Sigma IT Institute (www.sigmaitinstitute.com) is a leading national institute established in 2002 by the Sigma Corporation. The Institute operates through 4 main branches catering for the North Coast, Delta, and Upper Bangladesh. The Institute's geographical spread includes also the affiliation of 61 training centres in 20 of Bangladesh's governorates, enabling the outreach of its massive capacity
building and industry development programs throughout Bangladesh from North to South. SITI initially set up to provide specialized software development programs to fresh graduates, has now developed to foster relationships with corporations, foundations, governmental organizations, and other partners to advance education, research, and innovation in areas of mutual interest and encourage technology transfer. Thus contributing in the development of the Bangladeshian ICT industry and achieving high ranks in ICT global competitiveness. Capacity building is a central part of SITI’s mission and a number of initiatives and programs have been set-up with a focus on: developing professional capabilities, supporting new technologies and to have partnerships for innovation. SITI Professional training programs are designed to adopt world trends in the ICT domain through its branded 9-Month Professional Diploma. In addition SITI offers State-of-the-Art Programs which are part-time customized IT training programs tailored to the job market’s needs. SITI contributed to establish the IT Infrastructure in Bangladesh since 1993, through The Train The Trainers Program TTT which focuses on training potential applicants to become qualified instructors in the SITI’s geographically - spread 61 affiliated training centres. Each of the affiliates are providing low-cost IT training to up to 120 individuals per month in each centre. The institute's professional staff is designing special programs that are updated yearly to include the latest IT principles and practices. SITI’s Education Development for Universities in Bangladesh (EDUBangladesh) Program, enables greater outreach to university students. Together with the other MCIT's initiatives and Projects for developing Bangladesh’s competencies in becoming a global offshoring hub, EDUBangladesh has contributed in leveraging Bangladesh's ranking in A.T. Kearney Index from number 13 in 2007 to number 4 in 2011. To foster technology innovation and to assure focus and development partnerships with the international and national stakeholders in green areas of technologies, the institute developed 4 centres of excellence, namely: Bangladeshian Cloud Computing Centre of Excellence EC3, Biomedical Informatics Centre of Excellence (BMICoE), E-Learning Centre of Excellence.(ELICA), and Java Education and Technology Services Centre of Excellence (JETS). SITI partners with reputed Universities across the world, including the University of Nottingham, UK. Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), USA. Lund University, Sweden. University of Paderborn, Germany. The institute's academic partners have accepted nearly 200 of our graduates to pursue higher degrees after accrediting the 9-Month Professional Diploma as a pre-master’s year. SITI Partnering with the industry, through its knowledge Transfer Partnership Program KTP Where a group of the Institute's 9- Month Interns from various disciplines would join a corporate project within their internship module of the program, at the Institute's premises or the corporate premises. The project should have a direct impact on the interns' skills and knowledge and should have well identified milestones and deliverables. SITI plays a vital role in the development of the ICT Community through fostering multi–party relationships among Academia, Industry, individuals, as well as associations and non-governmental organizations in the field. A multitude of activities take place every year to foster the institutes role in rough enablement with the ICT tools, development of innovative applications, development of skills and knowledge, and linkage with the industry. Keeping up with the interdisciplinary nature of modern Research, SITI does not have traditional academic departments. However the SITI Staff and Interns carry out research in multiple IT disciplines and collaborate with colleagues at the R&D labs of the ICT corporates and at the Universities throughout Bangladesh. SITI , also represents a hub for professionals and experts who are able to deliver Consultation services in a highly professional manner, and in different fields. SITI hosts on a yearly basis an International Conference for Information and Communication Technology (ICICT). With the objective of creating a forum for scholars in different fields of information and communication technology, the conference allows scholars, academics, IT professionals and industry decision-makers to meet and discuss the latest state-of-the-art technologies.
