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`Hiring the right talent a major task'

Staff Reporter

Coimbatore: Creating an efficient `supply chain' to obtain suitable employees is the biggest challenge for information technology companies, Ravi P.V. Viswanathan, Vice President, Head (Chennai Operations), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd., Chennai, said here on Monday.

He said that according to a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian software industry that was worth US $ 20 billion was likely to touch US $ 75 billion, with the workforce of 700,000 engineers expected to rise to two million within four years.

Indirect jobs

In the process, it would create an estimated 7.3 million indirect jobs. However, achieving the target was not going to be easy because of the difficulty of getting suitable people.

"The stress on the supply chain is going to be intense," he observed and added that the accent would be on partnerships with academic institutions.

Mr. Viswanathan was speaking at the Tech Day and Polytech Day of PSG College of Technology and PSG Polytechnic College, at the PSG Tech Quadrangle.

He said that TCS had invested in productivity tools and was examining pervasive technology such as the wireless medium that was expected to gain priority in the days to come, providing value addition for customers.

Current boom

Currently, there was a boom in the manufacturing sector.

C. R. Swaminathan, Chief Executive, PSG Institutions, presided over the function.

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