Addressing members of the Indo-Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IJCCI) at a seminar on ‘Status of IT industry in Japan today and prospects of Tamil Nadu-Japan co-operation in IT sector,' he said that though there was a rise in the number of skilled workers in the State and a substantial increase in business volume, it was becoming extremely difficult for the industries to source the right people for their needs.
“Instead of asking the industries to identify, develop and hire the right people for their needs, we have come forward to provide training to bridge the skills gap and source the right people. The companies can provide training onsite or outsource it to others. On our part, we will offer financial assistance for training activities. Since each sector faces different types of problems, a consolidated report will be prepared within the next six to eight weeks and recruitment sessions will be held in districts,” Mr. Davidar said.
According to him, the State government along with the industry had formed the STFs, which were anchored by eight to nine Secretaries. Information technology and IT-enabled services and electronic and electrical STFs were anchored by Mr. Davidar.
Mentioning that there had been a substantial increase in the number of Japanese firms in the State, he urged the representatives of Japanese Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to visit the website www.elcot.in/IT_in_tamilnadu.com to get specific information on SMEs in Tamil Nadu and also give their feedback.
Kazuo Minagawa, Consul-General of Japan in Chennai, said Japan could not survive without IT and asked Indian SMEs to join hands with their counterparts to make Japan a strong force in IT.
N. Lakshminarayanan, vice-chairman, Cognizant, said that 60 per cent of Japanese IT business was outsourced to China against 8 to 10 per cent to India.
