Sustenance!!! Is internship a good way to sustain a steady pipeline of talent?

For the past 1 year, we have been trying to figure out the best ways to hire the "Best" of Drupal resources. But the Drupal community in India is pretty limited and unless we start "poaching" - well the process is really painful. In addition, the educational institutions have really not been able to provide the Drupal community in India with a steady stream of "ready" candidates. 

As a possible solution, in this session, we will talk about Hiring strategy which involves picking up the right interns, training them and finally hiring them when they are ready.

About the speaker:

Educational qualifications make Suchi a "Manager" in Finance and Marketing, but her 18+ years of experience has mostly been in the world of IT. She started off with PHP in the year 2000 when OOPS was something people said when they made a mistake and not necessarily in "computer" terms. She has a passion for development, and just can not keep her hands off of the code - even when needed. For the past 5 years, she has been handling projects in managerial capacity as well.