TCS to train 1,000 British graduates in India
India’s IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday announced that it has partnered with the British Council to train 1,000 British graduates at its innovation labs and software development centres across India. “One thousand new internships will take place between 2016 and 2020 and will be managed jointly by the British Council and TCS,” TCS said in a statement. Application for the internship will begin in a few months and the first batch will commence in summer 2016 in India. As part of the agreement, British graduates will get an opportunity to learn technical and commercial skill, which would help them make a career in software development, business process management, global consulting and human resource. British students will also get to experience of living and working in one of the world’s fastest growing economy. Employment opportunities in the UK IT sector are projected to grow by almost twice the employment rate between 2016 and 2020. This also means the country will face a shortage of 40,000 professionals in the field of technology, science, mathematics and engineering each year. “The new TCS-British Council partnership aims to address this challenge by helping to foster the next generation of digital talent in the UK and provide British employers with the graduates they will need to succeed in future,” the company said. The development is a part of TCS’ global plan to invest in trainings for its workforce. The company has about 1 lakh employees currently being trained in digital technologies. "As a technology partner to many large British businesses, we see their desire to exploit new and exciting opportunities presented by digital technologies. However, all too often, our customers are unable to do this quickly as the UK talent pool needs knowledge and training in these new technologies,” said N Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD, TCS.
November 13, 2015 | 5:28pm IST
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