Wipro to recruit 15,000 at Bhubaneswar

Wipro Technologies plans to recruit 15,000 software professionls in itsproposed development centre at Bhubaneswar.

Besides, the company also proposed to set up a Global Training Centre (GTC) in Bhubaneswar.

Laxman Badiga, chief Information officer (CIO) of Wipro, met the Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik recently and discussed the progress of the development centre in Bhubaneswar. The company will have a 26 acre campus in the infocity-II and will have four blocks of building.

The design and architecture of the building has been finalized and the construction of the boundary wall has been completed. The construction of the centre is expected to be completed within next 18 months, sources said. Wipro is also looking for setting up a Global Training Centre in Orissa. The company officials have visited a couple of sites to select the location.

The government will take a view after the company intimates the location.

The proposed GTC will be in the pattern of the company's Global Training Centre located at Mysore.

The centre is expected to provide training facility to about 3000 persons. Further, the company has evinced interest to be associated with the development of International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Bhubaneswar.

The chief minister is reported to have discussed the concept of smart city with the Wipro team. Principal secretary to the chief minister B K Patnaik, secretary IT department S N Tripathy and head of the Bhubaneswar Development Centre Surya Mohanty were present during the discussion. After the completion of the Wipro Development Centre, there will be about 40,000 employees working within 200 acres of Infocity. This is expected to lead to severe pressure on the social and civil infrastructure in the IT hub.

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