KTR called an emergency meeting with IT professionals

Hyderabad, May 12: The Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao has called an emergency meeting with IT professionals on the ongoing issue of layoffs on Thursday.

During the meeting, the founder TITA president Mr. Sundeep Kumar Makthala said the situation for employees was distressful but the current phase could be dealt with if proper measures were taken.

KTR said that,"While the industry must take a rational approach towards cost cutting and layoffs, the state government must ensure ousted employees are accommodated in state-run IT programs".

Mr.Rao held a review with higher officials from Information Technology and Labour Departments and representatives from Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA).

The meeting has verified laws and acts to resolve such issues to handle present cases as well as those in the future.

The officials said that, "While the government is seeking more investments through its best industrial policy TS-iPASS, it is moving carefully on the issue of Cognizant as well as techies who lost their jobs. We will organize another meeting before May 26 to give justice to the victims as well as the company".