Industrial Visit to ITA, Oman

On Thursday, 11 October 2018, Mr Brian Gee Chacko and Ms Fatma Al Shamli, representatives of the Industrial Link and Student Services Committees respectively, visited the Information Technology Authority (ITA), Oman, in Al Khoud, with a group of 21 students. The objective of the visit was to establish links in specifically the following areas:

• Technology Awareness 
•  Student Training 
•  Entrepreneurship/Incubation 
•  Job Opportunities 
•  Projects 

Ms Ameera, Senior Project Specialist from ITA, welcomed the group for a tour to SAS Mob, and SAS VR.

SAS Mob: 

The Mobile Development Centre organised a tour to illustrate how they operate. She told the group that there are three specific areas of training and development – Android, iOS and Hybrid. The centre conducts training in these areas and offer programming languages for three months. For a rapid training course, the centre provides a ten-day programme for both students and staff. SAS Mob provides devices to suitable candidates to test their apps and additionally to be consultants for any particular project. SAS Mob supports corporate training for various companies or institutions on prior request. 

SAS VR: 

The key highlight of ITA was the Virtual Reality (VR) centre, where Ms Ameera gave a tour of the centre and their capabilities of enhancing user experience by creating fully immersive systems that help in the areas of education and business. Many students experienced a ‘W-O-W’ factor that gave them an opportunity to experience graphical objects modelled from real world objects and also ‘walk around’ in the virtual environment. Ms Ameera offered assistance on many aspects and discussed training workshops that can be planned on demand.

We have requested ITA to visit our college to provide a session on idea sharing and entrepreneurship. 

This visit achieved a feedback mean score of 4.43. 

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