
Our Bureau
Pune , September
16th 2005
AN increasing number of IT engineers from across the globe are making
a beeline to Japan. It is also vice-versa as many of the Japanese
engineers are making India as home, said Ms Yuki Fukushima, who is the
Training Manager at the Pune-based Softbridge Solutions.
This
bi-directional training is aimed at grooming Indian engineers in
Japanese language and culture, as also training Japanese companies in
English, cross culture and IT.
Along with Softbridge Solutions other
players include TCS, Infosys, Vertex Software, Jopasana and son on which
have already made their presence in the Japanese market.
According to Nasscom reports, there is shortage of skilled workforce or engineers in
Japan and over the next five years, it predicts a requirement of about
one lakh engineers.
Mr Prashant Devatraj, Founder-Director of the
company, says India's IT exports to Japan is merely three per cent
compared to over 60 per cent to the US. And the common complaint was
that "Japanese language and culture is a big barrier to enter the second
largest IT market in the world," which is where Softbridge came into
play and decided to bridge the gap.
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