Background:
SharePoint is nothing new for us as it is already Implements in the most of Large Organization in Bangladesh. Most of the Telco Providers (GP, Robi Axiata, BanglaLink etc) are already using for their Document Management & Enterprise web portal. Banking sectors also started with SharePoint Automation from the Last couple of years. Lots of International Clients are coming to Bangladesh for Software Development as “Bangladesh is promising big things from a growing small software industry”
by Richard Sykes (more at http://www.cio.co.uk/article/3416606/branding-bangladesh/) Where SharePoint Development can play a vital role among all others Technology/Platform. These are the main reason why companies are looking for SharePoint Developers to satisfy the Global and Local Market.
History:
All Large companies who were implemented SharePoint before (4/5 year back) for their organization, They hired foreign consultant for Implementation and Maintenance SharePoint Product which was too costly for them. So Small-Medium companies were far away from SharePoint Implementation and There was no one to encourage about it.
I started SharePoint Development since 2008 form Italy from the time when I attended at Microsoft Day Program, Italy and I started SharePoint work at Robi as consultant in 2009 when I first time come to Dhaka to attend in Microsoft Day to deliver my speech on SharePoint Server. I saw several companies are looking for SharePoint Developer for outsource Project but none are available. As a result they were loosing SharePoint Projects. I started an online SharePoint user-group (http://www.facebook.com/groups/SharePointExpert/) to make more developer for this Platform and Organized a most successful Event Microsoft SharePoint Community Day in Jan 2012 jointly with Microsoft
Event Details:
http://www.facebook.com/events/199334696812544/
http://geekswithblogs.net/ferdous/archive/2012/01/12/presentation-on-sharepoint-2010-overview-on-sharepoint-community-day-2011.aspx
Lots of small-medium companies were started to think to use SharePoint after watching this Event (Now they Understand SharePoint Foundation is Free and Developers are also available locally)
Finally, Now we have a good number of SharePoint Developer in the Software Industry though still is not enough.
What About SharePoint Training:?
So the first time I started Training on SharePoint Server Developer Training in Bangladesh. It was a good initiative from BASIS to arrange this Training Program and was in mind to do something like this. There is also available SharePoint End User Training by new horizons NOW!!!. Here is the Details:
SharePoint Developer Training by BASIS:
Course Duration: 30hr (5 weeks)
Course Details: SharePoint is one of the most sought skills these days in the IT industry. This course will cover the various aspects of SharePoint 2010 Development & Administration. The course will start from the SharePoint Fundamentals and will cover the concepts till intermediate level. No prior knowledge of SharePoint is required for this course except programming skill with ASP.net. The course duration is 30 hours.
Class Schedule: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm (3-Hours) on Friday & Saturday
Details at http://www.basis.org.bd/index.php/training/detail/66
SharePoint End-User Training by New Horizons
http://www.newhorizons.com/Microsoft-Sharepoint-2010-Courses.aspx