Last year, TSMC held international days, and the first event that was arranged was the “India Holi Festival.” The first “Indian Community” was also recently founded.

“India is a talent pool in the high tech industry,” said Zhang Shou-ru, project assistant manager of TSMC Human Resources Department.

Zhang said that TSMC first went to India to recruit talent ten years ago, and since then TSMC have globally employed one hundred Indian workers.

“We hope to find the global elite and allow the company to continue to advance,” Zhang added. Indian science and engineering university students have good dispositions, and TSMC holds regular recruitments to hire employees that are interested in the semiconductor industry.

“Indian employees are bright, and they have ideas,” said Zhang Shou-ru.

Twenty-five-year-old Manish is an Indian employee at TSMC who has worked as an engineer for three years and speaks fluent Mandarin. He has successively participated in advanced production research and development from twenty to ten nanometers and participated in patent applications. He has had a remarkable work performance and has a strong feeling of achievement about his work at TSMC.

Manish is a PhD graduate from the Department of Chemical Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, and he was attracted to the high tech industry in Taiwan. Three years ago TSMC went to India to recruit talent, and he left his native country to join TSMC’s Research and Development and Production Center.

Zhang believes that India has a solid foundation in Mathematics and English training. They have strong communication abilities and also excellent teamwork skills. As a young employee, Manish has worked on four separate small teams in just three short years. Some of his colleagues now work in Southern Taiwan Science Park, while others have been transferred overseas. Manish’s research and development domains are also constantly expanding.

“Non-stop challenges, innovation, and research and development give me a strong feeling of accomplishment,” said Manish.

Manish said that the job at TSMC is very dynamic, and when he graduated he hoped that he would be able to do technological research and development at a top company. His current situation proves that he made the right choice.

Now, Manish is very accustomed to living in Taiwan. In order to blend in, he diligently studies Chinese. Currently among the Indian engineers in the company, he is one of the best speakers of Mandarin.

In addition to India, TSMC also has foreign employees from other regions, including Europe, North America, Japan, and Asia.

(TR:Phil Sweeney)