Free and Subsidized Trainings offered by Punjab Govt.

Demand based project (Phase-II) is the development project of Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), Punjab Government for the capacity buiding of Human Resource in the IT Industry specifically the IT professionals and IT Managment and Decision makers.
The scope of the project is to conduct training, workshop, seminars, conferences to promote IT and IT related services. As part of this project approximately Fifty Thousands (50,000) individuals (including IT industry professional, teachers, and government employees in IT and IT related services) will be trained.
The project is also aimed at providing e-readiness through training of the individuals in the govt. departments. In, the projects like automation of got departments and common applications, the training of the targeted beneficiaries will be an essential component which will be covered through this project. So that before the software deployment even during the conceiving stages the required human resource must be ready to utilize it which may be referred as e-readiness at an initial stage.
The trainings, seminars, national and international conferences and workshops will be categorized in the following five broad categories:
a. Training for Executives and Decision Makers
b. Core Information Technology Trainings/Advance IT Trainings
i. Basic ICT Training
ii. Basic ICT Training for Teachers
iii. Basic ICT Training for govt. employees
c. Other Demand/Need Based
d. Seminars, Workshops, Conferences and Mega events

As a policy PITB will pay 100% of the cost for the government employees. PITB will provide a subsidy of 50% for private sector companies and individuals. PITB will reimburse 100% certification cost / fee to Punjab Govt. Employees (Contractual & Permanent both). The Certification fee will be reimbursed after successful completion of the certification.