New Delhi: Infosys BPO, the back-office unit
of IT firm Infosys Technologies, on Monday said it would hire
1500-2000 people by the end of the current fiscal.
"We plan to hire 2000 people in the next four-five months
or by the end of this fiscal. Currently we are 16,000 people
in India," Infosys BPO CEO Amitabh Chaudhry told reporters on
the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.
The 300-million Infosys subsidiary recently signed an
agreement with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up rural
BPO centres in 22 districts of the state.
Infosys BPO, gets significant part of its business from
North America and Europe.
To bag more clients, it is said to be looking at aligning
with Finacle, the banking solution business of its parent.
Infosys BPO is also reportedly planning to set up a new
delivery centre in the United States before the end of this
financial year.
The back-office services wing of Infosys has eight
delivery centres across the globe, including in Mexico,
but it did not have a centre in the US so far.
Infosys BPO registered revenues of USD 71.3 million with a
net profit of USD 16.3 million for the September quarter.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, November 09, 2009, 14:46