Software major Infosys plans to recruit people with liberal arts, design skills background

IT major Infosys plans to recruit people with liberal arts and design skills to develop new digital applications as certain new digital deals need the expertise of creative thinkers. Infosys may hire a few thousand people with arts and other non-engineering degrees to work on new digital applications, which are more than just delivering technology services, said a report in The Economic Times. Technology companies such as Infosys are witnessing an increasing number of digital contracts where the solutions are often created with clients, unlike the traditional deals where the specifications were drawn by the clients and outsourced. In these new deals, user experience is key to solving the business problems of clients and the skills needed for this are as much arts as they are science, said the ET report. Earlier in June this year, Infosys had partnered with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to train about 1,000 designers over the next two years. The partnership aims to foster the continued development of top designers at Infosys and explore new ways of solving complex challenges at the intersection of design, technology and industry, Infosys said in a statement. “Over the next two years, Infosys will train 1,000 designers across the globe, and has chosen to partner RISD to contribute to this goal,” it added. [caption id=“attachment_4299991” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Infosys logo. Representational image. Reuters[/caption] Beginning with an eight-week pilot this summer, Infosys will join hands with RISD to develop a curriculum to build the skills of these designers, helping them acquire design- and human-centric skills in technologies used to address challenges facing Infosys global clients, the statement said. Infosys will focus on hiring designers with these specialised design skills as part of its commitment to hire 500 American workers in Rhode Island over the next five years, it added. Infosys will also open a design and innovation hub in the capital city Providence later this summer. The Infosys-RISD partnership will enable industry-leading innovation in design, catalyse economic growth in the state and equip Rhode Islanders with the skills and expertise they need to tackle the design challenges of the future," Governor of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo said. Infosys President and Deputy Chief Operating Officer Ravi Kumar said the partnership will help close the global design talent gap. He added that this will also prepare the company’s designers to create client solutions at the junctures of several siloed disciplines, including the humanities, liberal arts, public policy, economics, and engineering. In November last year, Infosys had announced a multi-year partnership with the State of Rhode Island to establish a design and innovation hub. It had also announced to hire 500 American workers in Rhode Island over the next five years. — With PTI inputs