The Hindu Business Line : Nasscom planning national IT aptitude test

IN its bid to ease the load of IT companies in the recruitment process, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) is planning a national level IT aptitude test on the lines of GATE/CAT or the GRE tests. Though the proposal is still in the conceptual stage, Mr R. Narayanan, Chairman of Nasscom Initiative on HR for IT, is confident of its rollout by the year-end.

In a brief chat with press-persons after the inauguration of the first year programmes at the Dr Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Mr Narayanan said Nasscom's efforts were aimed at moderating the IT companies' recruitment process load.

"Thousands of candidates are picked off campus every year and the question paper structure differed in each of these companies. To bring about some uniformity in the question paper pattern (since all recruiters gauge the test score of the prospective candidates on aptitude test), Nasscom is contemplating a test at the national level," said Mr Narayanan.

Nasscom and the All India Council for Technical Education have signed a memorandum of understanding for industry training. "We noticed that the small players in the IT space are equally committed to industry training. We have trained 200 faculties so far," he said.

Mr Narayanan is the Vice-President and Head of the Global Learning and Development Centre, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

To a query on TCS' training programmes, he said the company did not offer training as a line of business, but conceded that 50 to 60 per cent of the two-month training at induction could be done on campus.

To enable students prepare for such training, the company has launched a Web site with all related information. "Students would need to put in 300 hours for preparation, so that they can take the test on the date of joining. We are extending financial incentive to candidates who fare well in the tests," said Mr Narayanan.

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