NASSCOM Assessment of Competence ( NAC )

NASSCOM, the premier trade body and ‘voice’ of the IT software and service industry in India, today announced the rollout of the NASSCOM Assessment of Competence ( NAC ) in Tripura and Meghalaya, in association with the Development of North Eastern Region ( DONER ). NASSCOM had announced its plans to conduct the NAC test in the north eastern region earlier this year in July through a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) with Ministry of DONER for the rollout of NAC in the region. As part of this initiative, NASSCOM aims to conduct NAC test amongst 20,000 students across eight states.

Meghalaya NAC 2021 Features

NASSCOM Assessment of Competence ( NAC ) Selection Procedures 2013 :

· Students from engineering and arts and science colleges in the country who want to join any top IT company will have to take up a common online entrance test (CET) to be conducted by industry body Nasscom.

· While students of arts and science colleges will have to take a Nasscom assessment competency test, those in engineering colleges will go through Nasscom assessment competency technology test.

· “The common test will be held from this academic year and colleges that want to tap leading IT firms must ensure that their students take up this test before campus recruitment begins,” said Dr Sandhya Chintala, senior director, Nasscom Education Initiative.

· There are over 30,000 engineering, arts and science colleges in the country with nearly one crore students. Generally, campus selections begin around January-February in arts colleges and during the eighth semester (November-December) in engineering colleges.

· The exam curriculum, being devised by Nasscom, will test the student’s ability in mathematics, etiquette, analytical thinking and logical reasoning.