Infosys to train Chinese

Infosys Technologies on Wednesday announced that it will train 100 students from China at Infosys' Global Education Centre as part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Infosys and Government of China.

Commenting on the initiative, an official from ministry of education of the People's Republic of China said, "We see science and technology as a key area of collaboration with India and look forward to working with Infosys. We will continuously encourage and support this programme to strengthen collaboration between the two entities."

The internship programme is expected to be run from September 2005 to March 2006.

China Scholarship Council along with Infosys has chosen 100 undergraduate students in their fourth year from leading universities in the software engineering field.

The programme involves a three-month intensive training course on interpersonal and technical skills at the Global Education Centre in Mysore, and a four-month internship at Infosys' development centre in Bangalore.

Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Company Ltd (ITSCo), is the China subsidiary of Infosys Technologies Ltd, a global provider of consulting and IT services. ITSCo offers end-to-end software services to domestic and global companies in China. ITSCo is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys and its head office is located in Shanghai.

The training will be conducted by the Education and Research Department of Infosys, in association with the Infosys Leadership Institute.

According to James Lin, CEO -- Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Co Ltd (ITSCo), "We believe that a truly global company has a global view of not only the markets, but also people and culture. Through the initiative, along with our investments in China, we hope to provide Chinese software professionals with an opportunity to train on cutting edge technologies."

The training programme concludes with students submitting a project report, a case study and taking a comprehensive examination.