 200 hours of on-line content material, 160+ hours of stay coaching periods, hackathons, capstone tasks, teaching periods, and extra, learners acquire sensible expertise and smooth abilities important for real-world eventualities.

Apart from the Bootcamps, upGrad has additionally leveraged PMI to boost its famend certification programs by meticulous updates and improvements in educating methodologies, course supplies, and learner sources. These embrace the

– CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management): Lays a strong basis and is tailor-made for learners beginning their careers in mission administration.

– PfMP (Portfolio Management Professional): For senior-level practitioners managing enterprise-wide portfolios.

– PgMP (Program Management Professional): Aimed at professionals overseeing a number of, associated tasks, the revamped PgMP course focuses on superior abilities.

– PMI-ACP (PMI Agile Certified Practitioner): the up to date PMI-ACP course equips practitioners with the most recent in agile practices and methodologies.

– PMI-RMP (PMI Risk Management Professional): The enhanced PMI-RMP course prepares professionals with specialised abilities in assessing and managing mission dangers.

An Industry report estimates a steep development within the demand for over 7,000,000 new mission managers within the subsequent 10 years in India making this simply the proper time for India Inc. to contemplate such strategic upskilling. Similarly, the worldwide financial system will want 25 million new mission managers by 2030. That presents an excellent alternative for younger professionals and a problem for organizations that want to shut the expertise hole by discovering individuals with the abilities that profitable mission execution calls for.