IT Policy suggestions

The IT policy laid out by the State of Andhra Pradesh is very exhaustive and encouraging and covers a lot of good points. I humbly submit suggestions for adding a couple more: The Industrial or IT policy of the newly formed state should be encouraging to employ local Andhra Pradesh students/professionals. For a very long time, the cream of the crop from Visakhapatnam , Vijaywada, Tirupathi, Ananthapur and other big towns of A.P have been going to Hyderabad or may be Bangalore and Chennai for jobs. It is very important that we provide employment opportunities for people to stay back in these big towns and be a part of the growth. . Therefore, the IT Policy should address that ‘local’ employment for both short and long term. I suggest – a. The policy should request at least 50% employment from ‘local’ professionals graduated from local colleges or professionals that belong to that area. ‘Locals’ are defined by graduates who have done their college in the region or part of their schooling in the region or parents worked or lived there for at least 2 years in the region. This may be cumbersome to provide the data, but it helps the local people quite a bit. The idea is that local people get a fair chance in the development. This should apply for new companies to start in the region who are expecting Govt.subsidies. b. Practical Training program: Govt. should do a matching grant for fresh local hires. As an example: If WIPRO is going to hire 2,000 fresh graduates in the region – The policy should say that any hire from local colleges in Vizag, Vijayawada, Tirupati or Anantapur regions; Govt pays Rs.5000 per month (as matching grant) and WIPRO pays Rs.5,000 to make monthly salary of Rs.10,000 for the first one year. The contract is only for one year and trainees will be confirmed at the end of one year based on their performance. This matching grant is only for local college graduates. After one year of confirmation, there is NO Govt.match. This will help local people get their first job, we will have more trained resources available in the region. This can also to be tied to your ‘One job per house’ electoral promise that you made. As a part of this PT (Practical training) program, if the program is able to employ 50,000 fresh graduates every year, the Govt.spends only Rs.300 crores a year. Long term this will create a huge ‘employable’ talent pool. c. It is imperative that Govt. focuses on ‘upgrading’ human talent continuously and showcase it for Corporations. Corporations look for skilled Human Resource availability in the region to start their operations not just Govt.Subsidies. The Govt. should start a portal (example: Http://www.apgovonline.com/itresumes ) for logging resumes . The Govt. can also take one step forward and make these resumes tested over a period of time. Govt. can have testing centers across big towns similar to –eseva centers. Professionals working in other regions can also log in their resumes on that portal. The resumes should be tested for basic skills and rated. Govt. college programs should focus on improving the skills that are lagging behind. The database also should consist of support skilled persons like receptionists, security professionals, drivers, maids, garden services, cooks, etc. Existing Govt. sponsored programs (if any) can be clubbed or modified to roll into this. One STOP to showcase skilled resources of Andhrapradesh.