WE NEED TO TALK OF DIGITAL NORMAL AND AI NORMAL
DataQuest|September 2022
The digital normal involves an explosion of digital use cases and the rise of newer technologies to address these use cases, says Manas Fuloria, CEO and co-founder, Nagarro.
Aanchal Ghatak
WE NEED TO TALK OF DIGITAL NORMAL AND AI NORMAL

With a rapidly changing tech scenario and continuous upgradation of skills, how is the industry able to cope with the issue of employability of new engineering graduates? The young engineering graduates of today are independent thinkers and self-driven, much more than in the past. This entrepreneurial energy saves the day! While the formal curricula of universities have largely not evolved enough, the good students have typically been picking up new technical skills without worrying too much about the limits of these curricula.

Nagarro supports these students, particularly those in smaller colleges, by offering them the Career Boot Camp while they are still on campus. This live training program, offered in conjunction with Coding Blocks, is aimed at building programming skills and making students industry ready. The training provides hands-on experience and exposure to industry situations through work and study programs. It focuses on a problem-solving approach to learning new concepts.

Of course, once students join the company, there are even more training programs that they can take advantage of. Depending on how well prepared a student is and how much hard work is put in during training, the student will likely be deployed in a live, exciting project within 3 to 9 months of joining. The way each company onboards new graduates varies, but the best companies take great pains to give new graduates a great learning experience and to make sure that they are able to contribute meaningfully to the projects they join.

How employable are talents from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in terms of meeting the new-age technology requirements?

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