Akamai Technologies has announced that about 50 per cent of recruitments for its R&D team will be targeted on math proficient people this year. Algorithms used for accomplishing this traffic routing need efficiency in math, and Indians' aptitude to math is one of the reasons the company is hiring more people in India.
Karthikeyan D.S., Marketing Manager, Akamai Technologies India, said, "While hiring fresh talent, we are looking for cutting edge math, analytical and programming skills. We have so far visited about 10 campuses this hiring season including NIT Surathkal and College of Engineering, Guindy."
The company is to visit about 20 campuses this year to assign fresh graduates for its R&D team.
