NEW YORK- CodersTrust, a global EdTech Company with its headquarters in New York City, announced it signed an agreement at a ceremony on April 12th with City College of New York (CCNY) to provide programs for upskilling students and enable them to achieve job-ready certifications. CCNY is the flagship institution of City University of New York, the largest urban university system in the United States and this agreement will help them realize the vision of global outreach through overseas enrollments, academic collaboration, and student exchanges.
The signing took place at the CCNY campus in New York with Honorable Secretary General of the South Asia Associations of Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Ambassador Md. Golam Sarwar in attendance to support this important partnership and where he stated “This partnership will accelerate the mission of both organizations. He lauded CodersTrust for its continued role in transforming unemployed and under-employed into a skilled workforce in both Bangladesh and worldwide, especially for the younger population and women.”
The agreement was signed by Aziz Ahmad, Chairman of CodersTrust and Professor Dr. Juan Carlos Mercado, Dean of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies. The event was attended by esteemed guest including Professor Joyce Moy, Executive Director Emerita of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI), of the City University of New York (CUNY), former Secretary of Education of Bangladesh Mr. Nazrul Islam Khan, Melissa Wild, Special Advisor to UPEACE, and Md. Shamsul Haque, CEO of CodersTrust.
Dr. Juan Mercado praised CodersTrust for its focus on the younger population and women from underprivileged, underserved, and underemployed backgrounds. He said, “This agreement with CodersTrust is very important to us, especially to City College Continuing and Professional Studies. This will allow us to offer training for key job markets that are in great demand today, and especially to marginalized communities on a global scale.”
CodersTrust Chairman Aziz Ahmad added “This partnership has a deep personal significance to me as I am a CCNY graduate and am indebted to the institution. I am happy this collaboration offers me an opportunity to give back and share in the responsibility of addressing the needs of the underserved here in the US and across the globe.”.
Professor Joyce Moy recalled the many collaborations she has had with Mr. Aziz Ahmad through projects of US Banks, and Pan Asian and Bangladesh Global Chamber of Commerce and commented “Mr. Aziz is a recognized visionary, whose sincerity and dedication to every endeavor he partakes in has had global implications. The impact on the youth and women by providing full economic participation and providing hope in so many lives, seeds the foundation for a more peaceful and cooperative world.”
Melissa Wild celebrated this tremendous establishment of the partnership between CCNY, a core pillar of New York City education and global professional development, and CodersTrust, a vital educational institute for the new economy and future of education. Wild emphasized UPEACE’s commitment to its long-term collaboration with CodersTrust as well, as the two institutions continue their build-out of foundational peacetech courses, harnessing the respective strengths of their institutions. Wild thanked Ahmad for inviting her on behalf of UPEACE to be a part of such an important occasion and looks forward to seeing how they can all work together moving forward.
The partnership between CodersTrust and CCNY will initially start with 25+ learning paths covering leading edge technologies such as AI, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Cloud, DevOps and Blockchain as well as technical and business skills for the modern digital economy.
