The six-month residential training programme for the engineering graduates, started on a pilot basis, has been designed by Infosys, and includes both technical and soft skills.
The first batch of 98 candidates from various districts of the state recently completed training. Of this, 93 have been placed with IT companies with a monthly salary ranging between Rs 15,000 and Rs 40,000.
Speaking to Business Standard, P Madhav, director (promotions) and Satish Chandra Paruchuri, programme manager, Institute for Electronic Governance - Jawahar Knowledge Centre (which implements the project), Andhra Pradesh, said students from the