Click to play videoNew Delhi: From science to software in seven months - that is TCS' new mission.
The tech big boy has found a new hunting ground for software developers and will soon be scouting for talented graduates to beat the manpower crunch. If this succeeds, others in the industry could follow suit.
One doesn't necessarily need an engineering degree to bag a software developer's job with India's largest software company.
As part of its destructive innovation strategy TCS will hire graduates from 50 colleges across India and put them through a seven months rigorous training session to turn them into software developers.
The company has made a start by hiring 500 graduates this year and that number will jump to 2000 next year.
For Now TCS will focus on graduates in the sciences stream, while entry level salaries for grads will be a tad lower than those with an engineering degree there will be no lock in period.
Says TCS CEO and MD, S Ramadorai, "You need to shed your baggage but not all of it. I agree that one cannot carry the past baggage all the time but there are certain things that one has to forget and then there are things that have to be carried forward."
TCS believes developers need to look beyond codes and develop their soft skills as well, so trainees will be put through courses in communication, listening, observation skills as well as team building.
Sharp analytical skills will be a pre-requisite to make the cut.
Says TCS Global Head HR, S Padmanabhan, "Primarily we are looking at analytical skills, logical thinking capabilities and we are targeting mathematics and physics initially."
TCS's attempt to reach out to grads is more a necessity than a goodwill gesture. The IT industry is facing a huge manpower crunch and things are likely to get worse with NASSCOM predicting a shortfall of 500,000 IT professionals by 2010.
Companies are currently on a hiring spree with TCS picking up 30,000 people this fiscal.
Others like Infosys hired 10,000 engineers in the last quarter alone. If this pilot takes off, others in the industry may look at adopting the TCS model.
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