<h1>Global IT firm wins Gold Brandon Hall Award for 11-week graduate transformation program upskilling graduates into project-ready professionals</h1> A global IT consulting firm received a Gold Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Award in India for its Graduate Transformation Program, judged Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program. The employer-developed, 11-week initiative-delivered with a training partner-upskills early-career graduates into project-ready professionals across Java/.NET full-stack, SDET and AI tracks, incorporating ethics and guardrails for responsible AI use. The mentor-led curriculum emphasizes technical and soft skills, continuous evaluation and capstone projects to close skill gaps and build a sustainable talent pipeline, with reported high completion, positive mentor feedback and strong assessment and operational metrics.