Infosys plans a pilot special training program for SC/ST students in 6 states including Orissa
July 23rd, 2007
Indiatimes has an interview on this with TV Mohandas Pai. Following are some excerpts:
Infosys Technologies with the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, has just concluded the first course of a Special Training Programme (STP) for SC, ST students aimed at enhancing their employability. TV Mohandas Pai, director, human resources, Infosys, speaks about the programme:
Are you looking at expanding this programme beyond Karnataka?
Ideally, there should be a similar effort in every state. Currently, we plan to conduct pilots in five other states, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Orissa. A successful pilot will convince state governments of its need and feasibility.…
What about placements post this training?
From our first batch of 90, close to 76 got placed in companies like IBM, EDS, HP, MindTree, Wipro and Infosys itself. We made 23 offers, but only 15-16 joined us which shows the power of this programme. It made them competitive enough to have choices. Placement is based purely on merit.What’s the investment in this programme?
For the pilot, we invested Rs 3 crore. Starting with the next session, we are looking at Rs 1 crore with a 50-50 partnership with the state government. The government has the funds but lacks the capability to plan and execute something like this.
That’s where we come in. We also got support from our partners like HP, Canara Bank and some other corporate houses.
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5 Writeup
1. bakhain | July 24th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
presenltly doing final year be in nagpur and i will like to ask how to get admission in this training.i am st student.
2. pradeep kumar | March 12th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Hi My name is pradeep kuamr i belong to sc
i am doing B.com from deli unversity
and i have 1year hardware/networking course
now i am doing a job in power grid corporation of india limited at gurgaon from (CDAC) as a IT engineer
3. abelash | June 4th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
hi im abelash i belons 2 SC i would like 2 become a commercial pilot…
i will do my best…
all great achivements starts with dream…..
4. rajiv majhi | June 8th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
HELLO SIR,
My name is RAJIV MAJHI , and i completed my B.Com in 2007 and belongs from baripada, mayurbhanj district. Sir how can I join your programm. what are the criteria for this program
5. GUNASHEELA.M.H | February 4th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
hello sir ,i belong sc i am doing my engineering couse in cs ,when the training will start and on what basis ur selecting