The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : iGATE targets non-engineering students

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Monday, Mar 13, 2006

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iGATE targets non-engineering students

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: Considering the melee campus recruitments at engineering colleges have become, IT companies are looking to new pastures for new blood.

Technology company iGATE Global Solutions hired 40 per cent of their new recruits from non-engineering colleges last year.

The science departments were their targets. This year, they hope to hire 750 plus students for the company.

V. Viswanathan, assistant vice-president, said students from a science background have enviable analytical skills.

Compulsory training

The recruits have to undergo the two-month compulsory classroom training and practicals.

Non-engineering recruits have to learn here with additional intensity to adapt to the engineering field.

He has noticed that there are a lot more companies offering programmes aligned to the IT industry: often these are optional subjects.

"We will be looking at B.Sc., M.Sc., IT and electronics students," he says.

The right candidate is more about the attitude — with a passion for the job.

Mr. Viswanathan says, that as the IT field continues to be attractive with high compensation, students are always willing to switch over.

"In the first year, the pay is on a linear scale. But, after that the individual decides his growth," he says.

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