Mohammed Younus / Hyderabad : Android technologies, mobile apps and cloud computing are the latest domains global IT giants are vying to hire young IT graduates in and are looking for students with required level of know-how on these technologies. With Android establishing itself firmly across a majority of the mobile industry all over the world and cloud computing technology becoming the order of today’s IT industry, the demand for fresh minds with the skillset is ever increasing.
Institutions with latest syllabi structures are much sought after by the IT companies. Corporate giants like Google, Walmart, Microsoft, Amazon, Linked In, Invidia, Samsung and Flipkart are hiring their workforce from the local student pool of Hyderabad. Placement Head of the International Institute of Information Technologies (IIIT) Hyderabad T V Deviprasad said many of its students are landing in famed global IT companies due to its Research & Development facilities and updated syllabi as per the industry needs.
Explaining about the current round of hiring in the IIIT-H campus, he said, “Around 120 companies have registered for recruiting the students. Out of the 365 registered students, 110 have already been hired by multiple companies.” The packages given to the first time employees are so lucrative that some of the students were offered as high as Rs 1 crore per annum. Xenovus Software limited vice President and General Manager T V P Kameshwar Rao said that the companies look for students who are flexible and innovative in their approach towards problem solving.
He said, “Students who take less time to be trained are preferred more and gain prominence and salary hikes in a shorter period of time.” Kameshwar Rao said that IT companies across the globe were looking for institutions with state of the art teaching methods and subject content. He opined that if all the engineering colleges expose their students to the real time industry conditions during their period of study, it would be helpful in tapping the vast opportunities available.
Explaining about the current round of hiring in the IIIT-H campus, he said, “Around 120 companies have registered for recruiting the students. Out of the 365 registered students, 110 have already been hired by multiple companies.” The packages given to the first time employees are so lucrative that some of the students were offered as high as Rs 1 crore per annum. Xenovus Software limited vice President and General Manager T V P Kameshwar Rao said that the companies look for students who are flexible and innovative in their approach towards problem solving.
He said, “Students who take less time to be trained are preferred more and gain prominence and salary hikes in a shorter period of time.” Kameshwar Rao said that IT companies across the globe were looking for institutions with state of the art teaching methods and subject content. He opined that if all the engineering colleges expose their students to the real time industry conditions during their period of study, it would be helpful in tapping the vast opportunities available.
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