The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), plans to establish a wider footprint in India, starting with the establishment of as many as 250 centres of learning and resource centres in Gujarat. The Chamber provides vocational and business-related qualifications under its LCCI International qualifications.

The LCCI had set up its first overseas centre in Mumbai way back in 1898, and went on to add 14 centres in Pune and 15 corporate education centres in Bangalore. Now it plans to set up centres in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Mehsana, Bhavnagar and other towns in Gujarat where a large number of students aspire for a UK accreditation.

The centres will offer training in business studies, book keeping and accounts, Business English and IT, managerial principles, secretarial administration and others of varied durations for 90-240 hour duration, with tuition fees pegged at Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 for certificate courses and between Rs 28,000 and Rs 45,000 for the diploma courses.

To this end LCCI will be hiring close to 700 faculty members for the centres in Gujarat in the next one year.

These LCCI qualifications would allow Indian students a springboard to professional studies abroad since they are associated with the Association of Chartered Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and other major academic associations.