BANGALORE: Goldkist Group of Singapore, a distributor of O2, Sony Ericsson, Watch Data and Lexmark, has set up South East Asia's first Mobile Technology Academy in Delhi to provide latest training in the field of mobile phone technology, sales & marketing and management.
 

 
The Goldkist Group has a turnover of $40 million per annum with operations in four countries namely India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Singapore and has strategic alliances in countries like Sri Lanka, Maldives, Cambodia, Hong Kong and Dubai.
Goldkist Mobile Academy (GMA) offers a one-year honors diploma program in mobile technology and management covering technical overview of mobile technology, hardware, servicing of handsets, sales & marketing, channel development, research & development, advertising and practically many more, states an official release.

 
 
"Mobile phone industry is the industry of present and future. Our educated youth needs to have the latest training in the knowledge-based technology. For such a huge industry, there is no such institute for imparting practical and relevant training in mobile phone technology in the country presently," Goldkist MD HD Gupta, an NRI.
GMA Objectives covers various areas related with the mobile industry. Some of the highlights of the course include assured employment to the youths on completion of training and education, annual scholarship to financially weak students, overseas job placement for three best performing students along with other unique offers from GMA, claims the official release.

 
 
Students will have on the job training in companies, the top five students could expect a stint abroad for on the job training. Regular visit and lectures by MNC experts in mobile industry and sharing of real life experience from industry entrepreneurs are the other promised features, the release adds.