# Microsoft-backed data centre training programme gets second batch

2026-08-14T21:15:30+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk

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The second batch of a Data Centre operations management training programme, supported by Microsoft, was launched on Friday at Young India Skills University in Hyderabad. Implemented by United Way of Hyderabad and accredited by YISU, the course is held at the IIIT Hyderabad campus. Forty students have enrolled for the latest batch. The programme builds on the first batch, which achieved an 80% placement rate. The launch event included YISU Vice Chancellor VLVSS Subba Rao, Microsoft APAC Data Centre Community Affairs Director Tianji Dickens, and Rekha Srinivasan from UWH.

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- thehindu.com <https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/microsoft-supported-data-centre-training-programme-launched/article71346861.ece>

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