Infosys set to train 1st batch of UK recruits

Infosys Technologies today announced that the first group of 25 graduates from the United Kingdom will leave for training in Mysore.

According to an official release issued by the company to the BSE today, the new hires will begin their six-month, customized software engineer education program at the Infosys Global Education Centre in Mysore in early September.

The graduates are from leading UK universities including University of Bath, University College London, University of Nottingham, University of Surrey, Imperial College, and Kings College. After a four-month educational program in Mysore, these 'Infoscions' will be relocated to Infosys development centres across India for two months to gain hands-on experience with real projects. Following the successful completion of the six-month orientation programme, they will return to join Infosys offices in the UK.

The Global Talent Program (GTP) is Infosys' university recruiting programme outside India. Trainees, recruited for the GTP undergo a customised education and orientation programme created to ensure that they are trained adequately with necessary technical and client-facing skills and sufficient live project exposure in the Infosys Global Delivery Model.

"This is an exciting time for Infosys in Europe. The global talent program enhances our recruitment efforts and helps attract the best and brightest talent from one of the key countries in which Infosys operates... By joining a global community on the Mysore campus that includes trainees from the United States, Australia and Japan, the UK graduates will gain exposure to new ways of thinking and ultimately help Infosys play an even more strategic role for its clients," B G Srinivas, head (EMEA), Infosys, said.

In May 2006, the company announced its pilot plan to recruit college graduates from UK universities as part of an ongoing commitment to creating a diversified, global workforce. Infosys first began the GTP for entry-level software engineer positions at top universities in the US. Applications were admitted for the software engineering position from students with technology majors as well as liberal arts majors with a mathematics background. The UK initiative follows a successful implementation of the GTP in the US that was able to recruit 250 graduates to India.