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IT sercvices major Tata Consultancy Services will train 1,000 graduates in the UK as part of an initiative to develop UK talent.
One thousand young British university graduates will have the opportunity to spend a year training and working for TCS at its Innovation Labs and software development centres across India through a new partnership between the British Council and TCS, the company said in a statement.
British Council Chief Executive Sir Ciarán Devane said, “India is emerging as a global superpower and initiatives such as this will enable the next generations in both countries to engage, learn, and grow with each other.”
“By providing 1,000 British graduates with the opportunity to work and train with TCS, we hope to help address this skills shortage and give UK employers access to the digital expertise that they will need to compete and succeed in the hyper-connected Digital Economy,” said N Chandrasekaran, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services
One thousand new internships will take place between 2016 and 2020 and will be managed jointly by the British Council and TCS. Each internship will last 12 months and will give graduates from British universities an opportunity to work for TCS in India, where they will receive training in the technical and commercial skills needed for a career in software development, global consulting, business process management, or human resources. This new commitment is part of TCS’ wider investment in training for its workforce, with over 100,000 employees being trained in emerging digital technologies this year alone.
TCS has been operating in the UK since 1975 and works with some of the UK’s biggest businesses, including 33 of the FTSE 100. Today, TCS is one of the UK’s biggest digital employers with more than 11,000 UK employees working across 30 locations in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, Ipswich, Norwich, Peterborough, Swindon, Redhill, and Liverpool.
Tata Consultancy Services’ partnership with the British Council is the latest in a number of digital skills initiatives within the UK. As part of its IT Futures programme, TCS is already working with UK schools, universities and the not-for-profit sector to help encourage young people to pursue a career in IT. Since its inception in 2013, the IT Futures programme has reached over 23,000 young people in the UK.
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