 Ma Foi Academy in Trichy
After Bhubaneshwar, Vizag, Mayiladuthurai and Hyderabad, Ma Foi Academy launched its fifth business partner operations at Tiruchirapalli recently. The academy is the career training division of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd., India’s largest HR services provider.
S Sudhakar, ITS, deputy general manager, Mobile Services, Tamil Nadu Telecom Circle BSNL, inaugurated the academy. Dr K Meena, principal of Srimathi Indira Gandhi College, Trichy, and K Sekar, principal of Urumu Dhanalaskmi College,
Trichy, were the guests of honour.
Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd places over 2,000 candidates across the country every month and its career training division is the backward integration of its existing business. A strong foundation in the recruitment industry gives Ma Foi first-hand knowledge about the key skill sets that employers look for in candidates as well as the areas in which job-seekers need improvement.
Ma Foi Academy offers a bouquet of programmes namely CodeCraft, WordCraft, RetailCraft, SalesCraft, TechCraft and IDCraft in the IT, ITES, retail, sales, tech publishing and training sectors. The courseware for these programs has been designed and developed to strengthen the competence of candidates in the job market.
Speaking at the launch, K Pandia Rajan, managing director, Ma Foi, said, "Ma Foi Academy propagates the GEM philosophy (group learning, E-learning, mentoring), primarily addressing the gaps between the curriculum and industry requirement and enhances the employability of candidates. Group learning is the training programme delivered to the students, E-learning is the web forum that will be available for students to interact with other academy members on a continuous basis, and mentoring the candidates is the career counselling and guidance that would be provided to the student."
The Trichy business partner office of Ma Foi Academy will be headed by S K Saravanan and supported by his colleagues, along with professionals from institutions and industries.
Programmes offered:
WordCraft: Ensures commendable proficiency in spoken English, overall development of an individual, enhancing his/her employability in the BPO/ITES industry.
CodeCraft: Exclusively crafted IT programme for fresh engineering graduates to transform from 'college coding to professional programmers'.
RetailCraft: This retail training programme specially targeting graduates and matriculates to improve communication skills, understand the basics of logistics and distribution and customer care.
SalesCraft: This programme trains candidates who have a flair for selling. Eligibility is reasonable fluency in language (preferably bilingual) and good presentation skills. As an essentially sales coaching programme, it provides tips and techniques that will interest a potential customer and lead to successful selling.
TechCraft: Mainly focusing on technical publishing by improving the communication skills, learning the basics of typesetting, training in TeX and LaTeX.
IDCraft: IDCraft is a combination of learning theories and practical skills to enable designing, developing and evaluating courseware.
Ma Foi is a 13-year-old public limited company. Having started in 1992 in Chennai with a focus on recruitment services, Ma Foi has grown to become the largest HR services provider in India. Ma Foi is committed to offering people and people-related services, enhancing the net worth of human capital. Currently, Ma Foi has a presence in 8 countries through 58 offices - India, the UAE, UK, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Oman and the US - and over 1,334 clients including 124 Fortune 500 Companies.
Ma Foi has posted revenue of Rs 122 crore for the year ended December 2004.
For further details on Ma Foi visit
www.mafoi.com
or contact:
K Pandia Rajan,
Managing Director,
Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd.,
Chennai,
India.
Tel: 91-44-2833 3351 / 52 / 53
E-mail: kpr@mafoi.com
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