American robotic process automation company to train 5 lakh Indian students

A New York-based robotic process automation software company in collaboration with educational institutions in India plans to train 500,000 Indian students by 2022 in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) skills through free courses to bridge skill gap in industry, a senior official of company said on Wednesday, May 29.

UiPath, which uses computer-vision to automate repetitive business processes involving software, has set a target to collaborate with 500 Indian institutes by 2020, up from current 60. 

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training process is to cover skill gap in industry, Tom Clancy, Senior Vice President at UiPath in Singapore, said.

training process is being conducted by UiPath Acemic Alliance program, which has alrey linked up with leing Indian institutions including Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Technical University and Indian Institute of Techlogy-Kanpur.

Stressing that ecomic development is t just a techlogical goal but also a human one, Clancy said: We need to prepare and train our youth for a more automated future, one where ability to work alongside robots will be as important as skills y bring to bear, he said.

That is why UiPath is committed to training more than one million students globally in next three years as we understand that education and re-skilling are vital if we are to thrive in a digital future, he said.

Through Acemic Alliance, UiPath will work with educational institutions to equip students with critical automation skills, teach m how to lever RPA in workplace and prepare m to work alongside software robots.

We believe India can become automation capital of world, Rajesh R Nambiar, Director of UiPath Acemic Alliance Program based in Bengaluru, said. 

target is to train half a million students in India by 2022, he said.

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UiPath is also training teachers and masters for multiplying scope of training in India.

To date, program has put 10,000 Indians through training process for RPA software which is used by global corporations, company officials said.

Nambiar also said that UiPath is in process of doubling its workforce in India to 1,000 by end of this year from current 500.

India remains centre of its operations with Development Centre in Bengaluru for Research & Development work and offices being expanded in main Indian cities.

company is building manpower to increase RPA market share in India as well as globally.

UiPath aims to train over 50,000 students and professionals in ASEAN over next three years for automated workforce of future.