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This is part of BearingPoint's AnyShore strategy to be able to service clients anywhere in the world.

Chennai , Feb. 12

BEARINGPOINT Inc, which was formerly KPMG Consulting Inc, said that it has opened a software development centre in Chennai.

According to a statement released by BearingPoint, its India manpower strength would be 2,000 employees over the next two years. It added that that number could go up to 3000, depending on demand. The company is also planning a second centre in Bangalore. This is part of BearingPoint's AnyShore strategy to be able to service clients anywhere in the world, it said.

Speaking to Business Line, Mr Siddharth A Pai, Managing Director, India Global Development Centre, BearingPoint, said, "We are contemplating a second centre in Bangalore but have not decided on it yet. If it does come up, the estimated manpower would be placed in these two locations."

Initially, the Chennai centre would be supported by Covansys, a US-based consulting and technology services company that also has a development centre in Chennai. Mr Pai also clarified that this would not result in job losses in BearingPoint's US operations. Asked to comment on the company's recent laying off of 275 workers in Europe, he said, "These were not software development people but were supporting us on the infrastructure front in Germany and Central Europe. An acquisition we made there rendered these jobs duplicate."

The statement quotes Mr Pai as saying, "We can now rely less on subcontractors to complete engagements and pass on those savings to clients by (using) a single service delivery model." Mr Pai said he was unable to comment on the actual savings that his company would realise by locating the centre in India.

The statement did not include figures of investment in the new centre. BearingPoint's Chennai centre would have capabilities similar to those of its development centre in Shanghai, China. It would offer software development, implementation for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, integration and management of software applications and business process outsourcing services. Mr Pai said, "We have approximately 200 plus people in our China development centre." He added that China was not a laggard in terms of technical capabilities and that that region was useful in serving the north east Asian markets.

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