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ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
MUMBAI, DECEMBER 2: The Rs 65 crore Lipi Data Systems has entered into a partnership with Bikram Dasgupta's Globsyn Technologies for setting up a software finishing school in Mumbai. The concept of a finishing school was pioneered by Dasgupta who set up a "TechnoCampus" in Calcutta two years ago. Dasgupta was formerly with Pertech Computers Ltd and was associated with many successful orders it bagged.
"The finishing school concept bridges the gap between the generic and concept-oriented university education and the market demand for application-ready software professionals. It would result in enormous savings for the software company," Dasgupta said. A company like Tata Consultancy Services spends Rs 8 crore annually on training engineers before getting them started on projects. On an average around six months is spent on training new recruits, he added.
TechnoCampus has a branch at Seoul through a joint venture with the $ 1 billion Korean major Prime Information & Technology Ltd. It is planning similarfacilities at Bangladesh, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur through tie-ups with local business groups. In India, it will have five more centres, apart from those at Mumbai.
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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