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After acquiring the Hyderabad-based testing tools company AppLabs Technologies recently, CSC will hire about 3,500 employees this financial year taking the total number of employees to about 26,000, even as it increases focus on the Indian market.
“We are planning to increase the workforce by 15 per cent. We generally add that number every year. We are going to campuses for hiring from colleges. We are looking at a mix of 80 per cent of laterals (people with experience) and 20 per cent freshers,” Mr Brian Manning, President and Managing Director of CSC India, said.
In India, it runs centres in Noida, Indore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Vadodara, largest of them being Chennai and Hyderabad.
Mr Narendra Nayak, Director (Sales) of CSC India, said the company would focus on banking, financial services, healthcare and manufacturing sectors in India. “We know that India is a value sensitive market. But price is just aspect of that. What we find from our and third party studies is that, customers are willing to pay a premium if we are able to address their specific business requirements,” he said.
Special teams
Asked whether it had set up special teams to tap Indian market, he said the company did form special teams at the front end. “But we will leverage all of our 22,500 employees to address the market,” Mr Nayak and Mr Manning said.
On the banking sector focus, Mr Nayak said it was not a disadvantage to enter the market late. “Almost all banks have already introduced core banking solutions. What next? They have to develop solutions and applications around mobility. How do you analyse databases is the challenge. With our expertise in business intelligence, we think we are placed well to address this,” he said.
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