IT and BPO companies have knocked on the School
of Open Learning's doors to recruit its students, even those with
good spoken Hindi skills
It is informally referred to as Delhi University's "parking lot"
since an overwhelming number of students who can't secure admissions
in regular colleges end up here.
But this very large latent talent pool of 2.3 lakh students and
the open mode of teaching may now become the strong suit of the School of Open Learning (SOL).
A number of corporate houses, mainly information technology and
business process outsourcing (BPO) business, have knocked on the
school's doors for agreements like the one it has with Genpact to
recruit from its B.Com. and English (Hons) freshers.
Reveals
H.C. Pokhriyal Executive Director, SOL, "The process is being initiated.
Some companies like IBM, HCL Technologies and ATS, have sent us
their proposals. They have submitted their requirements for recruiting
our students."
He informs that one of the interested organizations wants to hire
students with good communication skills in Hindi. According to him,
the proposed placements will not be restricted to only two undergraduate
(UG) progremmes, as in the only operational agreement with the BPO,
where 250 students have beebn placed. "This time, there will
be a log of flexibility. This time, it is going to be open...last
time, it was only for two programmes." The proposed alliane
will cover all the five PG programmes - BA (Pass), B.Com. (Pass),
BA (Hones) English, BA (Hone.), Political Science and B.Com. (Hons.),
he inform. In addition to this, he lets in, "there is some
initiative by a corporation to recruit out PG students as well."
The proposal are expected to be concretized in two months fro now,
says Pokhriyal. The existing partnership, the company puts up a
stall on the campus and the relevant course students fill up a form.
The company screens the form and calls short listed applicants for an interview. It also sends the list of selected candidates to the
placement coordinator at the SOL. These students work three days a week at the BPO and attend SOL classes two days. They are also
given additional teaching support: two extra days of classes in
a week. Other students are required to attend 30 classes a year.
"It's good that the corporate sector is trying to provide employment
to our students," comments Pokhriyal.
Source: Hindustan Times
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