NTT Data Corporation aims to reskill all of its employees in India with AI related skills to transform them to AI-native developers. Currently, the global IT company has 40,000 employees in the country, from where it offshores engineering resources.
For this, the company aims to leverage the country’s vast engineering talent pool to scale the GenAI capabilities for a global growth. According to a Hindustan Times report, Carlos Galve, Head of the Global Generative AI Office, NTT Data Corporation, told PTI that the firm also plans to customise its offerings to align with India’s specific needs around cost sensitivity and data sovereignty and confidentiality.
According to the spokesperson, this initiative is aimed at boosting productivity to support global projects with ease.
With the new skills, the same number of people who would otherwise support 10 projects will be able to support 20 projects, mentioned Kenji Motohashi, Head of the Global Generative AI Office, NTT DATA Group Corporation.
The IT giant widely employs Indian people across research and development centres located at its headquarters in Japan and in Silicon Valley, California, US. However, they sounded negative about the idea of setting up such facilities in India. The spokespersons noted that the Indian AI market needs a specialised approach which should be around cost sensitivity and data privacy.
“Some clients in India want to have their own infrastructure rather than using the crowded environment in order to store the data confidentially,” Motohashi added.
