TCS to tap Coimbatore talent pool
Business Standard — June 14, 2006

Buoyed by the presence of a number of reputed engineering and technical educational institutions in and around the city and availability of a vast talent pool, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT consultancy and services major, is targeting Coimbatore for recruitment. TCS plans to recruit around 30,500 employees during financial year 2006-2007, of which about 8to 10 per cent would be from Coimbatore.

"Coimbatore is emerging as a promising IT hub. We are planning to play an integral role in further development of the local economy by working with academic institutions and helping them train and develop talent in the region," S Padmanabhan, executive vice-president and head (global human resources), TCS, said. The company has a 100seat engineering centre of excellence in Coimbatore which caters to small and mid-sized engineering units in the region.

It also established a physical facilitation centre here when it kickstarted the MCA 21 programme, an online filing facility of statutory documents with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), earlier this year. The company, which recruited around 800 people from Coimbatore last year through direct campus interviews alone, foresees an increase in the number this year.

"However, we cannot specify the number, as it all depends on the student-strength and their ability to get through the interview," Padmanabhan added. Accordingly, TCS has entered into a tie-up with 15 colleges in the city, including institutions like PSG College of Technology, Government College of Technology (GCT) and Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), for recruitment.