New Jersey-headquartered technology and operations solutions provider, IGATE Corporation, has launched the IGATE Corporate University - a training and development facility in Pune.

The IGATE Corporate University will focus on building custom training programs and methodologies in association with leading global varsities. It will also have the tutelage of renowned Professors collaborating with the corporate faculty.

Spread across 37 acres of land in Hinjewadi at the foothills of the Western Ghats, the facility can accommodate more than 750 trainees with residential facilities and co-curricular and extra-curricular amenities such as club house, swimming pools and food courts.

The facility was inaugurated by Harry Kenyon-Slaney, chief executive (Energy), Rio Tinto, one of IGATE’s key clients.

“IGATE is our strategic partner for the state-of-the-art Rio Tinto Innovation Centre (also in Pune). It is crucial to supporting the global growth and development of our Mine of the Future program. We look forward to seeing the IGATE Corporate University play a leading role in the development of the next generation of world-class talent and technical capabilities in India,” Kenyon-Slaney said in a statement.

Ashok Vemuri, President and CEO IGATE, said, “I foresee the University significantly enabling our employees to be best prepared for our journey of growth.”

Apart from class rooms and innovation labs, the University also has a customer experience centre in the campus allowing the trainees to get a first-hand interaction with IGATE’s client fraternity. A 14-storeyed development facility, with a capacity of seating 5000 people, in the same campus, enables the trainees to experience of the technical and development environment.

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