eInfochips: Chiseling Employees - Skills with a Healthy Balance of Technical & Soft Skill Development Programs Date:   Friday , June 26, 2015 With a strong belief that building a company implies building with people, eInfochips was founded in 1994 by Pratul Shroff, chiseling the technical prowess of its people with exposure to cutting-edge technologies and marquee clients based in U.S. & Europe. The 1500 people-strong company believes in sharing its success with Chipmates (as eInfochips fondly refers to its employees). The testimony to this belief is that 15 percent of the company is owned by Chipmates and ex-Chipmates. Tremendous Growth Opportunities In addition to its significant growth on end-to-end software PLM services, cloud computing, Big-Data Analytics and BI, eInfochips has also initiated their practice on mechanical design and engineering. With a rapid 30 percent year-on-year growth, today eInfochips is magnetizing high performers who seek to accelerate their career growth with a steep learning curve along with tremendous growth opportunities. eInfochips is engaged on some marquee projects such as the Google Ara Modular Smartphone, World\'s 1st satellite based aircraft navigation system, World\'s first Retail IoT Implementation and deploying Business Intelligence for customer retention. Keen on putting customers first, Chipmates are directed to execute projects with discipline and embrace impossible technological challenges.eInfochips also has a highly effective reward system, interest-free loan disbursement, parental insurance and higher education policy. \"Working at eInfochips is a matter of pride for me. The values embedded in us, related to customer satisfaction and excellence in deliverables, have always inspired me to push myself in my efforts. Each of my colleagues is allowed to choose their field of expertise and explore their strengths amidst a fun-filled environment,\" says Pradeep Sethi, eInfochips. Role-Based Learning & Development Programs eInfochips hires fresher graduates from reputed national institutes and puts them through a rigorous six-month training program,assign a \'Buddy\' to make them feel welcome and comfortable in their new place of work. eInfochips adopts a combination of class-room sessions, outbound programs, role-play sittings, audio visuals, games and group activities to enable Chipmates to deal proactively in a global environment. With a healthy balance of technical and soft skills, eInfochips\' \'life\' skills training programs are poised as strategic drivers for organization\'s learning needs. The company has valuable role-based programs namely Lagaan, Pegasus, Altius, and Titans to empower fresher engineering graduates, independent project executors, managers & leaders and delivery managers respectively. Chipmates are endowed with the opportunity to participate in diverse conferences/ symposiums, the platforms to interact with stalwarts of various technologies and media support to publish their whitepapers and technical blogs. Professional, Mature, Fun & Risk-Free Milieu \"Attempting to inculcate a culture of merit-based growth and transparent communication, we recognize positive attitude and felicitate Chipmates as well as their families. With regular activities like inter & intra-company sports events such as cricket, carom, table tennis and volley-ball, we keep our people\'s mind and body stimulated and craving for more. Additionally, each facility is equipped with space and tools to take a break,\" says Paramita Kapat, the Global HR Head, eInfochips. eInfochips brings forth a robust solution to enhance Chipmates\' productivity by constantly identifying gaps in HR policies. Reinforcing its value - respect for individual, the company has implemented a stringent anti-sexual harassment policy, an Internal Complaints Committee and some other redressal mechanisms. eInfochips also provides security-escorted cab facility to late-working female employees. Pursuing the Higher Objective The multiple award-winning Sunnyvale-based company with offices in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune and Noida aims to grow at over 25 percent year-on-year for next three years. With the higher objective of serving the society, eInfochips endeavors to uplift one million tribal and rural families from poverty through education by 2025. \"We have doubled our team size and capacity in almost every city in the past two years as we continue to grow clientele, talent pool and service lines. We work on smart cities, wearable computing, robotics, and deep learning technologies that would excite our engineers.\" concludes a determined Parag Mehta, the Chief Marketing Officer, eInfochips. Client\'s Testimonial \"eInfochips team had no complaints about changing priorities and timelines. Deadlines were taken very seriously and efforts to meet them often involved long working hours and tremendous personal sacrifice. I have rarely seen such commitment from a consulting organization,\" says Engineering Director of a Network Security Company.