SAP Labs collaborates with Srishti to absorb early talent through scholarships

SAP Labs India recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Bangalore-based Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, with the intent of building a pipeline for early talents in the User Experience Design (UXD) area.

As part of the collaboration, Srishti and SAP’s human resources team with support from key lines of businesses will be offering a one-of-a-kind "work while you study” pilot program. Selected students will have the opportunity to work and earn whilst they pursue a Masters’ program in Experience Design. SAP will sponsor their education and also pay the students a monthly stipend.

Dilipkumar Khandelwal, Managing Director, SAP Labs India, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Suite Engineering, SAP said   “Our aim is to identify and absorb early talent in the UXD area, which we believe will go a long way in achieving our strategic people-centric goals of promoting talent from within”.

As a part of the pilot program, the selected scholars will work out of the SAP Labs office in Whitefield, Bangalore for three days of the week and be on campus at Srishti for the remaining two days. The total program duration will be for two and a half years, during which the scholars will dedicate two years towards their academics and the remaining six months for their induction into SAP Labs.

The scholars will initially work in two different UXD teams for two practical phases, each lasting 12 months. Based on fulfilling the academic criteria set by Srishti, the scholars will be awarded an M.A. (Professional Practice) in Experience Design which is also accredited by the University of Mysore. They will then have the opportunity to be absorbed into full time employment with SAP Labs based on their performance in academics and practical phases.

Dr. Girish Prabhu, Director, Srishti Labs at Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology and the key architect in designing this industry focused program said, “It gives us immense pleasure and pride to partner with a leading global firm such as SAP in our efforts to facilitate the empowerment of potential talent to design for the real world. We strongly believe that the creative design expertise of Srishti and the technology expertise of SAP Labs will help nurture and enable the successful linking of creativity and innovation within the identified talent, who would eventually contribute to the running of SAP Labs’ business”.

The program intends to extend SAP’s current portfolio of business offerings as the human resources team had received feedback and suggestions from the business to look at a possible program in the design sphere. SAP’s human resources team worked closely with Srishti and experts from the UXD field to build the curriculum and model as per SAP’s requirement.

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SHRM India acknowledged organisations with HR excellence at it's annual conference 2015 in New Delhi

SHRM India, in a statement today said that it felicitated organisations across sectors with the coveted HR Awards during the SHRM India annual conference and exposition 2015. These awards were presented to the winners in a glittering ceremony on the first day of the conference. This year, there were 11 award categories where 55 companies across 21 industries participated.

This is the fourth consecutive year that SHRM Awards acknowledged the organizations, which work passionately towards raising the bar for the profession and motivate their workforce through constant innovation. The jury for the award continuously evaluated the participating organisations based on the criteria of Innovation, Impact, and Sustainability & Scalability of the HR initiative to select the winners.

Tech Mahindra Limited won the awards in three categories - excellence in social media practices, excellence in developing leader of tomorrow and excellence in community impact, which the company shared with watchmaker Titan Company Limited. Among other categories, excellence in diversity and inclusion went to Aegis Limited while excellence in talent sourcing and staffing was awarded to WNS Global Services (P) Limited. The award for Excellence in HR for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises went to Kronos Incorporated.

While Microsoft India bagged the award for employer with best employee health and wellness initiative, the award for excellence in human resources in South Asia went to SriLankan Airlines. Special recognition awards were also given to Hindustan Petroleum Limited and School of business, NMIMS University.

Tech Mahindra Limited also received the runners up award in the Employer with best Employee Health & wellness initiatives category. Whereas Hindustan Unilever limited were declared the runners up in the Excellence in developing leaders of tomorrow category. Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC, Cadila Healthcare Ltd, and OSScube solutions limited were the runners up in the following categories: Excellence in HR-South Asia (Excluding India), Excellence in Talent sourcing and staffing and Excellence in HR-MSME respectively.

Achal Khanna, CEO, SHRM India said, “I congratulate the winners of the coveted HR awards.  These awards are recognition for those organisations, which not only adopt best HR practices but also keep fine tuning and changing their policies in line with the changing trends and business environment. People are a key resource in any organization and it is important to keep them engaged and motivated to ensure productivity. These organizations, which have been contributing to the society through their constant innovation, truly deserve the awards.”

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