"At present around 3 percent of our workforce comprises of foreigners. We will be increasing this to 5 percent soon by recruiting more people from foreign universities," T Hari, senior vice-president, global human resources, Satyam Computers, said here on Monday.
In order to bridge the gap between the industry needs and the skilled talent available in India, Satyam has taken up an initiative "Campulse" along with Nasscom to strengthen the relationship between industry and academic institutes.
"This is aimed at training, grooming and enhancing the quality of young aspirants joining the IT industry. As a part of this programme, Satyam will take up faculty training programme. Presently we can train about 30 faculties. It is a kind of sabbatical training programme which will not hinder their academic schedule," Hari said.
He said according to Nasscom IT exports from India will reach $50 billion in 2008. However, the supply of skilled manpower will fall short of requirements by almost 22 percent by 2009 if specific issues around human resource development are not addressed. "We are trying to find a solution to this through Campulse," he said.
The company has also suggested a common entrance test for all IT company recruitments as this could prevent the present scramble for jobs in campuses. It is also working with Nasscom to give suggestions for modifying the present curriculum to equip students to handle industry challenges. "Satyam has tied up with 30 institutes including Panjab University, MSRT, Bangalore, NIT, Warangal, Satyabhama Institute, Chennai and KITS, Bhubaneswar ," Hari said.
