The Hindu Business Line : Tavant Tech plans office in NCR

TAVANT Technologies is close to doubling its strength in India. The company is also planning to open one more office in the National Capital Region (NCR).

This four-year old US-based company in the high-end collaborative e-commerce space started operations in India by establishing a primary facility (an R & D Centre) at Bangalore in January 2002. The Indian arm though caters only to the US-clients' requirements.

In a span of two years, the India office managed to place 300 software engineers from renowned technical institutes on its rolls. The Tavant CEO, Mr Sarvesh Mahesh, told this correspondent that the company extended its operations only to take advantage of costs and considering the rich talent pool available here.

According to Mr Sarvesh, its growth was commensurate with the revenue growth, which touched $20 million in 2003. The company is confident of clocking $35 million this year.

Content with the growth path, Tavant is now looking at expanding its operations by opening an office in Delhi, Gurgaon or Noida (in the NCR) or in Pune, if its plans to open in NCR do not fall through. `We will have identified the centre by April. Then we will also require additional strength to take on the load. We are planning to increase our strength to 550 by the end of the current calendar year,' Mr Sarvesh said.

Though the recruitment has not started yet, the Tavant CEO said that the top management had commenced a tour of the IITs in Kanpur, Rourkee and Mumbai to create awareness among the students about the company. The company would be looking at technical institutions in smaller towns too this season, he said.

While stating that every interested candidate should qualify in the written test conducted by Tavant, Mr. Ashish Gupta, Vice-President (Shared Services), said that sound technical knowledge alone would not suffice. `Attitude is more important', he said and pointed out that a candidate could be trained on technical skills, but it would be difficult to change one's attitude, unless he had the willingness and ability to learn.

That is not all, Mr Gupta continued, before adding `today, it is not about us (read Tavant) selecting them. They need to accept us, as there are a lot more good companies out there and a good number of candidates with sound knowledge. The competition for placement in top companies is fierce,' he said.

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