The Hindu Business Line : TCS grooming science grads into software professionals

New programme: Mr S. Ramadorai (centre) CEO and Managing Director, TCS, with Mr Ravi Viswanathan (right), Vice-President and Head, Chennai Operations, and Mr Raman Srinivasan, Head, Ignite Initiative, at TCS’s Ignite centre in Chennai on Wednesday. —

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Chennai, Aug. 22 Tata Consultancy Services will hire 2,000 science graduates, mostly from Tier III cities and rural areas, and turn them into software professionals in the current fiscal.

These graduates, who must agree to stay on with the company for two years (like any other recruits), will be treated as TCS employees from the Day One, but will get 30 per cent lesser salary than engineering graduates, Mr S. Ramadorai, CEO and Managing Director, TCS, told presspersons here today.

The number of recruits will be ramped up to 5,000 in two years under the science-to-software learning and development programme, called TCS Ignite, Mr Ramadorai said.

Designed as an intensive seven-month programme with live project experience, TCS Ignite equips mathematics and science graduates with the skills necessary to pursue a career in the IT industry.

It builds a foundation in software through a customised curriculum. It begins with the logic and problem solving methods and moves to their application in real world, says a company press release.

In a TCS Ignite pilot programme, 500 trainees were inducted into the company.

The batch consisted of science graduates from over 200 colleges in nine states. Over 60 per cent of them were women belonging to various states, including North East, which has not been traditional talent sourcing destination for IT companies.

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