The Cisco Networking Academy Programme is based on a hierarchical support structure as shown in the graph. Cisco directly support the Cisco Academy Training Centres (CATC) who in turn support and train the Regional Academies. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Ettimadai Campus has been given the role of a Regional Academy in order to support the Local Academy at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus.
It is the role of the Regional Academy to train and support a number of Local Academies within their designated region. The Local Academies deliver the course curriculum directly to students.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri has teamed with CISCO Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, to become a Local CISCO Networking Academy. Upon successful completion of the course and a final examination, you become certified as a CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA). CCNA is an internationally recognized qualification that provides the students with the opportunity to enter employment in the computer networking field. It is also an excellent opportunity for people already employed in networking to become qualified.
The Network Academy programme represents a paradigm shift for education. Network Academy programme does realise these, while also recognising the importance of providing students with practical, useful and measurable skills. In fact, the programme not only assesses student skills, it also quantitatively assesses itself on a continual basis to ensure that curriculum use and development, student achievement and programme administration meeting or exceeding expectations.
The curriculum is web-based, with substantial online support features for both faculty and students. The content of the first semester is basic data communications theory. The content of the subsequent semesters is more Cisco specific. A major strength of the curriculum is the numerous hands-on labs that bring the theory to life through application. The CCNA programme was launched at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,Amritapuri in September 2004. Currently it has 4 batches from Amritapuri campus for the regular students with the class strength of 25 in each and one batch for the outside candidates
