"The finishing school concept bridges the gap between the generic and concept-oriented university education and the market demand for application-ready software professionals. It would result in enormous savings for the software company," Dasgupta said. A company like Tata Consultancy Services spends Rs 8 crore annually on training engineers before getting them started on projects. On an average around six months is spent on training new recruits, he added.

TechnoCampus has a branch at Seoul through a joint venture with the $ 1 billion Korean major Prime Information & Technology Ltd. It is planning similarfacilities at Bangladesh, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur through tie-ups with local business groups. In India, it will have five more centres, apart from those at Mumbai.