Satyam goes in for its first mass recruitment outside India

Hires fresh graduate engineers from top Malaysian varsities

Satyam Computer Services Limited on Thursday announced the completion of the initial phase of its first mass recruitment of entry-level engineers outside India.

Offers were made to 40 fresh graduates from top Malaysian universities out of which 20 graduates have accepted the offer, the company said here. The fresh graduates hired will undergo rigorous training for 14 weeks at its development centre in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

B Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Satyam, said at a news conference in Cyberjaya that the graduates were chosen after a rigorous selection exercise in the last two months. The mass hiring was conducted under a Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) internship programme and follows an agreement that Satyam signed with the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC) of Malaysia.

Ramalinga Raju, who is participating at the high-level MSC International Advisory Panel discussions in Cyberjaya, said that the recruitment drive is the most significant outside India by the company, which launched its Global Solutions Centre (GSC) in Cyberjaya in April 2003.

The Entry Level Technology Programme (ELTP) in Malaysia is a refined version of the one conducted by the company in India, where over 3,500 fresh graduates have undergone it in the last year alone. Due care has been taken to ensure that the design of the programme meets the local requirements both in terms of the academic standards of the Malaysian graduates, who have joined the programme, and their cultural sensitivities.

"This recruitment programme will not only help the Malaysian graduates to gain the requisite know-how but also provide trained manpower for strengthening the human resource base at Satyam's GSC in Malaysia," Ramalinga Raju said.

"The recruitment programme underscores the potential we see in Malaysia's young engineering talent and the software development market in the country. It also demonstrates our deep commitment to Malaysia, which is an important centre for Satyam in the Asia-Pacific region. "Satyam looks forward to deepening its relationship with the Government of Malaysia and conducting many more such programmes," he added.

The ELTPs will be trained as development engineers and testing engineers and their appointments will be confirmed based on their performance in the first year with Satyam. They will be assigned to software consulting and development projects, which Satyam has secured, from Malaysian government agencies as well as business organisations from the region.

The GSC is a high-tech centre with state-of-the-art infrastructure and video-conference facilities. It is also equipped with high-end security features like biometric (finger-print) identification system and has 24x7 access to Satyam's global knowledge repository, which can be leveraged to deliver cutting-edge solutions to customers across the globe. At present, there are 40 Satyam staff in GSC, apart from the new ELTPs who have joined.