Full Details About New Training Program (for 2009 Batch)

[Chintan]

The Generic Training Course has been revised so as to reduce the stress on trainees. Now it has been taken care of that there will be only 1 exam per week. This is such a huge relief and i think it compensates the 12 o clock time limit of GEC. As i said before, the training is now divided into 3 stages and the new update is that there are some differences for CS/IT and non-CS/IT people.

For non-CS/IT Graduates:
The first stage or the basic level of generic which contains PF,PT(C-Language) and RDBMS. The result is combined for PF,PT i.e it contains 40% of PF,30% of PT and 30% for PT project. RDBMS has a separate test. Incase they don’t clear any of the tests(PF,PT combined and RDBMS tests) either in test or re-test, they need to take an Integrated test. Incase the trainee does not clear the Integrated test ,the trainee is sent back home to prepare for about 20 days paid leave is under LOP(Loss of Pay). That is, you will lose your salary for those 20 days. Not to mention the traveling costs. When you come back, you have to reappear for these exams and if you fail for the second time, then you will be asked to leave the company. After this Stage 1 of training you will get into advanced generic phase.

This includes:

1) OOP(object oriented programming) using java and a little of advanced Java,
2) Oracle which include PL-SQL statements,
3) Unix and Software Engg Course after which the trainee needs to take Hands On exam on OOP concepts and Oracle.After the Hands On exam, theoretical courses like SDM(Software Development Methodology),UXD(User Experience Design),IQS(Infosys Quality Systems) are taught.

After this, the trainee will have an objective exam on the whole of advanced generic inclusive of the theoretical courses on clearing which the trainee will be allocated a stream. Stream will be allocated even if the trainee fails the above mentioned exam but he will have to take the retest for the exam after Stream Training. There is no "Exit Policy" for non-CS/IT people for this stage.

For CS/IT Graduates:
Incase of a CS/IT Graduate, the trainee will have a super fast basic generic course called as Bridge Course, the result of which will not affect the training of the CS/IT gradutes. After this, the trainee enters the Advanced generic course similar to non-CS/IT graduates, but the difference here is that the exit procedures are applicable for the trainee here in case of CS/IT graduates. They need to clear that compre. There is a retest for that also. After this they enter the stream training. Java and Open System streams are getting re-structured whereas Dotnet and Mainframes are being re-defined. (Will update you on this as soon as it happens). After Stream, Extended training has been made mandatory nowadays, so after this every trainee needs to undergo extended training.Now according to this new structure Generic is now 58 working days and incase the course is more than 4 days ,a day was added in between the course called a “Practice Day” where a trainee gets a day to work on the course and cope up with the subject.There might be some refinement in the structure for the next batches as this is the first time this structure is being rolled out.

All information in this post is thanks to Shravan.

Older updates:

The training program has changed much from what it used to be. Now the training is divided into 3 stages. Out of these, the first stage consists of PF(C language) and RDBMS. The trainees are given training for these 2 subjects and then there is a COMBINED test of these two. If you clear stage 1 exam, you are sent to stage 2. However, if you fail, you are sent back home to prepare for about 20 days paid leave. That is, you will lose your salary for those 20 days. Not to mention the traveling costs. When you come back, you have to reappear for these exams and if you fail for the second time, then you will be asked to leave the company. Now Java has become a part of generic training. Not the entire stream but some subjects of Java stream are now a part of generic training. Training period is now increased to 8 months. There was a case of drug possessing before 2 weeks in the campus. The person was found smoking and ghanja was found in his room in a surprise checking. The person was exited from the company on the spot. (This happens once in a while there.)GECs 1 & 2 now shut down by 12 AM on weekdays and 10 PM on weekends which used to be open 24 * 7 for trainees.

[life]

which topics of advanced java r included in generic trainning??

[Chintan]

Dont know for sure. Would be something from XML parsing, RPC, JDBC, JSP. These are the subjects of Java stream there.

[life]

Pl. throw sm light on what is hands on exam???

[Chintan]

Hands On exam means a practical exam.

In this, you will be given a question paper just like in the other multiple choice theoretical tests and will be asked to complete the test in a fixed time about 3-4 hours which can vary depending on the stream.

The question paper would consist of making 1-2 programs and nothing more.

The difficulty level of the questions can vary but usually they are very generous in awarding marks in hands on exams. You will always have more hands on marks than theory marks.

40/50 is the average hands on score and it means that you only have to score 25 / 50 in theory to pass the compre.

[sankyee]

do non cs branch students study or do some classes b4 joinin der???

[Chintan]

Non- CS/IT students should study C language and Java properly before joining.

[life]

chintan we hv 2 report at mysore on d dy at which we hv jng or a day before? Like if we have been given 25 sept as jng date den we hv 2 report on 25th or 24th?

[sharan]

hey chintan am very impressed with the help you're doin for everybody.. great job mate
i hav 2 li'l queries..
1. I heard from my fren who joined infy a month back that , for non cs/is, if test is not cleared den there is only a re-test and failing to clear which they will be sent home and there is no integrated test.. my fren was not fully sure of this so i wanted you to clear this doubt
2. i'm from E&C dept so do you think i should prepare for any subjects before joinin infy..? my joinin date is sept 14
thanx

[Chintan]

I dont have any such information about the differences of the training for IT and non-IT students except for what i wrote above.

You should learn C language and Java well.

@Life...

You have to reach on sunday if your joining is on monday.