New Delhi: As a part of Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) plan of aggressive recruitment drive in Northern India, the company intends to take 3,000 at the trainee level, and offer 2,000 lateral entry by the end of the fiscal.

“This year, the net additions for TCS would be 30,000-32,000 people. Of this 12,000-13,000 will be trainees, with north accounting for a healthy 25 percent ratio,” says Thomas Simon, Vice-President, Human Resources, TCS.

For the first quarter, the company’s offers in the region were pegged at 1,809, of which 70 percent came from Tier II and Tier III cities. TCS’ sourcing channels include laterals, direct trainees, campus (management graduates), science graduates, Academic Interface Programme (AIP) and campus recruitments (engineers).

Commenting on the campus talent acquisition plans for the Northern region, Simon said that TCS visited 41 campuses in the first quarter of the fiscal, accredited 80 institutes so far and plans to have 35 more accredited campuses by the end of FY08.

Hiring would happen for positions based in the NCR region apart from Lucknow. While experienced professional hiring would be done for pre-mapped positions, the selected would be sent to Thiruvananthapuram for initial training.