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Foreign Interns at Infosys - Yet Another Milestone in the Road of IT Boom
Note: The content presented in this article is true to the best of the knowledge of the author. It is original but for the references to the facts and figures about the InStep program at Infosys and comments of the interns. InStep, commenced in 1999 with 300 applicants for 14 positions, now has grown to enormous heights with 9000 applicants for 100 positions from 70 universities across the world, including Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, Wharton, MIT, London Business School and Asia Institute of Management. Voices of the Interns at InStep(Infosys): Geoffrey Gelman from Harvard business school, a recruit in the InStep internship program said, “There has been a lot of debate in the United States on the growing role of India in the world economy. I wanted to investigate this trend firsthand and gain international experience by working at a leading IT company headquartered in India.” Upshots of such Indian Internship programs: Foreign interns like the hands-on experience that they get on metamorphous software services and solutions that are making headway to global solutions in the development centers across the globe. They get trained not only in development of codes and testing but also get a technical know-how on business confabulations and corporate project planning. Such Indian internship programs meet the local requirements both in terms of the academic standards of the foreign graduates, who have joined the program, and their cultural sensitivities. The foreign interns here not only gain the requisite know-how and technical expertise but also provide trained manpower for strengthening the human resource base at onsite locations in future. Apart from learning the tactics of configuration management, contingency and mitigation plans in software services, the foreign interns also learn behavioral principles like transition management, time management by meeting strict deadlines, communication skills, corporate culture, team building qualities and leadership tactics. The effectiveness of the program can be reckoned from the fact that such interns get selected by clients to work onsite at client locations over within months of completion of the program. Their technical papers published in esteemed technical magazines and presentations at the international level stand testimony to the plethora of knowledge and training that they get when they come here. The future India has been a software powerhouse providing various IT enabled services. Now that the knowledge work and training has started its relocation to India, let us be sanguine about the fact that the day when India will shine as the supreme software giant of the world is definitely not very far! Chillibreeze's disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views of Chillibreeze as a company. Chillibreeze has a strict anti-plagiarism policy. Please contact us to report any copyright issues related to this article.
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