More than 400 people, including a host of India dignitaries, hadattended the recent grand opening, according to theProsoftTraining.com. The center is the first one to offer acertified Internet Webmaster curriculum, geared toward developing aworkforce with high-demand IT skills.

In a prepared statement, I.D. Swami, India's union minister,says the turnout is "proof that the people of India are hungry forhigh-quality Internet education." Analysts have predicted thatIndia will have 220,000 IT-related openings by 2003. In response tothe forecast, public and private sectors have stepped forward tomeet the projected demand by building a network of trainingcenters.

ProsoftTraining.com is headquartered at 3001 Bee Caves Rd. Since1998, the firm, originally founded in1985, has been operating underProsoftTraining.com. It is a restructured business that has gonethrough several name changes in recent years.