Satyam to recruit fresh graduate engineers from outside India

Hyderabad: Satyam Computer Services is hiring fresh graduate engineers from top Malaysian universities. This is the first time that the company is venturing outside India for recruitment purposes. The company has completed the initial phase of its first mass recruitment for fresh recruits who will undergo rigorous training for 14 weeks at Satyam's development centre in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

B Ramalinga Raju , chairman, Satyam Computer Services, speaking at a news conference in Cyberjaya, said 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.

Raju, participating at the high-level MSC international advisory panel discussions in Cyberjaya, said 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 underwent training in the last year alone.

The company has taken due care 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.

According to Raju, "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. It also demonstrates our deep commitment to Malaysia, which is an important centre for Satyam in the Asia-Pacific region" he added.

Phase II deals with specific technology, which in the case of first batch is .Net. Essential behavioral inputs like transition management, communication skills, business etiquettes, team building and leadership are interspersed with the technical inputs.

The effectiveness of the programme can be gauged from the fact that not only are ELTPs much in demand in the Satyam projects but a number of them have also been selected by clients to work on site the world over within a year of completion of the programme.

According to Virender Aggarwal, Satyam's senior vice president and head of the Asia-Pacific region, "Satyam is investing a great deal by way of resources to make the program a grand success. The programme will see the best of the faculty coming from India. Experienced associates from Satyam's GSC in Cyberjaya are devoting considerable time and energy in mentoring by sharing project experiences with the participants."

The ELTPs will be trained as development and testing engineers and their appointments will be confirmed based on their performance in the first year with Satyam. They will be assigned software consulting and development projects, which Satyam has secured from Malaysian government agencies and business organisations as well as 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. Satyam currently has 40 staff in the GSC apart from the new ELTPs who have joined.