SPI | Media Kit | Feature Articles Archives | IT dreams grow real for Mysore

Abinanth Kumar/TNN

Youngsters looking for jobs in the IT sector need not move to the IT capital. The leading Tier IT city will have more jobs to offer students, with local companies planning to implement their expansion plans here. The city-based Software Paradigms India (SPI) has set a target of buying an operating BPO company in India as part of its expansion plans in Mysore by the next financial year.

The company, which presently has some 300-plus youngsters, is looking at employing around 500 more, particularly from Mysore. The company has already completed a few rounds of discussions with potential BPO companies in India, with specific focus on southern India.

According to a survey, youngsters prefer working in Mysore to Bangalore. Reason: The next IT destination provides enough lung space, while learning opportunities are more when compared to Bangalore.

Once the double-track between Bangalore and Mysore, and the airport project is completed, the population of youngsters in the city royal is expected to increase steadily. Better infrastructure will attract investment, leading to more employment opportunities.

Realizing the huge talent pool in Mysore, the home-grown company, which has completed pre placement talks with Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) to absorb talent into the software sector, is hopeful of attracting talented youngsters from Mysore to the BPO sector.

“The IT scene in the city has been changing over the years. Mysore is blessed with a vast talent pool. There is surely availability of freshers here who need to be trained. We are sure Mysore will see the talent pool increasing by the next five years if the city positions itself as an IT destination with centralized networking.” Company HR director Madhukar V told The Times of India.

Taking note of a large talent pool migrating to Bangalore, the SPI plans to absorb youngsters. The advent of Infosys has changed the IT scene here. Keeping all this in view, we are ready to accommodate 250 employees. We are also coming up with three more buildings on the campus to accommodate more people, he said.

SPI, which has small BPO and call centre units working for internal requirements, plans to expand in the near future. It has set a target of employing 3,000 people by 2008. Once youngsters are employed, they will be trained in areas of litigation coding, account and cheque processing and back office support.