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IIIT-B, a deemed university was established in 1999 with a vision to contribute to the IT world by focusing on education, research, entrepreneurship & innovation. IIIT-B collaborates with the IT industry and leading academic institutions in India & abroad.

IIIT-B has successfully launched various inclusive initiatives to solve the skilling challenge of the

IT Industry. IIIT-B runs a flagship M. Tech program in IT. IIIT-B functions with Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor Infosys as its Chairman and Prof. Sadagopan are its Founder Director.

About IIIT-B

About LAQSHA Company in the employability services space, partners with best in class institutions for accreditation and bench marking of skills.

LAQSH is a premier partner of N.S.D.C which was set up as part of a national skill development mission

to fulfill the growing need in India for skilled manpower across sectors and narrow the existing gap between the demand and supply of skills.

LAQSH is a member of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), and works actively to assist other member companies “Bridge the Talent Gap”.

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Message From The Director

Dear Recruiter,

Welcome to IIIT-Bangalore.

Most of you from the IT industry find IIIT-B a familiar place, where you come year after year to recruit high caliber students graduating from our flagship M. Tech program. With more funded research projects, new research labs and additional faculty members, the quality of our education has improved further.

If you are visiting us for the first time, a special welcome. I can assure you that you will find our students second to none. From the feedbacks received from the industry, I am proud to say that our nearly 1200-strong alumni have been doing extremely well.

In continuation of our initiative to solve the skilling challenge of the IT industry, this year we have launched an immersive program on Software Testing.

Graduate students - BE/ MCA/ with 60% cut off, are put through a rigorous 350+ hours immersive program on Software Testing, Business Communication, Analytical Skills and Life Skills to become "Industry Ready". They are selected through an input screening process and undergo continuous assessments throughout the program.

We are confident that these students would bring immense value to your organization. We welcome you to take this opportunity and recruit these students for Internships and Final Placements.

Happy Recruiting!!S Sadagopan

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We are International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, set up in the year 1999, and promoted by the Karnataka government and the IT industry. IIIT-Bangalore attracts quality students from all over India and abroad to its acclaimed M. Tech, MS by Research, PGDSD and Ph.D programs. Along with the faculty, they pursue research in a unique campus located in Electronics City, the heart of the IT Industry in Bangalore.

IIIT-B just completed its 12th year of distinguished existence and commitment. It marks a milestone in a generation of new ideas, focuses on building a deep understanding of technology, and teaches with skill and passion, communicating ideas that have power in practice. The institute aims at inculcating skill, knowledge, team work, perseverance and self-confidence in its students.

The institute has a short but distinguished history, producing quality graduates every year. The 1200+ strong alumni occupy key positions in a lot of corporations, delivering tremendous value to their organizations. The courses are designed with a sharp eye on the requirements of the industry, and are kept flexible to accommodate any changes in the industry. Students from different technical and cultural backgrounds come together in the institute, realizing the potential of unity and team work. Immense support from the faculty enables the students to stay on the path of scientific enquiry.

The academic life of the institute is a tremendous success. The students and faculty have produced several patents, novel projects and publications. State of the art technology is available to all the students in the various research laboratories in the institute. The institute also boasts of an excellent library, through which the students have access to the latest developments in their fields.

The institute's fame attracts a lot of visitors, and the list of distinguished visitors in its short history is a very long one. The institute helps the students keep in touch with the furious pace of innovation and development in the industry by holding workshops at regular intervals. Recent examples of these workshops are Microsoft Location Based Services, TRI Robotics, Adobe Flex and Web 2.0, IBM Technology Day, IMSAA Conference, International School on Trends in Concurrency, etc. A lot of guest lectures by visitors also help the students keep abreast of other issues in technology and the world around them.

The entrepreneurship cell of the institute is also very active, and has incubated and supported several companies in the campus. These companies have since moved on to other successes, but have proved to be an excellent training ground for the students.

And to think, we are just 12 years old.

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At LAQSH, Nation Building by enhancing the employability of our youth is a passion and priority. LAQSH partners with the best in class institutions for accreditation and bench marking of skills. We serve Corporate India by partnering with them to skill their employees and help them compete globally. We Bridge the Talent Gap; that is our mission.

LAQSH is committed to providing quality training for skill enhancement at an affordable cost. We provide holistic training and placement services to youth. LAQSH Job Skills Academy is focused on capacity building for the services sector.

With the founding team having a strong Technology and Training Services background, we have extensively leveraged new media including Internet, Television and E-learning. LAQSH courses are for the new economy. Life skills development, Study skills, Analytical Skills, English speaking skills, Computer literacy, Sales skills and Service skills are all so critical in the new economy and form the core curriculum.

In addition, industry specific courses targeted at the Retail, Insurance, Hospitality, Telecom and Financial Services are offered. Courses on emerging technologies like Embedded Systems, Web 2.0 and Software Testing & Android are now offered to engineering students.

Our course content is aligned to industry needs; our teaching methodology is modern and state of the art. We have used a unique blended training approach with face to face and computer based courseware. Our programs are learner centric and we believe in measurement of outcomes. Internationally this is the new model for Learning & Development.

LAQSH is a premier partner of National Skills Development Corporation. We are committed to making youth employable and giving them access to jobs. Over the next 10 years we will train 1.5 million students across the country.

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Are you looking for a career in the Software Industry?

Software testing, a major growth engine is the right choice.

Testing Industry: Quick facts

Ÿ Software Testing services has been a major growth engine for Indian IT services in the past few years, with the export revenues and number of employees doubling over the last four years growing at a CAGR of ~20 per cent.

Ÿ Testing accounts for 20-25% of total IT spend. 20-30% of development life cycle is spent on testing.Ÿ In 2011 there were around 63000 employees in Testing Services in india.Ÿ By 2020, Software Testing – related services is expected to quadruple and account for 17 per cent of incremental IT services

revenue growth.Ÿ Development of global delivery capabilities, rapid maturity of tools and processes, and new technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing and open source have played a positive role in increased adoption of offshore Software Testing service.

Some FAQs on Software Testing Career

Ÿ Why is software testing done in organizations and why are testers needed?An organization that develops any form of software product or service must put in every effort to reduce and preferably eliminate any defects in each delivered product or service and these have to be carried out by professional testers.

Ÿ Is testing technically challenging?Certainly. Twenty years ago when most testing was manual and products simplistic testing was viewed very casually, but in today's scenario testing stream is parallel to the development stream and challenging.

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Ÿ If I become a tester what are my career paths/roles?To attract skilled talent as testers and to promote testing as a viable option many organizations have chalked out career path for employees and are providing salaries at par with that of developers.

START ENDSoftware Development Lifecycle

Deployment

- Regressions tests- UAT tests

- Security tests- Performance test- Staging tests

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- Functional test- End - to - end verification & validation

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- Model - based tests- Unit tests- Code coverage- Systems test

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- Static Tests- User Story Tests- Model Tests

Ÿ Where is testing done in software development life cycle?Testing is carried out across the software development life cycle. There is testing in all development and development in all testing.

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Ÿ How are testing and development similar?Testing has deliverables just as development has .

Objectives of the course :The course equips the participants to learn and apply various testing methodologies applied in the industry through hands-on learning. The pedagogy focuses on application of concepts. Master trainers with vast Industry experience will train the participants supported by technical assistants.

Course Description:Manual Testing:Ÿ Principles and psychology of testing.Ÿ Software Development Life Cycle ModelsŸ White Box TestingŸ Black Box TestingŸ STLCŸ Integration TestingŸ System and Acceptance TestingŸ Regression TestingŸ Acceptance TestingŸ Ad-Hoc Testing

Automation Testing:Ÿ QC - Creating test casesŸ QC - Mapping test cases with release/ cycleŸ QC - Mapping test cases with requirementsŸ QC - Test metricsŸ QTP - Creating simple record/ playback strips Ÿ QTP - Handling exceptionsŸ QTP - QC IntegrationŸ VB - Scripting Essentials

Advanced topics:Ÿ Test PlanningŸ Test ReportingŸ Defect ManagementŸ Certifications for Software Testing professionals

Employability Skills:Ÿ Quantitative aptitude and analytical skillsŸ Business communication skillsŸ Interview & life skills.

Subsequent to course completion the student will be:Ÿ able to write test cases, test plans and test strategiesŸ having exposure to SDLC, STLCŸ aware of the nuances and features of the software testing platformŸ able to automate executions, and run manual test casesŸ able to write scripts for automation testing

Pre requisites/ Eligibility:Ÿ 60% minimum in B.E/ B.Tech, MCA, Std X and Std XII can register for the course.Ÿ Candidates are required to have minimum 95% attendance. Ÿ All candidates are expected to fulfill the academic requirements including assignments, tests etc to qualify for the certificate.

Pedagogy:Ÿ Assignments will be given for individual and group work to encourage creative thinking and problem solving.Ÿ Hand-outs and course material will be provided to all students.Ÿ On-going formative assessments to get a feedback on the student learning progress.Ÿ Lectures on weekends from Industry practitioners to ensure expectations in line with industry.Ÿ Theory will be delivered by senior faculty and practical sessions will be conducted by Technical /Teaching Assistants.Ÿ The curriculum will have a blend of Software Testing as well as 120 hours of Business Communication, Analytical Skills and Soft skills.Ÿ For reading comprehension and listening comprehension we have a language lab facility.Ÿ Video recording of presentations will be done to give feedback to students on their improvement areas.Ÿ Group discussions and team work will be part of the pedagogy.

Course Duration: 2 months full time (8 hours/day)

Certification: Certificates will be given to successful candidates by IIIT-B and LAQSH.

LAQSH Job Skills Academy Pvt. Ltd. was set up to enhance the employability of youth. LAQSH has partnered

with IIIT-B for accreditation and bench marking of skills. LAQSH works on “Bridging the Talent Gap” and

serves corporate India by helping up skill their employees and compete globally.

LAQSH is a premier partner of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and National Association of Software and

Services Companies (NASSCOM). Over the next 10 years we will train and provide access to over 1.5 million students across the country.

IIIT-B a deemed university was established in 1999 with a vision to contribute to the IT world by focusing on education, research, entrepreneurship and innovation.

IIIT-B collaborates with the IT industry and leading academic institutions in India and abroad. IIIT-B has successfully launched various inclusive initiatives to solve the skilling challenge of the IT industry.

The NSDC was set up as part of a national skill development mission to fulfill the growing need in India for skilled manpower across sectors and narrow the existing gap between the demand and supply of skills.

PLACEMENT ASSURANCE!Address: Laqsh Job Skills Academy Pvt. Ltd.

#510, 7th Cross, 10th Main, HAL 3rd Stage, Jeevan Bima Nagar, Bengaluru - 560 075

Call us on +91 9620803334Log on to www.laqsh.com http://www.facebook.com/LaqshJobSkills to register Facebook url:

Our PedagogyWe deliver learning through a student centric approach. This means that the student is actively engaged and takes charge of his/ her own learning.

Collaborative Learning:Students learn better through collaboration. We encourage active discussions in the classroom; where the students are encouraged to express contrarian views too. We have group projects too.

Experiential Learning/Contextual Activities:Learning and retention happen best when the students participate actively in the learning process. Be it creativity or critical thinking, students are encouraged to take part in role plays, games and project work, where they develop and hone their skills. The activities selected are contextual and relate to the work environment.

Blended Learning/Language Labs/Self Paced Learning:We use a unique blended approach to deliver high quality and high predictability in learning outcomes. In the LAB session students are encouraged to practice exercises based on the concepts learnt.

Our language lab has exercises for listening and comprehension skills, reading, phonetics, grammar, all these can be done by the student at their own pace. This flexible approach ensures that students with differing levels are challenged based on their level. Our methodology strives to get the student on this track.

A neutral accent is a key requirement for many customer facing jobs. 's “pronunciation lab” is

unique and assists the student to determine his or her improvement areas areas and improve thereafter.

Faculty Led Sessions:Our faculty are trained to be facilitators. They explain concepts, define the activities, and encourage the students to participate actively in the sessions. Games, group projects and assignments, competitions in the classroom all these make the sessions fun filled. In these sessions students are encouraged to understand the basic concepts and clear their doubts.

On-going Assessments:

courses have formative and summative assessments; formative ones are meant for practice; they

give feedback to the student; and are part of the instruction process while summative assessments are used for grading.

Instructors Manual:Instructors have access to a “Trainers kit” where they can refer to canned course material; course schedule; audio-video material, presentations, instructors guide, notes on the activities, role plays etc.

Trainer/ Student Dashboard:The software gives the student access to his/her progress chart at any point in time. Teachers also have access to the progress charts and can use it to monitor and assist the students.

Workbooks:Workbooks are the place where the student gets to jot down some key learnings and take aways. There are also several practice exercises in the workbook.

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The academic council of IIIT-B has reviewed and approved the course curriculum of the “professional Software Testing”

Dr Srinivasan Ramani earned his PhD at IIT Bombay. He has worked at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay, and as a researcher at the Carnegie-Mellon University. He left the TIFR where he was Associate Director, National Centre for Software Development and Computing Techniques (NCSDCT) in 1985, and went on to serve as the founding director of the National Centre for Software Technology (NCST), where he played a key role in creating India's academic network ERNET that brought the

Internet to India. He came to Bangalore as the first director of Hewlett Packard Labs India in 2001. He has served as a member of the Expert Panel of Advisors of the United Nation's Task Force on ICT for Development. He has also served as Chairman of the Computer Society of India and as Chairman of the International Council for Computer Communication. He retired from HP Labs in 2007 and moved on to the International Institute of Information Technology, where he serves as a professor now. He collaborates with HP Labs India in the area of Technology in Education.

Professor Prabhu obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He has taught at IIT-Kanpur for 30 years, where he served as the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Dean of Faculty. He has also visited University of Toronto as a Research Fellow, and was a Visiting Professor at IIITM-Kerala. His research interests include control of distributed parameter systems, electric drives, robot path planning, power

system dynamics & stabilizers, HVDC & FACTS controllers, and voltage stability. His current interests are in control algorithms for real time industrial control, and in E-education.

Prof. N J Rao obtained his Ph.D. (Control Systems), from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1972. He has earned his M.Tech (Industrial Electronics) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1964-66. He did his BE (Telecommunication Engineering) College of Engineering (Kakinada) Andhra University, 1959-64 His Achievements include Jai Jayant Award for Excellence in Teaching

He has held the following positions:Ÿ Chairman, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Sept., 1998 – to

2006Ÿ Professor, Department of Management Studies , Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Sept., 1998 – to

2006Ÿ Chairman, Centre for Electronics Design and Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. July,

1981 – 1996Ÿ Professor, Centre for Electronics Design and Technology , Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1990 – to

2006

Prof.N J Rao has the following “Research Interests”Ÿ Engineering EducationŸ Education TechnologyŸ Complex Systems in Systems Dynamics Framework

Prof. Srinivasan Ramani

Prof. S. S. Prabhu

Prof. N J Rao

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Our FacultyV.Kannan - has over 28 years experience in the Software Development Industry and has been actively involved in providing direction and leadership to managers and engineering teams that are focused on architecting, designing, developing, and supporting enterprise applications and products. He has driven the engineering strategy and execution of plans to deliver products to meet customer needs with a 3 to 5-year vision. He has an extensive background in managing both offshore development projects as well as extended software development labs across the globe. He has worked extensively with US,

Japanese and German customers and partners. His experience spans projects in all Software Life Cycle phases of the product development from the requirement gathering through design, development, QA to the rollout, operation, customer integration and support. He is also very experienced in the use of agile approaches, including Extreme Programming, Test-Driven Development and Scrum.

Sharada Dutta- Sharada Iyer Dutta is an alumnus of University of Arizona, USA, having done her PhD in Physics there. She did her Masters in Physics from IIT Bombay. She has an overall experience of 17 years in the field of Teaching right from Suny, Stony Brook to SIES College at Mumbai. As an academician she has won several awards from both University of Arizon to the University of Bombay. She has more than a dozen publications to her credit in particle Physics. She has conducted many Talks & Seminars, conferences and workshops and has been an invitee Reviewer for

International Journals. She has a Good knowledge of Fortran, Tex, Latex, HTML, Unix, Linux, Windows, Mathematica, Mapel etc. She was a Research Assistant Professor at Suny, Stony Brook and Research Asst. at University of Arizon. Sharada focuses on analytical skills.

Sumith M.K is a graduate with over 10 years of experience in the BPO industry. Sumith has conducted training on customer service and out bond telemarketing. He has trained high school children as well as seasoned professional. He is very popular with students as he connects with them effortlessly. Sumith handles the Life Skills portion of the syllabus.

Nirmala Ganesh is a BSc. (Mathematics) &has a Diploma in Software technology. She is an intense trainer. Having worked with AOL, she started training in AOL. She is a lively person with expertise in English and BPO training. Nirmala Ganesh has excellent communication, leadership and good coaching skills, has done training in Voice and Accent, Toning etc. Nirmala handles the Business Communication part of the course.

Sushma Nagendra has a strong background of 5.5 years in training and development. She has done corporate trainings for Accenture, Verizon, Capegemini, Mphasis, Wipro and FIS in the area of Software Testing. Her repertoire includes Manual Testing, and Automation Testing.

Banani Behera is an MCA graduate with work experience in Software Testing. Her passion for training led her to take it up on a full time basis. Her strong areas are Manual Testing and Automation Tool Testing (QTP). She was a part of Smarter Solutions, Bangalore and also Computer Lab Pvt. Ltd. in Cuttack.

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Abhinay Kumar

Divesh Kumar

Srinivasan Desikan

Dixit has an experience of 10 years in the field of Information Technology. He has domain experience in Banking, Healthcare, Retail, Finance, Telecom, Insurance, ERP and CRM.

Expertise in Testing automation suit/framework design & development, Automated Testing Tools such as QTP, Win Runner and Quality Center, Team Management, Release Management, Software Configuration Management tools like VSS, Win, CVS and PVS

for project artifacts. Technical Expertise in C++, TSL, Windows 95,98/NT,MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows XP/2k etc.

He has worked with CDC Global Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., iGATE Global Solutions, Deutsche Network Services Pvt. Ltd., Professional Access Development & Qualiband Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

is a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science of Engineering from Sri Shankaracharya College of Engineering & Technology, Raipur. He has over 6 years of experience as a QA Lead Engineer in Manual and Automation testing. Good experience in understanding the Functional/Technical Requirement docs, writing and uploading the Test cases into HPQC 10.

Good working knowledge of Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, Linux, QTP 9.2, Win runner 7.5, C, C++, Core Java, VB Script, HTML, Oracle SQL server, MS Access, NMPA, CSPC,

Mysql, Ad-hoc, Functional, Integration, Regression, System Testing, test automation Concepts and Black box Testing tools. He has worked with Cisco Systems, IBM, ACS India Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore.

is the Co-Author of Software Testing “Principles & Practices”. Holder of patents in software testing; and recipient of numerous awards in the space Sreenivasan has led and contributed to the Quality Assurance teams at HP, Talisma, Siebel, Wipro and C-DOT. Srinivasan has over 18 years experience in testing.

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Krithika is a district level Basketball player and a vocal singer with a background in Computer Science engineering. She has earned laurels both in Singing and Sports. Has attended various workshops on Technical and Soft skills conducted by various IT giants.

Sandeep holds a degree in engineering. Has done projects on Embedded Systems. Cricket is his interest as has been a captain for his team in college.

Prathyusha is a Bachelors in Electronics and Computer Engineering. She has done her projects on “Computerized Operator Information System” and “Virus Detector and Resource Controller”. She has been an active participant in various technical workshops . Her interests are “Operating System, DBMS, Computer Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering”. Her leisure interests are Playing Badminton, Throw ball, Listening songs, Watching Cricket.

Kowsalya has a degree in Engineering. She has been awarded the National Level Technical Symposium for CODE DEBUGGING. Her interests are Badminton. Has done technical projects based on Java. Also, has attended various workshops in the technical and soft skills domain.

Sabitha is Chess champion with a background in engineering. Has excellent academic background and has earned prizes. Has done technical projects on Circuit breakers and Simple Distance projection.

Vineet has his Engineering degree in Computer Science. He is a certified JAVA personnel. He has his expertise in languages like C, C++ and Java. He has been a part of technical fests. On the leisure front, he enjoys soccer and has been a winner in it.

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Udhaya had done his Bachelors in Engineering and has his interests in Digital Eletronics, Electronic Devices and Circuits and Networking. Has done projects on Embedded Systems and Wireless Sensor Network.

Sasi has his engineering degree in Information Technology. He is well versed in languages like .NET and C++. Has done projects in the technical domain for "Airline Reservation System" and "Efficient Routing in Intermittently Connected through Mobile Networks".

Chandan is a Bachelors' in Technology. He has been a gold medalist in inter-school basketball competition. He has done projects to design an "Online campus portal" and a "Download Manager" using Java as an efficient tool. His interest is wild life study.

Rahul is a Bachelors' in Technology. He has also been a part of training on various aeronautical instruments at HAL-Lucknow. Has done projects on "Wireless Detective Robot" and "Ultrasonic Radar System". His interests are Trekking, Volleyball and quizzing.

Joseph has a degree in Engineering and has secured a meritorius position in the same. His interests are Football and Basketball

Yogesh has a brilliant academic background with a Bachelors in Technology. He is proficient in vast array of programming languages like C, Java, Mainframe Tech, JCL, networking concepts and technologies including "Globally Redhat Certified Engineer (Linux System Administration). He is well versed in Window 9X family, NT family and Linux. Also has a strong knowledge of Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, MS Office and SQL Oracle 9i.

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