VMware Collaborates with Intel; Initiates Indian Women Professionals to Re-enter Workforce

By: WE Staff | Thursday, 11 November 2021

VMware, a leading enterprise software company, launched a partnership with Intel in India on Wednesday to help women engineers re-enter the workforce after a sabbatical.

VMware's VMinclusion Taara upskilling programme will partner with Intel's Home To Office (H2O) programme to provide developers with essential skills and career prospects for the combined endeavour.

According to a statement from VMinclusion Taara, the firm aspires to upskill 15,000 women by delivering free technical education and certification courses in cloud management and automation, data centre virtualization, networking, and digital workspaces.

The free seminars will focus on developing developer skills in India. Participants will be able to improve their understanding of new technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Time Series Analysis, DL for Robotics, and Anomaly Detection through Intel's courses. Spring Boot and its primary features, such as auto-configuration, Actuator, Spring Boot testing framework, and more, are covered in VMware's Spring courses. Participants will have a foundation for developing corporate and cloud-ready apps after completing the course.

In a statement, Duncan Hewett, Senior Vice President and General Manager, APJ, VMware, said, "we are excited about this collaboration with Intel as we come together to empower more women developers in India to return to work successfully. Our aim is to help bring back talented women developers to the industry by upskilling them with the right resources”..

Nivruti Rai, Intel India's Country Head and Vice President of Intel Foundry Services, added, "globally, by 2030, we aim to increase the number of women in technical roles at Intel to 40 per cent, and we remain committed to investing in social equity programmes and initiatives that advance our inclusion goals. We believe that shaping the skills of women technologists, who make up a critical workforce, is imperative to drive greater innovation and growth for the industry”.

Since its inception in 2019, the VMinclusion Taara programme has enrolled over 12,000 women, with over 2,000 of them successfully returning to work.