Sabre Corporation, a technology provider to the global travel industry, has announced that it will set up a Quality Assurance Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) to build an ecosystem of industry-ready test engineers.
“The incubation center is a first of its kind in the India market focused towards an all-women technical university and will bring awareness of test engineering practices, processes and the critical role it plays in the software development lifecycle. With complex and mission critical software products being built at Sabre’s development centre in Bengaluru, we see an increased demand for trained test engineers in automation, performance engineering and big data testing. We believe this programme will benefit IGDTUW, the industry and Sabre,” said Shail Maniar, vice president and managing director, Sabre India.
Sabre and IGDTUW signed a memorandum of understanding to set up the knowledge centre that will nurture student skills on industry standard test engineering practices through a combined programme of workshops and webinars at IGDTUW and a six month internship programme at Sabre’s development centre in Bengaluru. On successful participation in the CoE programme and completion of the internship, Sabre will also facilitate International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) certification for students based on their performance.
“I am happy to learn that Sabre is establishing a Quality Assurance CoE at IGDTUW. The centre would provide hands-on training to the Masters in Computer Application (MCA) students of IGDTUW in using Quality Assurance tools effectively, while developing an insight into the latest software testing techniques used in the IT industry. This would give them an opportunity to learn and use Quality Assurance tools from industry experts, which in turn would enhance their knowledge and skills making them employable and industry ready,” said Nupur Prakash, vice chancellor, IGDTUW.
IGDTUW, the first engineering college for women established by the Government of Delhi in 1998, attracts more than 2,000 students that enroll in various engineering programmes offered by the university.
