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| 7 questions with Infosys' Srikantan Moorthy | Like (68) |
| It is no secret that employability skills of engineering graduates produced by India's myriad colleges don't quite match IT industry's expectations. While how wide is this gap between what these students learn in colleges and what is expected of them when they join an IT company is a debatable point, IT companies are doing their own bit to narrow this gap by imparting new skill sets to fresh grads before they start working for their respective clients. Infosys Technologies, India's second biggest software exporter, too is doing its bit to improve competencies and skill sets of its employees at their 23-week programme at Infosys Global Training Centre in Mysore. Srikantan Moorthy, vice president and head, education and research, Infosys, spoke to Prasanna D Zore among other things about this 23-week programme, the reasons why colleges in India don't churn out employable graduates, the competencies that Infosys looks out for in freshers and how young students can make themselves employable right from their college days. What kind of shortage of qualified or well-trained people is India looking at in the next five years? The only metric that is out there is the number that came from Nasscom-McKinsey survey several years ago. It said that only 25 per cent of the graduates that come out of engineering colleges are employable in the IT industry. This is because of the gaps that exist and according to me they come from three large areas. The first one is the ability of our students to apply concepts to applications. Engineering students might have learned a lot of computer science or other concepts in their colleges but their ability to apply those concepts to solve real life problems require problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. The second gap is in communication skills. It's not enough that one has content but one should also have the ability to communicate the same effectively. The third gap is the inability of these freshers to work in a team as a team. These are largely the three most important gaps that exist in freshers today and lead to a large section of them being unemployable. Read More... Also Read When it comes to writing a business plan! 5 things not to do or say at a job interview Write an impressive cover letter to get an edge Sending an email resume? Here is what you should avoid Interview Questions You Need to NAIL - What Is Your Greatest Weakness |
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