- Unique collaboration to bridge the gap between liberal arts
and technology skills for 500 additional new Infosys
employees
HARTFORD, Conn., March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in consulting,
technology and next-generation services, today announced it is
expanding its exclusive collaboration with Trinity College to prepare talent for the workplace
of the future. Launched in 2018, more than 450 new Infosys
employees have participated in the program, which uses applied
learning educational techniques to prepare participants with
liberal arts backgrounds for success in the digital workplace. Over
the next three years, the Trinity-Infosys Applied Learning
Initiative will be offered to at least an additional 500 new
employees.
The Trinity-Infosys Applied Learning Initiative provides
learning opportunities for Infosys employees through engaging with
the college's faculty and alumni. The two organizations will
continue to team up to co-develop content, building on Trinity College's core strengths in the liberal
arts while also drawing on capabilities in technology and
innovation to generate real-world case study material from
Infosys.
Tan Moorthy, Executive Vice
President, Infosys, said, "Our collaboration with Trinity College reflects our investment in the
future, where digital technology will enable all aspects of our
work lives. It's essential that tomorrow's workforce is
intellectually diverse to create opportunities for innovation.
Bridging the gap between liberal arts and technology through
collaborations, like ours with Trinity
College, is a sure step to building a workforce that
encompasses varied viewpoints and creates powerful solutions to
problems while generating ideas to make the world a better place.
We're delighted that the initiative is expanding to include at
least 500 more new Infosys employees."
Sonia Cardenas, Vice President
of Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of
Political Science for Trinity
College, noted, "To date, our collaboration with
Infosys has provided a distinctive means of combining liberal arts
skills with success in the digital world. In the next stage, we
will extend and expand this mission, continuing to prepare the next
generation of talent. Tomorrow's workplace will require people with
human-centered skill sets who can leverage digital technology to
design impactful experiences. We're very pleased that the expansion
of this collaboration will continue to play a key role in fostering
innovation and lifelong learning across industries in Hartford and Connecticut."
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services
and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to
navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of
experience in managing the systems and workings of global
enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital
journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered
core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower
the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented
levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning
agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and
transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our
innovation ecosystem.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE, BSE,
NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.
About Trinity College
Founded in Hartford,
Connecticut, in 1823, Trinity
College (www.trincoll.edu) is an independent, nonsectarian
liberal arts college with more than 2,200 students from 48 states
and 71 countries. It is home to the eighth-oldest chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa in the United States,
and it is one of the only liberal arts colleges in the country with
an accredited engineering program. The faculty and alumni include
recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur award, Guggenheims,
Rockefellers, and other national academic awards. Trinity students
integrate meaningful academic and leadership experience at all
levels on the college's celebrated campus, in the capital city of
Hartford, and in communities all
over the world.
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