IBM to expand workforce in India

US based tech giant IBM has confirmed that they would hire around 3000 more software developers for their Kolkata based unit in India.

This is just the latest indication of their plans to grow here in India. The company plans to work on business consulting and software application development and maintenance at their new facility located in the city.

Amitabh Ray, an IBM executive was quoted in the media saying: “We are very bullish to fill up this capacity very soon because the business is growing and customers are showing more and more interest in sourcing of global delivery services.”

The company has in fact managed to grow its Indian workforce to 43,000 from 38,500 in the last six months or so.