TCS recruits 1,100 in Orissa

KOLKATA: IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has made job offers to more than 1,100 students from 10 engineering colleges in Orissa in the current recruitment season. This is the largest campus recruitment of fresh talent in Orissa by any IT services firm till date, a release issued by TCS said.

Nearly 65% of these job offers were made to students from four educational institutes in Bhubaneswar which includes Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology & Science, ITER, and College of Technology & Engineering.

A TCS spokesperson said the number of offers made this year has been more than eight times of the previous year.

“The record recruitment from Orissa establishes the state as a significant source for engineering talent for TCS. The students will be joining the company as trainees next year,” the spokesperson said.

It may be noted TCS already operates a delivery centre at Bhubaneswar since 2001. However, the fresh recruits from the state can be placed in any of the global centres which the company operates in over 50 countries.

TCS is yet to decide on the verticals where these fresh recruits will work. “This is decided after a 50-days mandatory training programme which transforms a fresh graduate to a professional. Post completion of the training, associates can be absorbed in any practise/project/vertical depending on the manpower requirement,” the spokesperson said.

TCS, which currently has a headcount of 89,000 employees, recruited over 32,000 people in 2006-07 and has set itself an ambitious recruitment plan this year as well. A bulk of such recruitment will be from educational institutes across India as part of the company’s campus recruitment initiative.