Enabling job seekers to have a go at the expanding IT and BPO business in the state, 'Akshaya' e-literacy programme, currently being rolled out across Kerala, will impart training in Medical Transcription. Reckoned as one of the major outsourced business to Kerala's ITES domain, the latest move through 'Akshaya' is perceived to provide the extra edge for job seekers in the Medical Transcription industry. The Kerala State Information Technology Mission (KSITM), the implementing agency of 'Project Akshaya' with Keltron, has made the training possible through a recent tie-up. First phase of the training programme will be launched in Malappuram, the fully first e-literate district in the country. A certificate course of six months duration in Medical Transcription training would be offered through Akshaya centres. Each centre would train ten trainees in two batches. Keltron would provide the required technical support as well as the course materials. Initially,