IBM has successfully completed the first two phases of deployment of its Corporate Service Corps (CSC) programme in India. Through this programme, IBM has tied up with 11 different NGOs and not-for-profit government organizations to bring 40 IBM professionals from 19 different countries to India and work on critical projects for these partner organizations. Mumbai and Ahmedabad were selected as the first destinations in India for the purpose.
IBM has also announced that Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune will play host to the CSC teams in 2010. The first batch of CSC participants from around the world will arrive in February 2010 to work on a number of key socio-economic development projects.
Over the last four months, 40 IBM professionals worked closely with organizations like SEWA, IndiCorps, Tribal Development Department of Gujarat, Ashoka, Friends of Women’s World Banking, India (FWWB-I), Pratham, MITRA, iVolunteer, The Avert Society, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Yuva to implement a variety of development projects.
As a global citizen, we at IBM firmly believe that the challenges facing the world are too critical and far too urgent. We have been able to effectively merge our HR and citizenship strategy to build a comprehensive programme like CSC to address these challenges. The larger objective is to help people become smarter and to develop future leaders capable of improving the quality of life for themselves and their communities thereby building a smarter planet,” says Shanker Annaswamy, Managing Director, IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
Into its second year, IBM’s CSC programme saw 430 of IBM's future leaders from 44 countries being selected for similar international assignments. The partner organizations are a key part of the programme’s success, helping to identify the right projects where IBM’s emerging leaders and the skills they currently possess can have the most impact.
