Infosys Campus Connect
CAMPUS CONNECT AND ITS OBJECTIVES:
Campus Connect is Infosys's initiative to help increase India's competitiveness in the knowledge economy.Campus Connect aims at evolving a model through which Infosys and engineering institutions can partner for competitiveness,enhance the pool of highly capable talent for growth requirements in Information Technology (IT) space.It is aimed at creating an effective means of backwaed integration into the supply chain by going into the college campuses from where the IT industry gets the people for its growth.
CRITERIA:
The exact criteria will change from time to time.A variety of parameters are involved.some of them are--College needs to have good standards,students need to have good record,Infosys has been visiting the college in the past,college is a trend setter in the region.
ACTIVITIES OF CAMPUS CONNECT:
A variety of programmes are being implemented under the Campus Connect initiative.
a. Seminars and faculty training for colleges: This will give an industry perspective to the faculty.
b. Aligning the college curriculum with industry requirements and working with educational bodies implementing it.
c. Publishing Infosys courseware on the web: This will give students and faculty access to courseware designed by us. The courseware adds to the existing college courseware and highlights the integrated, systematic way of looking at hitherto discrete topics. This is the courseware we use to prepare our new recruits for global "industry ready" standards.
d. Sabbatical for Professors: Professors can pursue areas of research interest with us,and also add to the intellectual content.
GOAL OF CAMPUS CONNECT:
The goal of Campus Connect is to build a sustainable partnership with engineering educational institutions for mutual benefit.