Last week, I attended an interesting event, Transition-07, that opened my eyes to few Indian realities.
The realization of Indian talent, specifically the knowledge, creativity and competitive spirit exhibited by young Indian minds, made me humble and respect the raw Indian talent more than ever.
Transition-07, was an event organized by my current employer - Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH). This event is focused on recruiting best talent from campus, early enough, as early as Third year (T. E.) and create brand awareness about Cognizant in school.
The event showed few realities:
1. Indian Talent is 'the best' when dealing with ambiguity, sheer hard work and preparation. There was a weired quiz content, all about lateral clues, lateral thinking, the parti were not only at ease, but were thriving under pressure. The best was that one kid recognized first painting by Adolf Hitler.
2. Demand is way higher than supply, Cognizant VP's and Senior Marketing Management was present in the event. The 'war for talent' as we call it, is at its peak. We even gave offers on the spot to the contest winners.
3. There is significant difference in polish and overall finish between rural colleges and city colleges. All colleges that were in final rounds, all were either from pune or from other cities. Moreover, All were PRIVATE well funded colleges a.k.a. the kids came from 'money' background, not the normal kids from struggling parents.
These young kids are aware of their opportunities and aware of their value, they are the future and anybody who related with them early enough is giving opportunities to them, but at the same time creating opportunities for self. These kids are going to stop only after making significant difference in today's world.
A good, humbling experience indeed ......
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