Our training is open to many kinds of consultants, from those employed by customers usually in Customer Competence Centre to self-employed individuals who offer their services on the open market as qualified, certified SAP consultants. SAP consultant education includes :

• Early product training - These workshops and online knowledge products are made available before new solutions or releases are introduced to the general market
• SAP Partner Academies – These are typically 4 weeks intensive trainings imparted at SAP Authorized Training Centres, followed by certification examination. These Training Centres specialize in intensive knowledge transfer to develop necessary skills for a wide variety of consultants.
• Consultant certification - Certification is often the end result of participating in SAP Solution Academy training, followed by passing of certification examination. Certification helps SAP customers to identify and select qualified consultants.

SAP Education offers a wide variety of training options to meet your learning needs. From our highly praised and remarkably affordable SAP Learning Hub editions, to classic e-learning, to the traditional classroom, SAP has the training you need to meet your personal and organizational goals.

There are 5 modes of SAP Trainings:

• ILT : Instructor-led Training - The intensive program is imparted by BPCL practicing SAP consultants having in-depth product knowledge, project implementation experience and proficient course delivery skills. These professionals make you develop practical skills as well as management and application of SAP technology.
• VLC : Virtual Live Classroom Training - With virtual live classroom training, you get comprehensive training from SAP experts using seamless over-the Web connectivity. SAP virtual live classroom stresses hands-on learning providing each registered student with exclusive access to live SAP systems throughout each course.
• OLT : SAP E-Academies represent SAP Education's latest flexible learning program, offering comprehensive training in a convenient and cost effective manner. Each SAP E-Academy is an e-learning bundle representing the content you would receive in an SAP Education classroom delivered academy curriculum. With SAP E-Academies students are provided three months of access to a self-paced learning environment enabling them to achieve expertise in specific SAP solution areas and prepare for certification exam.
• Student Academy Training – Universities that wish to offer SAP Education self-paced training courses to students as an element of their core curricula at special student pricing. The university tailored offering provides a strong value proposition to students to become more employable through early in-study completion of SAP certifications. This helps to receive training on various SAP modules at your campus The SAP Student Academy program expands on SAP’s existing engagement with educational institutions, designed to provide convenient and cost-effective SAP training to aspiring students through SAP Student Academy program.
• SAP Learning Hub - SAP Learning Hub is a cloud-based solution that provides instant online access to the vast knowledge base from SAP Education with no need to schedule or travel to training. You get fast, easy access to all our latest learning materials for training when you need them. SAP Learning Hub can be purchased for a single user or many thousands of users. It is the perfect way to build and maintain SAP skills. This cloud-based learning platform provides access to more than 3,000 training titles, along with Learning Rooms focused on our top curricula and SAP Live Access, which provides access to live training systems for hands-on practice -- all for one attractive subscription fee.

The SAP Solution Academy is the most comprehensive and cost effective training offered for SAP products. We / SAP deliver a hands-on classroom environment followed by an intensive case study to discuss implementation requirements of SAP Systems. The SAP Solution Academy course ends with a certification examination where your acquired skills of SAP are tested and evaluated by SAP. The certification is a kind of benchmark to enter the SAP industry.

SAP has introduced a new learner-centric approach to training: a range of highly interactive Web-based courses designed specifically to deliver effective knowledge transfer - wherever and whenever it’s needed.

To provide flexible, targeted SAP training, the courses in the series are built to support a blended learning approach – where it is possible to build a learning path which takes into account both the best of traditionally instructor-led class-room training with the benefits of cutting-edge e-learning technology. e-Academy courses enable you to :

• Improve the return on your training investment
• Increase productivity & reduce TCO (total cost of ownership)
• Boost motivation
• Transfer business process knowledge related to SAP effectively
• Use your time in the most efficient way
• Plan your training to suit your schedule
• Revisit or revise content at later date
• Monitor your performance
• Identify additional learning needs

The SAP Solution Academy offers partners, customers, and independent consultants comprehensive training in SAP solutions and best business practices that can lead to certification as an SAP consultant. SAP provides internationally recognized training that will help you build your client base and boost competitiveness.

To take training any Functional module, you need to have a minimum of 2-3 years of industrial experience in the relevant business function besides your educational qualification. You need to be strong in programming concepts to take the technical module of SAP Solution Academy.

In the business world, SAP certification is most valuable in establishing your credentials. Those who hold it have honed their skills through rigorous study or direct experience. They have demonstrated their abilities by passing demanding, process-oriented exams. Regardless of whether you are an SAP partner, customer, or user, SAP certification can give you a distinct competitive advantage.

All candidates registering for SAP Certification exam must ensure that they have attended relevant training of SAP at any of SAP authorized training centres. The proof of the above in the form of attendance certificate must be presented along with certification fee and consent form.

SAP Training develops skills and experience in the practical management and application of ERP (SAP) technology. SAP training helps you maximize and accelerate the return on your investment in SAP solutions and gain the competitive advantage from your SAP solutions.

SAP offers consultants the opportunity to obtain recognition of their SAP System knowledge by taking a Certification exam. The certificate provides customers with assurance that the consultant has passed the SAP Project know-how test .This is required to successfully implement SAP for customers. SAP training certifications are globally recognized and demonstrate that you have honed your skills through rigorous study and hands-on experience in your chosen field.

Certified SAP consultants are integrated in a tightly knit information network with SAP, yielding greater quality and more up-to-date knowledge to benefit customers

SAP Solution Academy trainings are intensive in nature. It is essential to have good domain knowledge to undertake SAP Trainings. Candidate must possess appropriate academic qualification, backed by domain knowledge. Minimum required qualification is graduation with two years of domain experience. Those who don’t have a degree must have eight to ten years of domain experience to undertake the training. Longer duration of domain experience covering various aspects of the domain is very useful for functional trainings in particular. The preferred qualification for undertaking training in various modules is given in our site.

Following is the technical requirements to access global e-Academy : Hardware requirements include :

• Hardware Requirements: Intel Pentium® 500 MHz processor or higher, 512 MB RAM or higher, 40GB or higher HDD, 8 MB Video card with 16 million colors at 1024 x 768 resolution or higher, 17" TFT Monitor, Sound Card Enabled & Headphones with MIC.
• Software requirements include :
  OS – Windows Vista Business / XP professional / 2000 professional
  IE – Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or higher
  Adobe Flash Player – Version 9.0 or higher
  Citrix - ICA Client version 11.0 or higher
  Java - Java plug-in JRE 1.31_03 or higher
  Adobe PDF - Acrobat PDF Reader 8.0 or higher
  SAP Tutor – SAP Tutor Player 2.2 or higher
  Antivirus – Any antivirus desktop protection with full subscription
  Connectivity requirements : Minimum connection speed: 60 KB/s or 480 kbps for good & uninterrupted connectivity or at least 50 KB/s or 400 kbps

I have no knowledge and experience in SAP but would like to take up SAP courses. What are the recommended courses?
The knowledge of working in SAP is not a pre requisite for training. Besides educational qualification, one should have required work experience in a domain. Please check your eligibility for taking up SAP training and certification by visiting eligibility criteria section of the site and satisfy yourself on meeting the criteria before enrollment in any the course.