There was a Special Drive for Project Trainees by ZOHO Corporation conducted in our campus on 10^th Sep 2011. This drive was open to Final Students of MCA/MSc(Comp.Sc./IT). Nearly 47 post-graduate colleges have been identified and contacted to send in their PG Students to participate in the drive. More than 28 colleges responded and sent their students to our campus.

The selection process was handled by the HR Team of ZOHO Corporation, Chennai – which consisted of Ms. Jevitha Sathyanarayanan, Ms.Sangeetha Balaji, & Ms. G. Kumari. There were 423 candidates of MCA & M.Sc who participated. First the written Aptitude Test was conducted for 2 hours. Then the answer scripts were valued by the company staff. The shortlisted candidates were 41 in number.

Towards evening, these shortlisted candidates were addressed by the HR Associate Ms. Jevitha Sathyanarayanan, who explained all details about the company – its headquarters in California, its growth and development over the past one decade, and the products they make through software programming to the world market.

The following 41 shortlisted candidates will have pass through 2 more stages of selection process in the company premises in Chennai – Technical Interview & HR Interview, after which offer letters will be issued to the selected candidates.

During the project training, the candidates will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs. 4000/- for a period of 4 to 5 months. If the performance of the candidates is good, with touches of originality and dynamism, they will be absorbed into the company as Software Engineers, on a monthly salary of Rs. 25,000/-.