TalentSprint
TalentSprint TalentSprint is involved in professional skill development and integrated talent management for the Information Technology, Banking and Education sectors based in Hyderabad, India. Funded by NSDC and Nexus Ventures, the company conducts industry-linked skill programs across multiple channels such as skill centers, online, and college campuses.[1] National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has given it a mandate [2] to skill 500,000 students by 2020.[3]
History
TalentSprint was founded in December 2008. Funded by, National Skill Development Corporation (Govt. of India initiative) and Nexus Venture Partners. TalentSprint has a presence in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and West Bengal.
Business Lines
- TechnoChoice: TechnoChoice offers skill enhancement to young graduates seeking careers in IT/Software.
- BankersChoice:[4] BankersChoice offers skill enhancement to young graduates seeking careers in Banking and Financial Services. Their programs prepare job seekers for the common banking tests, as well as impart operational knowledge, sales and marketing skills, interview skills, and soft skills.
- TeachersChoice:[5] TeachersChoice is a large scale development program that trains and places teaching professionals and recent college graduates to be teachers in urban schools.
- SuperCampus:[6] SuperCampus trains students in employability skills while they are still in college with an emphasis on technical programs, industry projects, soft skills, and aptitude training.
- TenXLabs: TenXLabs, a unit of TalentSprint is one of the pure play software testing services companies focused solely on software testing and Quality Assurance (QA) for new age digital enterprises.
- Corporate Alliances: TalentSprint has a network of 350+ corporate partners that regularly conduct over 365 recruitment drives annually, on its premises to hire TalentSprint trained and certified fresh engineering graduates.
Industry Focus
Develops employability skills in fresh graduates in following sectors:
- Information Technology and Software
- Banking and Financial Services
- Education
Founders
- Madhu Murty Ronanki: Madhu is the President and Director of TalentSprint. He heads college employability programs. He is also a motivational speaker on college campuses. Madhu earlier headed Accenture’s Testing practice in India with more than 3600 practitioners. He also held key leadership positions at Virtusa, AppLabs, and Baan India.
- Dr. Santanu Paul: Santanu is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of TalentSprint. He is a popular corporate speaker and writer. He is an alumnus of IIT-Madras and has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Prior to TalentSprint, he held key leadership positions across USA and India, at IBM R&D, Openpages and Virtusa.
- J.A. Chowdary: JA is the Chairman of TalentSprint. He is a contributor to the development of the IT sector and entrepreneur eco-system in Hyderabad, he served earlier as MD at NVIDIA India and Portal Player India, and was Founding Director of STP India.
Awards and Achievements
- NASSCOM Emerge 50 2011[7]
- SKOCH Digital Inclusion Award 2011[8]
- NSDC Best Performer Award 2012 (Non-corporate)[9]
- FICCI LeapVault Skills Champions of India Awards 2012[10]
- RED HERRING TOP 100 Asia Company 2012[11]
- NSDC Best Performer Awards 2013[12]
References
- ↑ "A 'TalentSprint' to put job-seekers on track". Business Standard. 25 March 2013.
- ↑ "NSDC – Company set up by the Ministry of Finance, India". NSDC. 2009.
- ↑ "TalentSprint bets big on entry-level temp staffing in IT". Business Standard. 19 November 2013.
- ↑ "A career in banking awaits the hardworking". The Hindu. 7 December 2013.
- ↑ "IT skilling company TalentSprint to now train teachers". The Economic Times. 19 September 2014.
- ↑ "Employability skills: key for fresh graduates". DNA India. 3 Nov 2013.
- ↑ "After success of 2010 awards". nasscom.in. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "TalentSprint wins Skoch Digital Inclusion Award". indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "NSDC launches annual performance awards to felicitate partners". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Communications & IT, gives away the 1st FICCI – LeapVault Skills Champions of India Awards, 6th September 2012". leapvault.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "Asia 2012 Finalists". redherring.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "NSDC confers Best Performing Partner Award on TalentSprint". prlog.org. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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