Satyam flags off new global sourcing initiative

Satyam Computer Services Limited, a global consulting and IT services provider, has announced that it has set up a specialised 25-member team to support critical IT outsourcing projects which require high-end niche skills and priority programming support in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, thus flagging off its new global sourcing initiative.

The team will be based out of Satyam's APAC headquarters in Singapore, a press release said.

In the first such set-up by the Hyderabad-based software giant, the global sourcing initiative has hired senior consultants and IT specialists from five Asian countries.

The global sourcing team members include senior functional consultants and experts in defined verticals such as oil and gas, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), travel and logistics and the public sector.

The team members are all employed by Satyam's Singapore operations which has 225 full-time staff (out of a total of 1,500 staff in the APAC operations).

This initiative aims to establish a myriad talent pool which is readily available to successfully carry out highly-specialised IT projects on a priority basis, particularly in South East Asia and China.

Besides Singapore, Satyam has handpicked candidates from Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and India.