TCS iON Industry Honour Course

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Industry-designed courses aligned with academic curriculum

About TCS iON Industry Honour Course (IHC)

TCS iON Industry Honour Course is a set of courses which are aimed at building industry-relevant specialised skills and are delivered over academic semesters, enabling learners to become experienced freshers. Institutions can integrate these courses with their existing academic programme to create a unique course in the industry-relevant domain or technology and offer it to their students.

Our vision is to work with esteemed Universities and Institutes to transform learning and make it more experiential, inclusive, outcome-oriented, and a joyous experience for every learner. We believe that inputs and insights from Academicians, Industry, Higher Education Institutions, and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 can help in transforming learning through the following three elements:

A portfolio of credit-aligned learning programmes covering industry-relevant Business 4.0 skills, mapped with relevant degree programme construct that a university offers.
Immersive and Experiential learning programme construct stitching together both digital and physical pedagogical components, providing learners the flexibility based on their interests, availability of time, and aspirations.
A curated set of best-in-class partnership ecosystem, including partners from Academia, Industry and world-class Publishers

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Steps to get started

Connect with us via eForm/Email/Call

Our associates will connect with you to identify the best fit courses

Purchase the Licence in appropriate numbers and share it with the learners

To start the course, learners can click on the "Activate Now" button and fill out the relevant details

Courses Designed by Leading Corporates

Facilitated by Academic Experts from Prestigious Institutions

Why TCS iON Industry Honour Course

Acquire skills in industry trending topics across various sectors

Access courses designed by academic and industry experts in collaboration

Gain hands-on experience and thereby build applied knowledge

Get certified to validate your domain skills

Opportunity to showcase your skills to potential recruiters acknowledged through TCS NQT

Delivered through Phygital Model

Digital Learning Resources

Courses to consist of enriching eLearning resources

Digital
Lectures

Multiple digital lectures delivered by a renowned academician and an industry expert, through the entire duration of a course

Academic Connect
Community

Moderated by an academic expert with a focus on building conceptual clarity

Industry Connect
Community

Moderated by an industry expert with a focus on building industry oriented applied knowledge

Industry
Assignment

Access to industry related mini projects to enable practical exposure for candidates

Periodic Formative
Assessment

Access to three periodic formative assessments during the course

Summative
Assessment/TCS NQT

Candidates to appear for either summative assessments consisting of two parts - Test of Knowledge and Test of Application or TCS NQT

Verifiable Digital
Certificate

Successful candidates to receive a digital certificate, verifiable through online platforms

Internship
Opportunity

Internship opportunity for toppers in the respective courses, subject to vacancies in corporates and their hiring policies

Job
Visibility

Get visibility to job vacancies with leading corporate recruiters that recognise the TCS NQT certification, subject to vacancies in corporates and their hiring policies

Brands that Acknowledge TCS NQT ^*

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^* You need to apply to each company separately in their job portal

Testimonials

Prachi Mishra

Asst. T.P.O., AKS University, Satna

My overall experience with the TCS iON IHC was quite good and I would like to recommend this course to other students. My students benefitted from the TCS iON IHC - IoT as they learnt the practical application of the course in their respective fields along with theoretical knowledge. The interaction with the industry SMEs in every possible way was good and they resolved all the queries that students had.

Nandita Singh Parihar

Student, AKS University, Satna

I had a wonderful experience and gained a lot of knowledge in the field of IoT through TCS iON IHC - IoT. It provided me with very good learning material and practical assignments. I enjoyed working on the assignments and attending the live lectures. I am now equipped with more knowledge in the field of IoT, Embedded devices, Arduino, WiFi protocols, communication protocols and many more things. The course has enhanced my practical knowledge and kept me updated with the technical world. Before taking up this course, the journey of getting an internship was not quite easy for me. I qualified for the exam. I found myself grateful to get a golden chance of internship given through this course.

Amit Kushwaha

Student, AKS University, Satna

I had a great experience with the TCS iON IHC - IoT and I learnt a lot about the Internet of Things. This course provides you with a creative learning platform and is value for money. I got to learn Arduino Programming, IoT devices (Sensors), node.js with Mosh tools and more. Now, I am confident about creating IoT devices that make human life easy and safe while saving time and money. Today, my journey ahead looks very easy compared to my friends who did not take this course. This course gave me a platform (IoT) that has helped me in various ways, growth is one of it.

FAQs

1. How will this programme help students in building their proficiency? +

This programme is envisaged to help build strong foundations across various streams through digital lectures, formative and summative assessments, mini projects, mentorship from renowned industry and academic experts. You will also get an opportunity to showcase your skills to potential recruiters.

2. How is this programme different from the other industry programmes? +

This programme is designed to continuously make academic content more relevant to students by integrating industry inputs, which is a compelling need of the industry.

3. Who should join this programme? +

Any academic institution/university can browse through our catalogue of courses and subscribe to course(s) as needed.

4. Is there a requirement for the institution or university to sign any contract? +

Yes, the academic institution or university will need to sign a contract to avail this programme.

5. What is the responsibility of the university/institution enrolling for the programme? +

To successfully administer the programme, the university/institution, needs to participate and take ownership of the following activities:
- Create awareness about the course, register the students and administer the courses in the campus
- Organise and/or procure all physical resources required for hands-on learning including lab equipment, MS/Open Office tools, appropriate browsers as mentioned on the course website, and other relevant infrastructure for learning and assessment
- Assign faculty SPOC, who has exposure to the relevant subject matter, to locally govern and mentor course consumption and evaluate projects
- Conduct summative assessments at their respective institutions
- Integrate the summative assessment performance with the student's transcripts

6. Will there be any internship and job opportunity provided through this programme? +

Internship opportunities, remote or on-site, as applicable, will be offered to students who have completed their industry assignments, subject to vacancies and the corporate hiring policy.
Successful students who have completed their pre-final year will gain visibility to job opportunities from corporates who acknowledge TCS NQT, subject to vacancies and the corporate hiring policy.

7. What is the duration of this programme? +

The duration of this programme is around 5 to 6 months, in sync with the universities'/institutions' semester.

8. What is the summative assessment format? +

The students will be assessed in 2 stages:
- Part A is a test of knowledge, to assess the conceptual knowledge of a student, specific to the course
- Part B is a test of application, to assess a student's applied skills gained through this programme using the hands-on learning finalised for the course
The assessments would be conducted either at the respective institutions or through remote proctored assessments, or at TCS iON test centres, which will be communicated a month prior to the exam.

9. What is the total marks for the summative assessment? +

The summative assessment consists of total 100 marks with 50 marks each allotted for Part A and Part B. Part A is a summative assessment of one hour and Part B is a summative assessment of about two hours (actual duration may vary depending on the course).

10. What is TCS National Qualifier Test (TCS NQT)? +

TCS National Qualifier Test (TCS NQT) is an Ability Test that assesses a candidate's competencies and skills. Each candidate who completes the TCS National Qualifier Test (TCS NQT) gets an NQT Score. The NQT (Cognitive Skills) Score is applicable for all industries and job roles. The TCS National Qualifier Test (TCS NQT) is planned to be conducted every quarter. Candidates can take the tests again to improve their previous scores, if desired. There are four Variants - NQT (Cognitive Skills), Attitudinal Alignment NQT (Psychometric Test), Industry NQT and Subject NQT.

Note:

All tests will be conducted in English language only and there will be no negative marking.
Candidates who have appeared for NQT earlier and would like to improve their NQT Score, can purchase NQT Variant(s) and appear for it in the upcoming tests.
Candidates will be able to view/edit their details and add test(s) on/before the application closure date.

11. What is NQT (Cognitive Skills)? +

NQT (Cognitive Skills) is a General Ability Test that assesses a candidate in the following areas:
- Verbal Ability: This section assesses English grammar, appropriate usage of the same, and reading comprehension.
- Reasoning Ability: This section assesses identifying words and numeric patterns, problem-solving, figural and factual analysis, decision-making, propositional reasoning and visual-spatial reasoning.
- Numerical Ability: This section assesses number system, arithmetic, elementary statistics, data interpretation.
Note: The score of this test will be called as NQT (Cognitive Skills) Score.

12. What is Attitudinal Alignment NQT (Psychometric Test)? +

Attitude is a broad component covering work styles, personality traits and dispositions relevant to the workplace. Attitudinal Alignment NQT (Psychometric Test) assesses the attitude alignment framework relevant for entry-level position and provides an assessment report. The score of this test will be called as Attitudinal Alignment NQT (Psychometric Test) Score.

13. What is Industry NQT? +

Industry NQT assesses awareness and understanding on a specific industry in the following areas:
- Industry structure - domains/sub-domains
- Operative language, processes and practices
- Regulatory environment
- Specific business and technological trends
- Competitive landscape
Each candidate who completes the Industry NQT gets an Industry NQT Score for that particular industry. For example, Industry NQT - Banking. Industry NQTs are planned to be conducted every quarter. The candidates can take the tests again to improve their previous scores, if desired.
There are Industry NQTs for multiple industries. The candidates wanting to showcase their expertise in multiple industries can appear for as many Industry NQTs as desired.

14. What is Subject NQT? +

Subject NQT assesses knowledge and skill in specific subjects pertaining to job roles in the following areas:
- Test of Knowledge: Candidates will be assessed on Pseudocode, Algorithms, Programming constructs, basic Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and its stage-wise documents, implementation using C, C++ and Java.
- Test of Application: Candidates can code in any one of the programming languages like C, C++, Java, Python3, and PERL.
- Hands-on Exercise.
Each candidate who completes the Subject NQT gets a Subject NQT Score for that particular subject. For example, Subject NQT - IT Programming. Subject NQTs are planned to be conducted every quarter. The candidates can take the tests again to improve their previous scores, if desired.
There are Subject NQTs for multiple subjects. The candidates wanting to showcase their expertise in multiple subjects across industries can appear for as many Subject NQTs as desired.

15. What are the criteria to obtain a certificate? +

Students who successfully clear the summative assessment and meet each of the following criteria will receive a 'Certificate of Achievement'. View Sample 'Certificate of Achievement'

Part B score is greater than or equal to 50%
Overall assessment score is greater than or equal to 50%, which includes the following components and weightage:

Component	Weightage
Part-A assessment	30%
Part-B assessment	50%
Periodic Formative Assessment	10%
Class Participation*	10%

* Class participation to consist of the below parameters with the given weightage:

Attendance in Digital Lectures: 2.5%
% Consumption of Digital Content: 2.5%
Vibrancy score in community: 2.5%
Participation during Lecture Q&A Polls: 2.5%

100% Completion of the course (which includes digital content, digital lectures, and industry assignments)

Students who have not taken the summative assessment or do not meet the criteria mentioned in point (a) but have completed the course 100% (which includes the digital content, digital lectures, industry assignments and practice tests) will receive the 'Certificate of Participation'. View Sample 'Certificate of Participation'
Students who have taken the summative assessment and have failed to clear it, will receive only a performance 'Scorecard'. View Sample 'Scorecard'
Students who do not meet any of the above criteria will not receive any certificate or scorecard.

16. How many attempts are allowed for practice and summative assessments? +

The students can appear for the summative assessment only once.

17. What is the process for taking the re-exam if the student does not clear the exam? +

The student can appear for the re-exam by paying the pre-defined exam registration fees for the course.

18. What is the refund policy for TCS iON Industry Honour Course? +

Once an institution subscribes to the TCS iON Industry Honour Course, no refund will be issued under any circumstances.

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