Infosys Campus Connect - A Solution to Talent Crunch Challenge?

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Against the backdrop of such a gap between the demands of the IT industry and the skills of the engineering graduates, Infosys came out with an innovative program called 'Campus Connect' in May 2004. The Infosys Campus Connect program was launched by Mohandas Pai (Pai) , the then Head of Administration, Education & Research, Human Resources Development, Infosys. The initiative was for final year engineering students. As a part of the Campus Connect initiative, Infosys started working with a policy making body like AICTE from August 2004 to include Industry-centric electives in engineering colleges to make students Industry-ready so that the Industry related knowledge and information could be included in the curriculum of the students...

The major beneficiaries of the Infosys Campus Connect initiative were the students, as they were able to enhance their performance by participating in real projects. Campus Connect helped students not only in their academic skills enhancement but also in improving their practical applicability, teamwork, project management, cross functional networking, and effective communication. Industry-centric electives helped students in developing confidence in their own abilities and in improving their ability to contribute to their work, which in turn helped in the employer's success...

Aspiring Minds , a consulting firm, conducted a standardized computer based assessment test in August 2009 to determine the employability levels of technical graduates in India. The report published in 2010 stated that the employability of the graduates with reference to the skills required in the IT field was low. As per a 2010 NASSCOM report, there were 3.7 million graduates and out of them 0.497 million were engineering graduates. But only 72,777 were recruited in 2010. The report also stated that the employability rate of engineering graduates was 26% while for other graduates it was 10-15%. As per the same report, to reduce the unemployability rate of engineering students, IT companies had to provide training to about 62% of the candidates. Zensar Technologies , an IT-BPO company, hired 599 candidates out of 5893 eligible candidates through a campus recruitment drive in 2010. But the actual requirement of the organization was 800 people...

Exhibit I: Academic industry Collaboration Model of Infosys Campus Connect
Exhibit II: 3 Phase Model of Campus Connect
Exhibit III: Infosys Campus Connect Program Approach
Exhibit IV: Team organization of Campus Connect Program
Exhibit V: Components of Campus Connect
Exhibit VI: The Concepts Delivery Method Followed at Infosys Campus Connect
Exhibit VII: Statistics of Campus Connect Program Development
Exhibit VIII: Statistics of Campus Connect Program as of March 2011
Exhibit IX: Employability Percentage of Technical Graduates Into IT Industry In 2010
Exhibit X: Statistics of Recruitment Levels of All Companies from 2008-2011
Exhibit XI: Strike Rate of Various Industries during 2009-10
Exhibit XII: Man Power Requirement in various sectors by 2020

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