Recruitment drive in Coimbatore

In a two-day recruitment drive conducted by Wipro Technologies in Coimbatore, 250 graduates who would pass out in 2007 were recruited. They were selected out of the 1,800 students from Coimbatore, Pollachi, Udumalpet, Udhagamandalam, Erode and Salem, who appeared for the aptitude tests.

The selected students also included those from physics, maths, computer science and information technology backgrounds.

They would be taken in for the Wipro Academy of Software Excellence programme, said Viswanathan Venkatasubramanian, Manager, Fresher Hiring, Wipro Technologies.

Through this programme, the students would be given an opportunity to do MS in Software Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.

Faculty


Faculty members from BITS would take weekend classes for the students. By the end of the four-year programme, they would be trained on the job (software development) and they would have an MS degree as well, Mr. Viswanathan said.

Students from all over the country are recruited for this programme. This year around 1,300 students are undergoing it and the number was likely to become 4,000 by next year, he added.

It is offered at Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata. The candidates would also be given incremental stipend at Wipro so that they could support themselves while studying and working.

Coimbatore had immense potential to supply manpower for the industry and it was one of the most important destinations during such recruitment drives, Mr. Viswanathan said.

Smaller towns


They would also go to smaller places such as Thiruchengode. "Talents are available every where. Our job is to choose the best from the lot."

The selection is based on the fundamental skills of the students, their communication skills and their attitude.

They should have the willingness to learn and also be able to adapt according to the changes taking place in the industry, he said.

Good communication skills were necessary as the job demands students to interact with customers who are mostly from North America, China and Japan. They might have to write to the clients in addition to taking conference calls, he added.

With programmes such as these, even maths, physics and statistics graduates can become trained software developers attached to companies such as Wipro, said George Joseph Alapatt, Director of Placements, CMS College of Science and Commerce, one of the colleges in which the recruitment was held.

The selected students would join work in June 2007.



Source: The Hindu