GICT Training & Certification

CORPORATE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION COMPANIES IN APAC 2021 GICT Training & Certification Pioneers in Asia Pacific offering Open Source Technology based training in IOT, AI, Big Data & Cloud Computing Author: Russel Thomas Dr. Anton Ravindran R apidly shifting market trends and global economic shelf lifespan, and enterprises need to acquire technical know pressures have forced companies to constantly stay on how speedily and incessantly. their toes and push forward with new technology to ensure their survival. To foster a culture of innovation, Dr. Anton has also ventured into the legaltech industry by ICT education and training have become crucial aspects that leveraging from AI and Data Science under the banner of his help employees hone their skills and knowledge bases to achieve other company—SmartLaw Pte Ltd. This company is focused on strategic objectives. developing leading edge solutions that assist lawyers and clients in reviewing and analyzing contracts as well as in predicting And, in a dynamic work environment where professionals sentencing outcomes of complex litigious matters in just a few need to deal with multi-faceted issues, only the best of breed, up- minutes. The solution uses NLP to read hundreds of pages of to-date and finest ICT training can equip them with the know-how contracts and legal documents in split seconds; as a result of to tackle complicated challenges. Singapore based, GICT Training which, legal professionals can save significant legal resources & Certification—a pioneer in offering open source technology and cost savings for clients. based (and vendor-neutral) certification programs—trains and equips ICT professionals, corporations and graduate students Additionally, in fields of legal practice such as divorce, from leading institutions in Singapore with the industry’s latest criminal offence, and medical negligence, SmartLaw uses ICT technologies. GICT trains and transfers technical expertise to its trained neural brain to help lawyers predict verdicts and its clients in 4 leading areas of technology: AI/Machine Learning, evaluate the relevancy of previous precedents in order to mount Big Data/Data Science, Cloud Computing and IoT. a successful claim or defence. In so doing, SmartLaw hopes to democratize and provide broader access to legal services by “There is a growing and insatiable global demands for ICT using its user-intuitive and AI based solutions. professionals in four specific areas of technology. Our training and certification programs are offered through Authorized Moving both companies forward with a two-pronged Training Providers (ATP) in the region,” says Dr. Anton approach, Dr. Anton discusses how the organizations are poised Ravindran, Founder and CEO of GICT Training and Certification. to expand in the near future. “For GICT, we plan to work with new partners in the region and provide our training programs Beginning with courses on cloud computing during the in their locale. Our second step of growth involves increasing company’s establishment/formation ten years ago, its educational the delivery of online courses,” he adds. “For SmartLaw, we curricula now ventures deep into data science and—for the last will continue to add additional disciplines and jurisdictions for five years—IoT, AI and ML. Dr. Anton leverages decades of the Predictor function while we will continue to add additional experience in ICT having worked for leading MNCs in early functionalities for the Smartlaw’s Smart Contract Review and part of his career and now an technopreneur leads a team of Analysis feature for the nearer term”, he concludes. highly skilled postgraduate professionals in managing, curating and delivering these certification programs. In Singapore, GICT Training programs are mapped to the Skills Framework (SF) and funded by Info Comm and Media Development Authority (IMDA - CITREP+). GICT programs are offered in the region through its ATP networks in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Oman, India, Jordan, Uganda amongst others. “For employers, our digital badges make it easy to identify individuals with top-notch skills, and companies can verify whether those skills are compatible for their needs, relevant and up-to-date,” adds Dr. Anton Staying abreast with technological developments, GICT’s team transfers knowledge and expertise to its clients by applying and implementing these skills in a real-life scenario. This is critical as ICT and technology has a very short | 2 |MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM August 2020