Indian IT training company arrives Brazil
DCI 05/15/2009
The Indian Center of professional training Aptech, in partnership with investors from Minas Gerais, has just arrived in Brazil, with the purpose of training young people for the information technology (IT) market. The school is present in more than 35 countries and has as the goal to open 50 centers in the Country. The undertaking will start in Belo Horizonte, with the opening of the first unit in August. The investment has 50% of Indian capital and 50% national capital.
According to Pedro Cunha, executive who will be the CEO of Aptech Brasil, the arrival of the company in the Brazilian territory will be a joint-venture. "The company will have its own learning center in Belo Horizonte, and it will be operated and managed together with the Indian professionals. The project foresees the transfer of technology", he explains.The business plan of the company foresees that three other units will be installed in the second half, two of them in São Paulo and one in Rio de Janeiro. The focus is to reach cities with more than 1 million inhabitants. At first, Aptech will operate in the segment of professionals qualification for the information technology market like entrepreneurs, designers and developers of applications for web environment.