TalentSprint celebrates Foundation Day with Chief Guest Dr. C. Rangarajan, Sets new benchmark with over a 1000 trainees graduated

Hyderabad, India

Foundation Day Lecture by Chief Guest, Dr. Rangarajan.
Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

Celebrating two years since its inception, TalentSprint (TS) held its Foundation Day Ceremony in Hyderabad today. The Chief Guest, renowned Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Former Governor - Reserve Bank of India and Former Governor - Andhra Pradesh, gave a keynote address on “Young India: Skill Development and Economic Growth”.  

This was followed by a Panel Discussion (held in conjunction with TiE-Hyderabad) where illustrious policy makers and industry stalwarts from the IT industry presented their views on the topic. The Guests of Honour that participated in the panel were  Bipin Chandra Pendyala (VP and Site Head, CA Hyderabad and Secretary - ITsAP), Gouri Gupta (Head of Program Development, National Skills Development Corporation), Kedar Udiyavar (Executive Vice President, Polaris), Shakti Sagar (Managing Director, ADP and Chairman – CII Andhra Pradesh) and Srinivas Peddi (Center Head, IBM Global Services, Hyderabad)

TalentSprint recognized its partners with “Corporate Partner Awards” for having helped them in its journey and contributing to its substantial growth over the last two years. The companies felicitated were AppLabs, Dhanlaxmi Bank, Polaris, State Bank of Hyderabad and Symphony.

TalentSprint celebrated its newly set benchmark and achievement of over 1000 trainees graduating with a successful placement record of 85%.  The trainees have undergone a world class transformation program before getting placed at leading companies that include AppLabs, Polaris, Dhanlaxmi Bank, Syntel, Virtusa and Ivy Comptech.

Adding to their achievements, TalentSprint recently inaugurated its innovative Remote Learning Center in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh to serve the cause of social inclusion, where trainees from rural backgrounds are participating in its flagship Software Testing Foundation Program through a virtual classroom.

J. A. Chowdary, Executive Chairman at TalentSprint said, "We are very pleased to recognize both our corporate partners as well as our trainees at our Foundation Day celebrations.  We are proud to have graduated 1000 students and while maintaining a record of over 85% placement. Being able to provide industry relevant training and jobs for graduates that were otherwise deemed unemployable by industry has been immensely satisfying for us. It has allowed us to achieve the first of our many goals of social and financial inclusion.”

In his remarks, Dr. Santanu Paul, CEO and Managing Director of TalentSprint said, " We have grown our corporate partner base to more than 25 companies in the IT and BFSI Sectors and will be continuing to expand this in the coming year.  TalentSprint’s business model of providing a just-in-time inventory of well trained, certified professionals has been well received by industry. We will be launching new programs in the coming months that will cater to industry needs by delivering a combination of domain, technology and business communications training.”

TalentSprint is experiencing significant demand for its fast-track transformation programs as unemployed graduates and leading companies in the IT and banking sector are realizing the need for a Talent Transformation Partner. TalentSprint currently operates out of Hyderabad, but is planning to expand its operations to Chennai and Bangalore in early 2010.