[1 June 2021, Kathmandu] Today marked the launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Academy at the Institute of Engineering (IoE) Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University. Launched by the UKaid Skills for Employment (सीप) Programme and Genese Solution, the AWS Academy—coming to Nepal for the first time—will give thousands of students access to globally-recognized upskilling and certification opportunities on various cloud computing disciplines for emerging high-growth job roles. Since 2019, using market-based approaches, UKaid सीप is brokering transformational partnerships with the private and public sector, including Genese Solution, to propel growth of employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in priority sectors, including ICT.
Through a virtual engagement hosted together with the IoE, UKaid सीप and Genese Solution brought together diverse leaders and professionals from academic institutions, industries, donors, media, and career aspirants for a forward-looking discussion on expanding, and expediting, ongoing skill-building and job-creation efforts in the country. “UKaid सीप’s partnerships with entities such as Genese Solution are helping create local capacity to integrate artificial intelligence-, cloud computing- and e-mobility solutions that are enhancing productivity and creating new employment opportunities across industries,” explained Baljit Vohra, Team Leader of UKaid सीप.
With support from UKaid सीप, Genese Solution has led a skills development initiative that has successfully expanded adoption of AWS and other cloud-based solutions by industries in Nepal through enhanced capacity of academia and employability of students. Anjani Phuyal, Global Chief Technical Officer of Genese Solution noted, “with Genese’s support, leading enterprises in Nepal such as Sastodeal, Sanima Bank, Citizen Bank, APCA Nepal, Leapfrog and Buddha Air have migrated to the cloud.” Ukaid सीप and Genese’s partnership has strengthened the capacity of 50 partner colleges across Nepal and skilled over 2,100 students in future-proof job roles.
This migration to cloud solutions by industries in Nepal, and globally, has been expedited in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This equates to the need for increased human capital—to respond to and seize opportunities in an evolving job market that demands more cloud computing expertise, added Lokesh Mehra, Head of Amazon Web Service Academy, South Asia.
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| About UKaid सीप | About Genese Solution |
| UKaid सीप is brokering transformational partnerships with the private and public sector to propel growth of employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in priority sectors – commercial agriculture, light manufacturing, tourism, ICT, and construction – primarily in Province 2 and Lumbini Province. सीप uses an innovative Challenge Fund and Technical Assistance mechanism to build a more productive and equitable market-based skilling, access to finance, and ethical migration service and system linked to livelihood generation for Nepali youth. Using a collaborative impact and blended finance approach, सीप unlocks private and public capital and facilitates system-wide collaborations—aimed at addressing systemic job and labor market constraints and harnessing the benefits of migration for Nepal’s economic development. | Genese Solution specialises in cloud computing ecosystem and web/software development for tech and non-tech companies. Genese services over 90 companies in Nepal, and in Asia and Europe more broadly. Genese is Nepal’s first, and only, Amazon Consulting Partner to provide authorised AWS support and services. In 2018, it initiated Genese Cloud Academy (GCA) to equip graduating students with globally-recognised online training tools and certification, coupled with in-person mentoring, to build their work-readiness and ensure companies in Nepal have access to the skilled workforce they need to graduate to and use cloud computing. |
| For more on the UKaid सीप – Genese partnership: http://seepnepal.com/Partnerships.html | |
| For media enquiries to Genese Solution, contact Nilmani Neupane, Program Manager | Email: [email protected] > | Phone: 9801910996 | | |
| For media enquiries to UKaid सीप, contact Archana Gurung, Director of Strategic Communications | Email: [email protected] | |
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