Date:15/09/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/15/stories/2005091502920400.htm

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Our Bureau

Bangalore , Sept. 14

INFOSYS Technologies Ltd said on Wednesday that it would train 100 students from China at its Global Education Centre in Mysore. This is part of the memorandum of understanding signed between Infosys and the Government of China, the company said in a press release.

The China Scholarship Council together with Infosys has selected 100 undergraduate students in their fourth year from leading universities in the software engineering field. The internship programme will run from September 2005 to March 2006 and involves a three-month intensive training course on interpersonal and technical skills at the Global Education Centre, and a four-month internship at Infosys' development centre in Bangalore. The training will be conducted by the Education & Research Department at Infosys, in association with the Infosys Leadership Institute, the release said.

"We see science and technology as a key area of collaboration with India and look forward to working with Infosys. We will continuously encourage and support this programme in order to strengthen the collaboration between the two entities," an official from the Ministry of Education of the Peoples Republic of China said.

Mr James Lin, Chief Executive Officer - Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd (ITSCo), said: "Through this initiative, along with our investments in China, we hope to provide Chinese software professionals with an opportunity to train on cutting edge technologies."