As IT and management practices change at an ever increasing rate, a gap is formed between the foundations provided by an academic institution and the technical and management competencies required in today's business environment. As per reports published in Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications on Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005, "At present, only 25 per cent of the technical graduates and 10-15 per cent of the general college graduates are suitable for employment in offshore IT and BPO industry". IACM Certification Programmes bridge this education gap and build up the requisite skills. Each IACM programme provides you with in-depth knowledge of the fundamental concepts and trains you practically to handle a gamut of technology related jobs. IACM programmes are divided into three categories considering the level of academic and professional experience earned by the students. Most of the International Certification examinations assume that the candidates have at least 1to 3 years of relevant work experience. Therefore you are advised to appear for such International Certifications after gaining certain experience, until and unless specifically required by some companies. You are suggested to map your skills through various practice tests available before appearing for the examination. You may check the current information for these international certifications at their respective site. MASTERCONNECT Programme in Hardware, Network and Security System Management • Eligibility: 10+2/ Undergraduates PROCONNECT Programme in Windows 2008 Network Operating System leading to MCITP certification • Eligibility: Fresh BE/ Dip/ BCA/ MCA/ BSc/ Graduates/ Working Professionals PROCONNECT Programme in Implementing & Configuring IT & Electronic Security Systems • Eligibility: Fresh BE/ Dip/ BCA/ MCA/BSc/Graduates/ MCSE/ MCITP passed out students / students pursuing or completed 6-12 months Hardware & Networking course PROCONNECT Programme in Managing Windows 2008 NOS, Routers & Switches leading to MCITP & CCNA certification • Eligibility: Fresh BE/ Dip/ BCA/ MCA/ BSc/ Graduates/ Working Professionals PROCONNECT Programme Designing & Configuring Exchange Server & Messaging Solutions • Eligibility: Fresh BE/ Dip/ BCA/ MCA/BSc/Graduates/ MCSE/ MCITP passed out students / students pursuing or completed 6-12 months Hardware & Networking course PROCONNECT Programme in Managing Routers & Switches leading to CCNA certification • Eligibility: Fresh BE/ Dip/ BCA/ MCA/ BSc/ Graduates/ Working Professionals PROCONNECT Programme in Managing Routers & Switches leading to CCNP certification • Eligibility: CCNA / Existing Networking professionals PROCONNECT Programme in Enterprise Network Management • Eligibility: Graduates/ Engineering/ Diploma/ Working Professionals PROCONNECT Programme in Networking Concepts and Practices leading to CompTIA N+ certification • Eligibility: 10+2 and above PROCONNECT Programme in Configuring, Managing & Troubleshooting PC leading to CompTIA A+ certification • Eligibility: 10+2 and above UCONNECT Programme in Managing Computer Hardware & Desktop Environment • Eligibility: 10+2 and above PROCONNECT Program in .Net Technologies • Eligibility: Graduates / Engineers / Diploma Holders / Working Professionals (Final year students may also apply) PROCONNECT Program in Java Programming • Eligibility: Graduates / Engineers / Diploma Holders / Working Professionals (Final year students may also apply) PROCONNECT Program in Web Technologies • Eligibility: Graduates / Engineers / Diploma Holders / Working Professionals (Final year students may also apply)