Tuesday, December 23, 2003

Perot BPO arm to add 600 in Chennai


India continues to be a pretty happening destination, for the multinationals keep coming in huge numbers. Now the US based Perot Systems Corporation's, 100 per cent subsidiary and BPO arm, Vision would be adding 600 seats to its already existing 500 strong workforce in India's southern cosmopolitan, Chennai.

David Cohen, Managing Director, Pert Systems Europe Ltd said that, "while Bangalore and Noida would be our application and infrastructure management centers, Chennai though would be our geographical location for our BPO operations in India".
Texas based Perot has made a move in to India through a joint venture with HCL, by the name of HCL-Perot Systems (HPS). Perot has acquired the stake of HCL technologies for a sum of $105 million cash. This move has been made with a strategy to make a direct presence and to leverage from Indian outsourcing capabilities.
India by the way happens to be the largest BPO workforce for the company and plans to become bigger. BPO contributes roughly 10 per cent to the company's $1.3 billion revenue posted during the last fiscal.