At a time when the Bangalore versus Buffalo City debate spooks BPO employees in India, Essar Group’s backoffice unit Aegis Ltd will augment its workforce by 12,000, summing up the total headcount to 43,000 by end of this fiscal.
 
The company plans to hire 1,000 people every month in India and across United States, Philippines, Costa Rica and Africa where it currently has operations.       

“We will be recruiting a thousand people every month, so this year we will add 12,000 to our workforce globally. We have already hired 3,000 people since the beginning of this fiscal,” Aegis Limited Managing Director and Global CEO Aparup Sengupta told PTI here.       

US President Barack Obama had last month announced end to years of tax incentives to those US companies, which create jobs overseas in places like Bangalore. Full News

3i Infotech Ltd, a global provider of IT solutions and one of India’s largest software product companies, has announced that all its BPO businesses would be managed through 3i Infotech’s wholly owned BPO subsidiary.
 
During the financial year 2008-09, BPO services emerged as a very important component in 3i Infotech’s suite of offerings worldwide, contributing one-third of revenues of Rs 2300 crore ($500 million).

3i Infotech’s BPO subsidiary is being created as an acknowledgment of this important reality, and will offer end-to-end business process services to the BFSI and Telecom companies in the domestic market. 3i Infotech’s BPO subsidiary has its presence across 200 cities in India, and has a staff strength of nearly 7000. Source