upGrad - Bridgelabz’s launch industry-oriented Full Stack Development Program

UpGrad, leading online education platform and BridgeLabz Solutions LLP, one of India’s IP-driven incubation labs, today introduced a unique full-stack development programme for nurturing engineering talent and ideas in the emerging technology space. The first-of-its-kind upskilling course offers placement assurance in deep technology roles with annual salary packages starting from Rs 7 lakh.

Since deep technology profoundly impacts businesses, companies are staring at a limited talent pool of engineers with required skills. The model, co-created by upGrad and BridgeLabz, aims to bridge the skill gap amongst Indian engineers via industry-oriented, hands-on training and channelling the synergy of both academia and the industry. 

Understanding the industry dynamics and talent requirements, the upGrad-BridgeLabz full stack development programme is currently available in Bengaluru, India’s technology capital. The 20-week programme intends to impact employability in the technology sector, starting with an intake of 100 engineers.

The applicants need to pay around 10 per cent of the fee to begin the course and the remaining 90 per cent fee only upon getting their desired jobs as a part of an income-sharing agreement. The full stack development programme will enable leading technology companies to access tailormade and productive talents within a committed time frame.

Announcing the program, upGrad Co-founder and Managing Director, Mayank Kumar said, “There is immense talent amongst India’s engineering graduates, as well as existing employees who want to take their career to the next level. However, without the right facilities and resources, this remains largely untapped and results in the widespread skill-gap we experience today. We, at upGrad, believe that the technology space is one of our core strengths, and are constantly enhancing our content delivery to ensure that we produce measurable learning outcomes, relevant to today’s professional realm. Through this partnership with BridgeLabz, we hope to join them in their efforts to reach out to a larger number of engineers across the country, helping them harness their full potential with robust, dynamic skill sets.”  

Commenting on the partnership, Narayan Mahadevan, Founder, BridgeLabz said, “At BridgeLabz, it has been our longstanding endeavour to equip engineering talent with industry-ready skillsets in order to make them employable, especially at a time when emerging technologies are gaining prominence at a rapid pace. We are happy to partner with a reputed online learning company such as upGrad to bolster our efforts in this direction. We are confident that this collaborative effort for the program will produce very effective results, both for engineers and companies in the country’s technology ecosystem.” 

About upGrad

Founded in early 2015, upGrad offers online programs for working professionals. In a short span of around five years, upGrad on-boarded over 21.5K paid learners and impacted more than 370K individuals globally, making it India’s largest online higher-education company, basis gross revenue generated from the Indian market in FY 2018-19.

 upGrad provides programmes in the areas of Data Science, Technology, Management and MBA to college students, working professionals and enterprises. These programs are designed and delivered in collaboration with top-notch universities such as IIT Madras, IIIT-B, BITS Pilani, MICA, NMIMS Global Access, Duke CE, Liverpool John Moores University and others. To further enhance the learning experience, a comprehensive ecosystem has been built which includes one-on-one mentoring, peer-to-peer learning, industry networking and importantly expert career guidance, providing learners holistic support to elevate their careers to the next level.

The company has been awarded the title of ‘Best Tech for Education’ by IAMAI in 2019. The company received the ‘Best Education Brands’ award by Economic Times and made it to LinkedIn’s ‘Top 25 Startups’ two years in a row, in 2018 and 2019. 

About BridgeLabz

BridgeLabz is a start-up incorporated in 2015 to solve employability problem of fresh engineers by giving them hands-on experiential learning in a lab environment on cutting edge technologies and live industry use cases. 

BridgeLabz hires talent from training institutes across the country. Focused mentorship and continuous evaluation allow engineers to acquire focused skills in product development, in turn, making them job-ready, while companies get the best talent to work for them on a made-to-order basis. Once these engineers finish the fellowship, they are readily deployable. BridgeLabz ensures that its engineers are productive from day 1 of joining the job. 

BridgeLabz recently was selected by the Maharashtra state government amongst ‘Top 100 Startups 2019’, out of 1500 plus entries.

Note: This article has been published on the basis of press communication by the college