Infosys in Bhubaneswar: Project Genesis; Possible second campus; possible BPO; IIIT Chair
Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Infosys, IT July 24th. 2007, 11:25amFollowing are excerpts from a New Indian Express report on this.
Taking its ‘Campus connect programme’ a step ahead, Infosys BPO on Monday launched ‘Project Genesis’ here to train lecturers on BPO skills for raising the employability potential of students in the ITES sector.
The project has achieved a resounding success in states like Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and helped students not only gain employment in Infosys, but develop confidence in their abilities. Since its launch in October 2005, Infosys BPO has worked with more than 1,000 lecturers in 360 colleges in these states and trained more than 12,000 students.
The project would be extended to Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu apart from Orissa this year.
Launching the programme, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged Infosys BPO chairman Mohandas Pai, present on the occasion, to start a BPO unit in the State. “We are open to the idea but we would first seek to build a pool of skilled professionals in the State and test their skills before coming up with such a centre,” he said while talking to mediapersons later.
Pai also evinced keen interest for a second campus in the city with the provision of SEZ status. The existing campus, which clocked Rs 570 crore in export last fiscal, would soon touch its full capacity with 4,500 employees.
Project Genesis would train 300 teachers from both government and private colleges from across the State. It would focus mostly on imparting language enhancement techniques and analytical skills, key attributes for BPO industry. On completion of the fortnight-long programme, the teachers would groom the students. Each student would have to pass through three tests. The programme would be be held periodically.
Pai said, Infosys plans to recruit several thousand students from the State in the coming years and engage actively in strengthening academic collaboration with colleges. “We would also tie up with universities for systematic intervention in updating course curriculum.”
He announced that Infosys would be funding a chair in the upcoming IIIT campus here for computer science with a corpus fund of Rs 1 crore.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:06 am
Hi ….
Its great to have Infosys branch in Orissa.
Most graduates can have a great career with Infosys.
Thanks
February 24th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
I need the all the programs for project
May 27th, 2009 at 12:31 am
Hi,
I want to relocate myself to BBSR where I can drive the ERP and CRM practice and many Enterprise practice from Infosys point of view.
Pls feel free to reach out to me at satya.siebelcrm@gmail.com
Expecting a positive response.
Thnx,
Satya
September 15th, 2009 at 7:39 am
hi…
Wen is the infosys bpo opening.
its a great opportunity to hav a bpo in bbsr.
please reply.
February 10th, 2011 at 8:51 am
Great to have branch started in orissa. Most of freshers will get good career in infosys. Good luck for infosys team.
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Nic
August 18th, 2012 at 8:41 am
hi,wen is the infosys bpo opening its agreat opportunity to have a bpo in bbsr.plz reply