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TalentSprint describes itself as a professional skill development organization, in the area of information technology, banking, financial services, and education sectors. It is headquartered in Hyderabad, India and reports to have trained over 30,000 graduates and has partnerships with over 100 colleges and 200 corporate firms. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has given it a mandate to skill 500,000 students by 2020.

History
TalentSprint was founded in December 2008. Funded by, National Skill Development Corporation (Govt. of India initiative) and Nexus Venture Partners. The company won awards like: NSDC Best Performer Awards 2012 and 2013, NASSCOM Emerge 50 2011, FICCI Skill Champion Roll of Honour 2012, Skoch Digital Inclusion Award 2011, and RED HERRING TOP 100 Asia Company 2012.

Business Lines

 * TechnoChoice: TechnoChoice offers skill enhancement to young graduates seeking careers in IT/Software.
 * BankersChoice: BankersChoice offers skill enhancement to young graduates seeking careers in Banking and Financial Services. Their programs prepare job seekers for the common banking tests, as well as impart operational knowledge, sales and marketing skills, interview skills, and soft skills.
 * SuperCampus: SuperCampus trains students in employability skills while they are still in college with an emphasis on technical programs, industry projects, soft skills, and aptitude training.
 * TenXLabs: Seems to be platform to provide hands-on work experience to fresh IT graduates.
 * Corporate Alliances: TalentSprint states to have a network of 200+ corporate partners that regularly conduct 250+ recruitment drives annually, on its premises to hire TalentSprint trained and certified fresher graduates.

Geography Focus
TalentSprint has a presence in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, National Capital Region, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal.

Industry Focus
Develops employability skills in fresh graduates in following sectors:
 * Information Technology and Software
 * Banking and Financial Services
 * Education

Key Initiatives

 * TechPodium: Platform for trainees to connect with and learn from industry leaders
 * TSAT: A national online assessment platform to evaluate the employability of college graduates
 * RightCode: An online simulation platform for trainees to develop programming skills
 * Comptrack: An online assessment platform to evaluate aptitude and communication skills
 * HPL Workshops: High-touch programs used by organizations to improve leadership skills
 * Soft Skills Workshops: High-touch programs used by organizations to improve interpersonal skills
 * Boot Camps: High-touch programs used by organizations to train entry-level engineers
 * WISE: High-touch programs used by colleges to train women software engineers
 * BankersChoice Online: A hi-tech platform for enhancing BFSI employability
 * TechnoChoice Online: A hi-tech platform for enhancing IT/Software employability
 * SuperCampus Online: A hi-tech platform for enhancing College employability

Founders

 * Madhu Murty Ronanki: Madhu is the President and Director of TalentSprint. He heads college employability programs. He is also a motivational speaker on college campuses. Madhu earlier headed Accenture’s Testing practice in India with more than 3600 practitioners. He also held key leadership positions at Virtusa, AppLabs, and Baan India.
 * Dr. Santanu Paul: Santanu is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of TalentSprint. He is a popular corporate speaker and writer. He is an alumnus of IIT-Madras and has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Prior to TalentSprint, he held key leadership positions across USA and India, at IBM R&D, Openpages and Virtusa.
 * J.A. Chowdary: JA is the Chairman of TalentSprint. He is a contributor to the development of the IT sector and entrepreneur eco-system in Hyderabad, he served earlier as MD at NVIDIA India and Portal Player India, and was Founding Director of STP India.

Awards and Achievements

 * NASSCOM Emerge 50 2011
 * SKOCH Digital Inclusion Award 2011
 * NSDC Best Performer Award 2012 (Non-corporate)
 * FICCI LeapVault Skills Champions of India Awards 2012
 * RED HERRING TOP 100 Asia Company 2012
 * NSDC Best Performer Awards 2013