Looks like Capgemini, the global software-services firm is planning to hire more people for its India team in financial year 2025.
While the present employee strength of the firm in India is about 1.75 lakh, the exact number of people needed for the future is not yet known.
Also, it is reported that a majority of the firm’s funds set aside for artificial intelligence (AI) will be invested in India. The firm, which has its headquarters in Paris, reportedly plans to invest €2 billion on AI spread over three years. Most of this will be invested in India. It expects to see its AI and analytics teams expanding to double the present size of 30,000 by 2027, as reported by Business Standard.
Last year, the company had hired about 30,000 people including freshers and lateral hires.
The company plans to make significant investments in acquiring talent, reskilling talent and setting up centres of excellence (CoE). It is pertinent to mention here that CApgemini has more than 100 CoEs in India.
Capgemini has reportedly said it would train one lakh people by June 2024.
Ashwin Yardi, CEO, Capgemini India, did reveal to ToI that the company would hire from campuses this year too, but exact numbers are yet to be known.
Recently, the IT firm announced plans to acquire Unity’s Digital Twin Professional Services arm to speed up the digital transformation of organisations using real-time 3D technology.