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NEWTOWN, Pa.,&nbsp;Feb. 9, 2023&nbsp;/PRNewswire/ --&nbsp;<a href="https://welcome.epam.in/?utm_source=pr-newswire&utm_medium=press-release&utm_campaign=esg&utm_term=golden-peacock-award&utm_content=epam-india">EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM)</a>, a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, today announced EPAM Systems India Private Limited (EPAM India) received the 2022&nbsp;<a href="https://goldenpeacockaward.com/">Golden Peacock</a><a href="https://goldenpeacockaward.com/">&nbsp;</a><a href="https://goldenpeacockaward.com/">Award</a> for Corporate Social Responsibility [IT Sector] in the areas of education, environment, social innovation and community.<div></div><img asset_uid="blt1ae68600116553ba" src="https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt892f41c9788ae399/blt1ae68600116553ba/63edd87a55cb9366f8a79d78/EPAM_Systems_India_Wins_Golden_Peacock_Award.jpg" height="auto"/>In 2022, thousands of children, students and startups benefited from EPAM India's corporate social responsibility initiatives, including:<ul><li>EPAM eKIDS Program:&nbsp;More than 12,000 students (48% girls) from under-represented communities, received access to high-quality computing education across&nbsp;India.</li><li>Global Wild Wisdom Challenge:&nbsp;More than 25,000 children from nearly 400 schools helped accelerate tiger recovery efforts and raise awareness of the ecosystems in which they thrive, as part of an initiative in partnership with World Wildlife Fund India.</li><li>#GreenTech Revolution:&nbsp;Under EPAM's Social Impact Innovation Program, startups from the clean tech, environmental tech and waste management sectors were provided equity-free grant funds, incubation for up to six months at Atal Incubation Centre – IIIT Hyderabad, and mentorship from EPAM experts for their innovation and entrepreneurship to sustainably solve pressing social challenges.</li></ul>"EPAM not only relentlessly pursues the best technology solutions for our customers, but also integrates acting for good into everything we do," said Shamilka Samarasinha, Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at EPAM. "Our community involvement programs are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to achieve a better, more equitable future for all. EPAMers worldwide engage with their local communities through education and innovative programs, giving back by volunteering their time, talents and experiences to make a positive impact. I would like to thank the jury, our partners and all EPAMers who participated and continue to make these initiatives a tremendous success."The Golden Peacock Awards, a benchmark of corporate excellence worldwide, honors the achievements of top-performing organizations that improve the quality of life for their workforce and communities. The award selection jury included the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Justice&nbsp;M. N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of&nbsp;India, former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of&nbsp;India&nbsp;and National Commission for Constitution of India Reforms.Learn more about EPAM's approach to corporate responsibility at:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.epam.com/about/who-we-are/corporate-responsibility?utm_source=pr-newswire&utm_medium=press-release&utm_campaign=esg&utm_term=golden-peacock-award&utm_content=epam-india" target="_self">www.epam.com/about/esg</a>ABOUT EPAM SYSTEMSSince 1993,&nbsp;EPAM Systems, Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: EPAM) has leveraged its advanced software engineering heritage to become the foremost global digital transformation services provider – leading the industry in digital and physical product development and digital platform engineering services. Through its innovative strategy; integrated advisory, consulting, and design capabilities; and unique 'Engineering DNA,' EPAM's globally deployed hybrid teams help make the future real for clients and communities around the world by powering better enterprise, education and health platforms that connect people, optimize experiences, and improve people's lives. In 2021, EPAM was added to the S&P 500 and included among the list of Forbes Global 2000 companies.&nbsp;Selected by Newsweek as a 2021 and 2022 Most Loved Workplace, EPAM's global multi-disciplinary teams serve customers in more than 50 countries across six continents. As a recognized leader, EPAM is listed among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services on the Fortune 1000 and ranked four times as the top IT services company on Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies list. EPAM is also listed among Ad Age's top 25 World's Largest Agency Companies for three consecutive years, and Consulting Magazine named EPAM Continuum a top 20 Fastest Growing Firm.<a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/pr-newswire?rkey=20230208EN09737&filter=4315" target="_self">https://www.indiatoday.in/pr-newswire?rkey=20230208EN09737&filter=4315</a>

EPAM India Wins Golden Peacock Award for CSR Programs

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EPAM India received the 2022 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility [IT Sector] in the areas of education, environment, social innovation and community. 

A digital transformation journey is complex because it depends on multiple interlinked elements at every stage. Along with technology, data, and infrastructure, managing change is critical for obtaining the expected business outcomes. Driving the program with agile methodology, having checkpoints at every stage, and the acceptability of the new digitised processes by people are vital factors determining the quality of delivery. Keeping the consumer mindset in view and seeking a capable team to support the program are fundamental for the successful delivery of a program. Though several aspects contribute to the successful delivery of a transformation program, three are the most important.1. Obtaining Desired Business Outcomes Obtaining desired business outcomes is the goal of any transformation program. The decisive point for beginning a transformation program is to have the same understanding of the business outcomes and desired Return-On-Investment (ROI) between the client and implementation partner. This understanding is reached during the analysis or discovery phase. The discovery phase helps the clients have better insights regarding business requirements, correct success parameters, and priorities. The program elements that require transformation and the related rationale are also analysed. This phase enables the implementation partner to define the value proposition that can be offered to the client. It is common that programs sometimes wrap up after the discovery phase because an extensive transformation is deemed unnecessary or the ecosystem needs to be more mature for the change.Some of the key stakeholders engaged in the analysis phase include the Chief Experience Officer (CXO), industry domain experts, business consultants, enterprise architects and client transformation sponsors for providing strategic and technical consultation. In addition, the agile transformation leads and change experts decide the appropriate framework for the change at this stage and change specialists with agile mindset help in designing new processes leading to desired business outcomes.It is essential to meticulously map old processes to new, transformed or digitised ones. Simulating the new processes with data and intelligence of manual steps helps to check if the desired outcome will be delivered post-implementation. It also helps to measure success at each stage, assess how new processes add value to the overall transformation, identify dependencies and reduce the risk of the program going wrong.2. Designing the Digital Landscape with the Right Mix of Technology and Experience Customer centricity is the driving factor in deciding the digital IT landscape, which is a mix of experience, data and infrastructure. An intuitive and immersive experience must be designed first, allowing the seamless embedment of technology into the experience later. The usage of correct data for different types of users is also required to add intelligence to the experience. Selecting appropriate channels to collect the data is vital for creating a holistic 360-degree customer view. And lastly, the infrastructure is the enabler of converting the design into reality and a combination of the 3 S’s – Skills, Speed and Spend. Deciding on the appropriate infrastructure means choosing the right mix of hybrid, private and public cloud. Understanding business flows and technology stack is a prerequisite for re-engineering the solution on the modern cloud platform. 3. Core Engineering Skills for a Successful ImplementationThe key to a successful implementation is having a team of capable engineers with the right skill sets. Today, many frameworks and platforms are available in the digital domain with built-in functions. Many scenario-building and consulting for different clients are done based on features that these platforms and frameworks provide. Thus, knowledge of the platforms and frameworks is essential to implement the idea to deliver maximum client benefits. However, core engineering skills are fundamental to ensuring high-quality delivery and consulting. Digital technologies are evolving practically every day and a strong command of base languages and design principles in the team is crucial for successful implementation, which means a program that does not run into scalability or performance issues at later stages.Therefore, beginning the transformation journey with a thorough understanding of desired outcomes is crucial. It paves the foundation for a successful transformation program. Strategic and technical consultation from domain experts is the key facilitator keeping the program in the right direction. The core engineering and skills of the team are the tools to deliver the expected output. Author: Vanita Aggarwal, Head Digital Engagement Practice, India <a href="https://www.expresscomputer.in/guest-blogs/delivering-winning-digital-transformation-programs/94054/" target="_self">https://www.expresscomputer.in/guest-blogs/delivering-winning-digital-transformation-programs/94054/</a>

Delivering Winning Digital Transformation Programs

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Keeping the consumer mindset in view and seeking a capable team to support the program are fundamental for a successful digital transformation journey. EPAM Leader Vanita Aggarwal discusses steps of delivering winning digital transformation
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Adaptive enterprises quickly alter practices, processes&nbsp;and strategies efficiently in response to change drivers of a&nbsp;highly dynamic environment,&nbsp;almost in real-time. The ability to ‘change’ at the ‘right speed’ is the fundamental characteristic of an adaptive enterprise. However, being adaptive is more than acquiring capabilities and speed. It requires a strategic perspective.Being an Adaptive EnterpriseAn adaptive enterprise must strategically embed four critical components in its approach:<ul><li>Agility&nbsp;as an integral part of innovating</li><li>Flexibility&nbsp;in decision-making</li><li>Robustness&nbsp;as the pillar of the organizational systems&nbsp;</li><li>Efficiency&nbsp;as a goal driving organizational behavior&nbsp;</li></ul>These four key components of an adaptive enterprise&nbsp;are interdependent. For instance, organizational architecture and leadership vision supporting flexibility aid the agility of an enterprise. Similarly, the robustness of internal systems is necessary to facilitate a company’s agile approach and flexible conduct. A combination of flexibility, agility and robustness leads to efficiency. There could be several other permutations and combinations of the four components of an adaptive enterprise.&nbsp;Organizations could take advantage of the fast-changing market&nbsp;by being adaptive. For this, it is imperative to seek avenues to improve the four critical components of adaptive enterprise and their numerous&nbsp;combinations and permutations. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a critical instrument in this regard.&nbsp;It enhances the adaptive capabilities of enterprises and allows them to change at the electronic speed at which the digital era is transforming. Such merit of AI is valuable for creating&nbsp;unique customer experiences amidst the ever-changing expectations of customers.AI for Creating Unique Customer ExperiencesCreating unique customer experiences requires the optimization of various variables. This requires extensive data like consumer profiles, trigger points, most used channels by the target audience and more. AI tools are&nbsp;robust&nbsp;and immensely&nbsp;efficient&nbsp;in capturing and analyzing the high volume of data from ever-expanding sources.&nbsp;Capturing correct data is vital for creating meaningful customer experiences. AI provides machine intelligence to analyze valid and accurate data sets, providing a comprehensive view of consumer expectations.&nbsp;AI-driven automation enables faster processing of bulk data,&nbsp;aiding an enterprise’s robustness, agility and efficiency.&nbsp;AI-enabled solutions are endowed with cognitive processing like reasoning, problem-solving, and logical deduction. This is crucial in obtaining meaningful inferences from a massive consumer data repository and market insights. AI-driven tools can predict and analyze customer sentiments with real-time feeds, facilitating&nbsp;agility&nbsp;in strategy building. The sophisticated AI algorithms enable predictive, exploration and trend analysis to aid the&nbsp;efficiency&nbsp;of enterprises in creating distinctively valuable customer experiences. AI-enabled trend analysis and pattern identification are also instrumental in swiftly detecting anomalies, supporting a&nbsp;robust&nbsp;system with greater control over data protection.&nbsp;AI also provides&nbsp;flexibility&nbsp;to ideate meaningful customer experiences. Fast and efficient AI-supported solutions save time.&nbsp; Time is a critical resource that customer experience designers and strategists could utilize to ideate for creating unique experiences and reshaping customer journeys.&nbsp;Keeping an Eye on the FutureAmidst the growing complexity of the business landscape and market volatility, being adaptive is the key for enterprises to create unique customer experiences. In this respect, future AI solutions coupled with human ingenuity and creativity will revolutionize the customer experience domain.&nbsp;The AI chatbot is no longer new to the present age but imagine an evolved version of it providing faster solutions and personal assistance with human empathy and sensitivity. In the future, personalized retail shopping experiences might not be limited to ‘recently viewed’ and recommendations based on previous purchases only. It could be transformed through AI-powered virtual shopping assistants offering unique and personalized consumer experiences.&nbsp;&nbsp;Many more possibilities for creating unique customer experiences can be unlocked using AI. However, the underlying point remains: ‘AI makes an enterprise more adaptive.’ Its outcomes are highly beneficial for creating immersive and meaningful customer experiences. &nbsp; Author: Srinivas Reddy, Head GDO India <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/how-artificial-intelligence-is-making-organizations-more-adaptive/" target="_self">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/how-artificial-intelligence-is-making-organizations-more-adaptive/</a>

How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Organisations More Adaptive

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Amidst the growing complexity of the business landscape and market volatility, being adaptive is the key for enterprises to create unique customer experiences. In this respect, future #AI solutions coupled with human ingenuity and creativity will revolutionise the customer experience domain – Srinivas Reddy, Head GDO, EPAM India. Read more about Srinivas’s insights on how AI is driving adaptive enterprise here.

Nearly 97 million jobs are estimated to emerge in less than a decade. However, the right talent is needed to capitalize on the promising global growth trend. India could have a resource pool surplus by 2030, but the shortage of relevant skills is expected to persist. Focusing on skilling and upskilling talent is imperative to enhancing employability. Fortunately, several progressive enterprises are recognizing their role in improving the employability of the future workforce and leveraging their resources for this. Enhancing Employability of the Future WorkforceImproving the industry readiness of graduates should be the strategic focus for building a skilled and employable future workforce. This could dramatically reduce the time lost in integrating new employees with the corporate structure and bringing them up-to-par with the industry’s expectations. Faster assimilation into the company gives more room to the workforce for their professional development and career progression.Companies must foster an ecosystem of continual learning to build a skilled and industry-ready workforce. For this, providing access to knowledge along with formal training is crucial. Training that encompasses industry best practices and real-life business use cases is fundamental. Cultivating a mindset of learning is also vital to navigating the ever-changing technology landscape. On-the-job training and learning programs for skilling, reskilling and upskilling the current workforce are necessary too. With enterprises needing to be adaptive in the present global environment, comprehensive learning programs can be leveraged to develop an agile, adaptive and skilled workforce, benefitting employees as well as enterprises.A Blueprint for Fresh Talent Learning ProgramEPAM Systems is a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company. The company’s India division created the EPAM University Program (EUP) - a unique learning program that enhances fresh talent's employability and industry readiness.EUP offers a 12-week extensive training program called EPAM Center of Excellence (EPAM COE) with a 'Train the Trainer’ approach. It involves training faculty members of various academic institutions in five in-demand technical streams: Java, .Net, Front-end, Automation Testing and Cloud & DevOps. After completing the training, faculty members train the students of their respective institutions. The ‘Train the Trainer’ approach is an effective way of integrating industry knowledge with academia, thus contributing to closing the education-employability chasm. Through this program, EPAM empowers its people by helping them upskill themselves as mentors and leaders. The program equips students with professional skills and knowledge of real-life business scenarios while pursuing academics. This improves the industry-readiness of students and provides them with a significant competitive edge at the beginning of their careers.Pre-Education Program (PEP) is another important initiative of EPAM. It is a pre-employment training program for pre-final and final-year students to enhance their employability. PEP offers training on fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge of various in-demand technical skills like Java. It also focuses on motivating students to be proactive in learning relevant and essential skills required for their careers as software engineers. As an employability-focused training program designed for students about to begin their professional journey, PEP provides a substantial thrust to their careers’ take-off.More than 80% of the PEP 2021 students received immediate employment opportunities from various tech companies, including EPAM. One hundred faculty members from 58 colleges were engaged in PEP 2021, compared to 40 faculty members from 19 colleges in PEP 2020. The year-over-year increase in the participation of academic institutions suggests a growing culture of learning and growth. In 2022, more than 80 EPAM trainers trained nearly 175 faculty members from 52 institutions benefitting many students. The success of EPAM’s PEP and COE indicates their potential to build a resource pool fulfilling the market's current and future technology demands.The FutureEPAM aims to strengthen its efforts regarding learning and training programs. It seeks collaborations and partnerships with academic institutions and other agencies for skilling and upskilling the future and the current workforce. With an approach of adapting and evolving with the fast-changing market, a collective effort could benefit the community by building a skilled future workforce. <a href="https://www.businessworld.in/article/The-Role-Of-Enterprises-In-Bridging-The-Education-Employability-Chasm/08-12-2022-457191/" target="_self">https://www.businessworld.in/article/The-Role-Of-Enterprises-In-Bridging-The-Education-Employability-Chasm/08-12-2022-457191/</a>

The Role Of Enterprises In Bridging The Education-Employability Chasm

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EPAM India’s University Program is a key initiative that is helping bridge the chasm between education programs and employment readiness. Read this article here to know more about how we are driving this. 

The IIIT-Hyderabad’s incubator and EPAM Systems, Inc., digital transformation services and product engineering company, have selected seven startups for the EPAM Social Impact Innovation Programme.The programme is aimed at supporting these green startups with an equity-free grant of up to ₹5 lakh and incubation support.The Atal Incubation Centre-IIITH Foundation incubator will help the startups build their products and help them find market and access to funds.<h5 style="text-align: justify;">Fighting climate crisis</h5>The shortlisted startups included MedCuore Medical Solutions; Green Trek Research and Development; Greenovate Solutions; MuddleArt; Zodhya Technologies; Envoprotect LLP; and Panjurli Labs.“Supporting the Green Tech revolution is essential to help India secure a foothold in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and help us fight the climate crisis,” Ramesh Loganathan, Director of AIC-IIIT-H, said. The AIC-IIITH has run five cohorts and supported about 40 with incubation support and a funding of ₹2 crore. Last year, EPAM provided a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/topic/covid-19/" target="_self" style="text-align: justify;">Covid-19</a> bridge grant to social startups through AIC-IIIT-H and helped organisations like Jivoule Biofuels (clean energy), myUDAAN (accessibility tech) and Intech Harness (agritech) with resources needed to survive the pandemic. <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/iiit-h-incubator-apam-pick-7-green-startups-for-social-impact-cohort/article66233767.ece" target="_self">https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/iiit-h-incubator-apam-pick-7-green-startups-for-social-impact-cohort/article66233767.ece</a>

IIIT-H incubator, EPAM pick 7 green startups for social impact cohort

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Education is a key sustainability goal for EPAM India, and over the last few years, we have collaborated with the Atal Incubation Centre-IIITH Foundation to help startups build their products and find market and access to funds. Read more to discover which 7 start-ups we are funding this year!

Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace.

India now has about 25 senseis who are actively growing the community and acting as mentors and coaches for game participants. One such sensei is engineer Varma Datla says, “Coding DOJO is three hours of fun, where you get away from your daily grind, meet people from other projects or even accounts, look at technical problems ‘right here, right now’ and straightaway get to solving them. It’s a competition where you see your and others’ results right at the end of the game, and you’re always curious about your colleagues’ algorithms and strategies.

“From the engineer’s perspective, Coding DOJO is fun — and that makes it good from the business perspective. When we were just starting to conduct these meetups, we had only a few participants. But word of mouth got out, and we’ve grown quickly. We bring in new games and mix up players who know different technologies to keep their interest.”
Community manager Sameena Ali says, “Under the Engineering Excellence program in India, we work with various platforms, especially Coding DOJO. Indians love to communicate, experiment with new things and improve their skills. It’s just a part of our culture. We are trying to build a Culture of Togetherness to promote a spirit of teamwork amongst our employees. We got started in March of this year and conduct at least two meetings a month. The entire EPAM India team is grouped into 6 'houses', who participated in a string of friendly competitions to win the Best House of the year. Amongst these competitions, ENGX Coding Dojo was one of the major tournaments. Over 12 weeks, 600 employees from 6 houses participated and cheered their teams in this tournament. The tournament was won by Aishwarya Bommisetty, Praveen Mustepally, and Rajeev Marrapu.”

In its classical Japanese sense, a dojo is a place for developing martial arts skills — for everyone, from toddlers to the highest-ranking masters. Coding DOJO does the same thing, only with engineering mastery. It’s a virtual environment where engineers perfect their programming skills. As with martial arts dojos, Coding DOJO welcomes developers of all levels, from newcomers to seasoned professionals.
This is important for EPAM, because we create complex solutions that are constantly changing — and the platforms, languages, methodologies and industries change along with them. It is critical that we, in turn, constantly improve our skills.

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EPAM Systems India Pvt Ltd (EPAM India) is certified as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization for their great leadership, consistent employee experience, and sustainable financial performance.

EPAM Systems India Pvt Ltd Certified as a Great Place to Work®

EPAM Systems India Pvt. Ltd. is certified as a great workplace by Great Place to Work® Institute, India. This certificate is valid from Dec 2021 to Dec 2022.

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EPAM India News | Great Place to Work Certified (Dec-2021  - Dec 2022)

Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace.

Great Place to Work® Certification™ awarded to EPAM Systems India Pvt. Ltd

Software engineers don’t only code – they often play other critical roles and functions in many different capacities – including business analysis, testing, leadership, DevOps and maintenance. That’s why Sanchit Balchandani, EPAM’s lead software engineer in India, explores the ways in which empathy has helped grow his career and how it can help fellow engineers build better client relationships, create better products, build great teams and chart successful careers.
How often do we really practice empathy in our lives? I often find that whilemost of us understand the importance of empathy, unconsciously we seem to avoid being empathetic at the most important moments.
I’ve been working in the IT industry for about 11 years now, during which I’ve worked with people from different geographies. Over the past four years, I’ve also been leading small to mid-size software development teams. From my experience working with people from different cultures and at different levels, whether it’s peers, managers, senior management or customers, the one thing that makes people stand out is empathy. In this article I’ll share why empathy is a crucial skill for a software engineer.
A clarifying point before we begin -- sympathy is not empathy. Sympathy is more about feeling sorry for someone, whereas empathy is about putting yourself in the other person’s shoes and understanding their situation. Empathy opens the door to a range of long-lasting emotions and feelings.
So, what does this have to do with software engineering?
Beyond coding, software engineers play a critical role in many different capacities such as business analysis, testing, leadership, DevOps and maintenance. Each of these roles involves interaction with people. Wherever you deal with people, empathy is vital. Empathy can help you build client relations, foster a more inclusive team environment, create better products and grow your career. Let’s look at a few examples. <h6>WORKING WITH FELLOW ENGINEERS</h6>
Let’s look at how we do Pull Request (PR) Reviews. Often, they end up in unnecessary conflicts. PR reviews are not about finding ‘X’ number of issues in someone else's PR; they’re about collaboration and creating a good coding practice. Any conflicts can be avoided or resolved if the PR review process involves empathy.
As a developer, when you code with empathy in mind, you take greater responsibility and do your best to reduce small and avoidable errors on your end before forwarding it for review. Similarly, as a PR reviewer, empathetic understanding can help you collaborate better and reach solutions faster.<h6>INTERACTING WITH CUSTOMERS</h6>
Customer interactions can sometimes be tricky for software developers. Engineers tend to think from a technical standpoint, and this can differ from a customer’s understanding of things, especially if they don’t have a technical background. In these instances, it is the developer's responsibility to understand, ask questions, listen and adapt. The more you hear, the more informed you will be and the better the product will turn out, with fewer iterations. When providing updates to the customer, we need to help them understand the situation without using technical terms. This all makes things easier for both clients and the developers in the long run. <h6>LEADING A TEAM</h6>
Empathy is a must-have quality for modern-day industry leaders. As a leader, you work with people who have different skillsets, temperaments, backgrounds and cultures. By applying more empathy, you will be better equipped to:<ul><li>Influence others more effectively</li><li>Have conversations that will bring out the best in your team</li><li>Motivate people around you and help them grow</li></ul><h6>CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS</h6>
Empathy can be critical in helping an interviewer identify a candidate's potential. You will put the candidate at ease, give them enough time to answer, encourage them to share their stories, ask the right questions and keep your own reactions in check. It will also help you ask questions that are not binary but ask for their experiences, so you get the best out of the candidate – hearing what they have prepared to say, but hopefully also hearing them speak from the heart. By being more empathetic you will better understand how they think, behave and make decisions.<h6>HOW TO PRACTICE EMPATHY</h6>
If you’ve read to this point, I hope it’s evident that empathy is not only a feeling but a much-needed skill in today's software engineer's profile. Like any other skill, this will need practice. Personally, I analyze some of my conversations retrospectively and reflect on what could be done better next time.
You can also start practicing empathy with the task at hand. When you are creating a product, keep the end user in mind -- how they would interact with it, what they really need and what would make it successful. Other simple ways include adding API documentation which makes it easier for others to use your APIs and, of course, making your code readable so that another developer won’t have a hard time understanding it.
Ultimately, empathy is an acquired skill that will reward you with trust, clarity and perspective.
If you are interested in a career at EPAM, visit <a href="https://welcome.epam.in/jobs">our careers page</a> to apply today or get referred by someone you know who works at EPAM.

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BLOG | Importace of Empathy in Engineering

BLOG | Importance of Empathy in Engineering

Software engineers don’t only code – they often play other critical roles and functions in many different capacities – including business analysis, testing, leadership, DevOps and maintenance. That’s why Sanchit Balchandani, EPAM’s lead software engineer in India, explores the ways in which empathy has helped grow his career and how it can help fellow engineers build better client relationships, create better products, build great teams and chart successful careers.

BLOG: Importance of Empathy in Engineering

In the 5 years since our inception, team India has grown from strength to strength. Expanding clientele, technological expertise, and employee strength; EPAM India is poised to drive the global vision of ‘engineering the future’ to greater heights. Here is a recap of our journey.

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EPAM India News | Celebrating 5 Years of EPAM India

In the 5 years since our inception, team India has grown from strength to strength. Expanding clientele, technological expertise, and employee strength; EPAM India is poised to drive the global vision of ‘engineering the future’ to greater heights. Here is a recap of our journey.

Celebrating 5 Years of EPAM India - 2020

The garage is a busy place — and not just because of all the innovation, testing, and thinking that happens there. Guests can range from EPAM’s developers, coders, and engineers, to top management, important clients, and ordinary students. The community is working on a host of projects, some of which are mentioned below:<ul><li>Air Pollution Tracker - The project is developed in the view to create a system that can monitor and control air pollution within a premise.</li><li>Gross Company Happiness Meter - Monitoring emotions among the employees by reading facial vectors through camera captured images</li><li>BET (Book EPAM Transport) App – An internal “uber” app that allows employees to book EPAM transport cabs for drops and pick ups to nearest metro stations</li><li>Guide in the Dark – A guide for the visually impaired to assess their environment and give them voice based inputs</li></ul>
The community also conducted an Engineers’ Week in September 2019. They hosted a slew of workshops and activities aimed at learning and collaboration. Global EPAM speakers were invited to speak about new trends in Design thinking. They also conducted a Design Thinking workshop for EPAM India Garage innovators and EPAM kids. During this week, EPAM India Garage also did an exhibition demonstration of all their projects.

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Garage is a platform, space, and a community where EPAMers bring ideas into reality.

Garage at EPAM India

In Japan, a DOJO is a place to train, compete and achieve ranks in martial arts. In our case, the DOJO is where programmers become stronger by exchanging knowledge and just having a good time. Coding DOJO can take different forms. One example is how developers get together to do kata – simple tasks for improving their engineering mastery. Another form is Codenjoy, or coding for fun, where participants create bots and compete in simple games. Coding DOJO at EPAM is something much bigger than just fun meetups. At EPAM India Coding DOJO needed only six months to become a large-scale practice. We did a total of 16 events with about 800 participants in 2019!

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In Japan, a DOJO is a place to train, compete and achieve ranks in martial arts

EPAM India’s Dojo Culture

The Testing community is one of the bigger communities at EPAM India. They are an active bunch, whose love for code transcends everything else. They had an action packed 2019, where a lot of community members organized many tech talks and collaborative learning events. Their sessions covered a range of topics like:<ul><li>API Testing series workshop - where they focused each week on different types of API testing. They brought in SMEs who covered the entire gamut of Functional, Performance, Automation and Security testing under the API series. Speakers used live case studies as demo examples to make their sessions more relatable and easier to comprehend.</li><li>Internal Test-Auto-Thon, where close to 25 teams participated in it. This was basically a hackathon for software test engineers where participants were required to implement an automation and integration workflow involving multiple test scenarios for a web application. The test scenarios include Web UI scenarios (desktop & mobile) as well web service end point(s). Of the 25 teams who participated, the top 4 teams were chosen to represent EPAM India at the All-India Testautothon competition organised by Step-In across three cities - Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Pune.</li></ul>

For the external events, the community forged new partnerships with Null Hyderabad & Step-In communities, who designed interesting community meetup experiences for us. 
With Step-In, EPAM engineers participated in the all-India Testautothon contests in Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad. The team at Hyderabad won the second place in this testautothon. Congratulations to Srinivas Jonnala, Satya Prasad
During the months of September & October, the community did two events with Null Hyderabad - one on IOT Communication Security. The other Null event was the community's 100th event, where EPAMers Harikrishna Valugonda and Sai Palvai took key sessions. Hari spoke about how to look for sensitive information like cloud secret keys, passwords, etc., from the git repositories of an application. He demonstrated manual ways to obtain the info and using some automated tools. Sai spoke about escaping docker containers, where he demonstrated techniques on how to escape attackers who access the file system by exploiting various misconfigurations inside the docker.

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