Holding the FY2026 Entrance Ceremony
Toyota Connected held its FY2026 entrance ceremony, welcoming 28 new employees. To strengthen its global AI and digital capabilities, the company hired 5 Indian graduate school alumni alongside 23 domestic recruits.
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Toyota Connected Corporation (Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture; President: Keiji Yamamoto; hereinafter Toyota Connected) held its FY2026 entrance ceremony and welcomed 28 new employees. This year, the company conducted recruitment activities overseas again, and in addition to 23 domestic new graduates in Japan, 5 people who completed graduate school in India have newly joined Toyota Connected. This marks the second year of accepting new employees from India.
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Promotion of Global Human Resources Strategy
As Toyota Connected strengthens its functions as a Global Headquarters (GHQ), it is strategically promoting the hiring of highly skilled overseas talent in the digital and AI fields. As part of this, the company collaborated with universities in India and conducted selection and recruitment activities locally. The participation of human resources with high expertise in AI and data science fields strongly supports the expansion of the AI domain and the creation of new technologies and businesses promoted by Toyota Connected.
By intersecting diverse cultures and expertise, Toyota Connected will evolve into an entity that drives the entire globe.
[Image: Scene of the entrance ceremony]
Overseas Recruitment: Aspirations of New Employees Completing Indian Graduate Schools
All of this year's new graduate employees will be assigned to Toyota Connected's Technology Division. We asked two engineers who joined Toyota Connected this year after completing graduate school in India about their aspirations.
Lavanyasri Koppisetti
'Hearing that my senior joined Toyota Connected in Japan last year was my first opportunity to learn about this company. I was deeply attracted to the fact that it provides value to people around the world through mobility services that connect people and cars, and so I applied. While I am sometimes surprised by the differences from my home country after coming to Japan, society...'
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Promotion of Global Human Resources Strategy
As Toyota Connected strengthens its functions as a Global Headquarters (GHQ), it is strategically promoting the hiring of highly skilled overseas talent in the digital and AI fields. As part of this, the company collaborated with universities in India and conducted selection and recruitment activities locally. The participation of human resources with high expertise in AI and data science fields strongly supports the expansion of the AI domain and the creation of new technologies and businesses promoted by Toyota Connected.
By intersecting diverse cultures and expertise, Toyota Connected will evolve into an entity that drives the entire globe.
[Image: Scene of the entrance ceremony]
Overseas Recruitment: Aspirations of New Employees Completing Indian Graduate Schools
All of this year's new graduate employees will be assigned to Toyota Connected's Technology Division. We asked two engineers who joined Toyota Connected this year after completing graduate school in India about their aspirations.
Lavanyasri Koppisetti
'Hearing that my senior joined Toyota Connected in Japan last year was my first opportunity to learn about this company. I was deeply attracted to the fact that it provides value to people around the world through mobility services that connect people and cars, and so I applied. While I am sometimes surprised by the differences from my home country after coming to Japan, society...'