With Japanese firms setting their sights on hiring engineers from India’s Silicon Valley, the Karnataka government wants to push for Japanese language courses in universities to hone the skills of job aspirants.
Representatives of Silver Peak, a Japanese firm, visited the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, and a few engineering colleges in different parts of the State, to assess the quality of engineering candidates.
They later called on Higher Education Minister T.B. Jayachandra and discussed the massive drive undertaken by the Japanese government to hire engineers.
Representatives said Japan wants to recruit 40,000 engineers from India and Vietnam.
But fluency in Japanese is an important criterion for the candidates. “Since several reputed engineering colleges are located in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka, we are keen on hiring engineers from here,” the delegation member said.
The issue of teaching Japanese would be placed before the Higher Education Council meeting on May 3, and modalities will be worked out on design and content of the Japanese course to be imparted by universities, Mr. Jayachandra said.
A 30-member Japanese delegation will visit Bengaluru soon to work out modalities for hiring engineers and professionals, the firm representative said.
Since several reputed engineering colleges are located in the State, we are keen on hiring engineers from here
Member of Japanese delegation
