Cisco Networking Academy congratulates Winners

Cisco Networking Academy has announced the SAARC winners of its prestigious networking technology competition, NetRiders 2012. The Cisco NetRiders National CCNA Competitions 2012 is designed to test students’ knowledge of networking technologies and to prepare them for on-the-job challenges as they enter the next-generation workforce.

234 Networking Academy students from four SAARC countries, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, participated in the online competitions, simultaneously, conducted virtually over Cisco Webex Technology. The winners of each country competitions are invited to represent the country at the Asia Pacific NetRiders Challenge, to be held on 25th October, 2012.

Bina Raj-Debur, Regional Head, Social Innovation Group, Cisco India & South Asia said, “NetRiders offers students of Cisco Networking Academy a fun, interactive and highly competitive peer opportunity to demonstrate their networking skills and talent on a global platform. Networking Academy has established a reputation for its impact on the student community and national ICT development through over a decade’s work in industry-leading networking pedagogy and human capital development. Competitions such as NetRiders underscore our commitment to talent development in the country.”