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France provides best route for Indian professionals
France - like many other non-English speaking European countries - is increasingly wooing young Indians for skilled jobs and as students.
Besides, there also seems to be a change in the mindset of young Indians about Europe. More and more students and highly skilled immigrants are looking at non-English speaking countries, such as France, as a destination for higher study and work.
The difference in the demographic patterns between India and France is certainly working to India’s advantage with about 50% of the population in France above 40 years of age. India’s skilled young workforce is proving to be very attractive for Indian and French companies.
“The Indian workforce is young and exuberant whereas France has more experienced people. Therefore, a combination of the two is what we need to have in our workforce,” feels Ramakrishna Sachdev, director marketing, Steria, a European provider of IT-driven business services.
“We have three centres in India and are looking at hiring in a big way from India for our global operations. The skills that we are mainly looking for in the candidates are IT programming and domain knowledge. Other requirements include decent knowledge of European languages (either German or French),” he adds.
Some French companies that are present in India have institutional tie-ups to absorb students. Companies such as Steria, Schneider Electric, Alten, Air Liquide and DCNS which are Europe-based, are some of the big names. The language barrier between Europe and India is a main consideration and many of the companies have tie-ups with Alliance Francaise and Max Mueller Bhawan to acquaint employees with at least one of the two important European languages.
Telecom major Orange and naval equipment maker DCNS have been providing scholarships of Euro 10,000 per year for 16 Indian engineering students to pursue specialised masters courses in institutes across France. Most of the students who are awarded scholarships for specialised engineering or management courses are going to be offered jobs later by the companies at their European or Indian operations. The Alten group, an European engineering services provider, too has big plans to tap the huge pool of IT and engineering talent in India.
French defence services major Thales already funds scholarships worth Euro 13,000 each per year for 15 Indian students.
The French government and educational institutions too are wooing Indian students in a big way. The Indo-French consortium of universities which was formed in January 2008 during French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to India has chalked out ambitious plans aimed at increasing the number of Indian students going to study in France. IFCU is working towards facilitating an increase in the number of Indian students going to France.
So far, only 1700 Indian students go to France annually. In order to achieve an increase in numbers, the consortium will facilitate the organisation of courses of interest at master’s degree and PhD levels by French universities, increase in academic institutional tie-ups, scholarships, joint projects and seminars.
A steering committee for the consortium has been set up this year to define the priority areas, mechanisms of admissions and financing options for the students and the IFCU’s meeting held in Shillong recently unveiled many such proposals.
Source:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Corporate_Trends/France_provides_best_route_
Besides, there also seems to be a change in the mindset of young Indians about Europe. More and more students and highly skilled immigrants are looking at non-English speaking countries, such as France, as a destination for higher study and work.
The difference in the demographic patterns between India and France is certainly working to India’s advantage with about 50% of the population in France above 40 years of age. India’s skilled young workforce is proving to be very attractive for Indian and French companies.
“The Indian workforce is young and exuberant whereas France has more experienced people. Therefore, a combination of the two is what we need to have in our workforce,” feels Ramakrishna Sachdev, director marketing, Steria, a European provider of IT-driven business services.
“We have three centres in India and are looking at hiring in a big way from India for our global operations. The skills that we are mainly looking for in the candidates are IT programming and domain knowledge. Other requirements include decent knowledge of European languages (either German or French),” he adds.
Some French companies that are present in India have institutional tie-ups to absorb students. Companies such as Steria, Schneider Electric, Alten, Air Liquide and DCNS which are Europe-based, are some of the big names. The language barrier between Europe and India is a main consideration and many of the companies have tie-ups with Alliance Francaise and Max Mueller Bhawan to acquaint employees with at least one of the two important European languages.
Telecom major Orange and naval equipment maker DCNS have been providing scholarships of Euro 10,000 per year for 16 Indian engineering students to pursue specialised masters courses in institutes across France. Most of the students who are awarded scholarships for specialised engineering or management courses are going to be offered jobs later by the companies at their European or Indian operations. The Alten group, an European engineering services provider, too has big plans to tap the huge pool of IT and engineering talent in India.
French defence services major Thales already funds scholarships worth Euro 13,000 each per year for 15 Indian students.
The French government and educational institutions too are wooing Indian students in a big way. The Indo-French consortium of universities which was formed in January 2008 during French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to India has chalked out ambitious plans aimed at increasing the number of Indian students going to study in France. IFCU is working towards facilitating an increase in the number of Indian students going to France.
So far, only 1700 Indian students go to France annually. In order to achieve an increase in numbers, the consortium will facilitate the organisation of courses of interest at master’s degree and PhD levels by French universities, increase in academic institutional tie-ups, scholarships, joint projects and seminars.
A steering committee for the consortium has been set up this year to define the priority areas, mechanisms of admissions and financing options for the students and the IFCU’s meeting held in Shillong recently unveiled many such proposals.
Source:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Corporate_Trends/France_provides_best_route_
