Bangalore biggest creator of jobs

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br />BANGALORE: Despite all odds like creaking infrastructure and the looming flight of IT business to other destinations, Bangalore will still be the country''s largest job creator this year.<br /><br />TOI estimates based on data from various companies and recruitment firms indicate that the booming IT and BPO industries will add around 65,000 new jobs in Bangalore alone.<br /></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -5"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="68.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" white=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/817437.cms" alt="/photo/817437.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />The city will strengthen its position as the country''s top job destination, accounting for almost 35 per cent of the jobs created nationally.<br /><br />The surprise in the pack is Chennai, which may upstage NCR (National Capital Region, which includes Delhi) to become the second most prolific job creator along with Mumbai with around 35,000 jobs. <br /><br />NCR will add around 30,000 at the No 4 slot followed by Hyderabad and Pune.<br /><br />Industry analysts predict that Kolkata could be the dark horse. <br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><br />Wipro, IBM, TCS and Cognizant are heavily banking on Kolkata. A Wipro spokesperson says the company would base around 5,000 people in its Kolkata facility over the next few years. <br /><br />Says Gautam Sinha, CEO of TVA Infotech, a recruitment firm, "Around 4,000 experienced professionals are hired in Bangalore per month, which is the highest in the country."<br /><br />BPO/ITES: In BPO, Bangalore will add around 30,000 jobs to its existing base of one lakh agents. The top recruiters in this space will be Accenture, Convergys, IBM, 24/7 Customer, Infosys/Progeon, HP and Oracle. <br /><br />Interestingly, IT vendors like HP, Oracle and Microsoft are creating thousands of tech support jobs in the city for their captive requirements. <br /><br />Accenture, for example, is expected to hire 3,500 people for its BPO operations out of its total 5,000 hires for 2004. The US-based BPO giant Convergys had said it would recruit around 12,000 in India.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section3"><div class="Normal"><br />Industry sources say it is going slow on the target and may end up adding 1,000 new jobs to its Bangalore centre. In BPO, Bangalore receives topmost priority for voice-based work,while Chennai is the most sought after location for data transactions.<br /><br />IT services: In IT services, the Bangalore magic will come into focus with around 35,000 new jobs. Infy is expected to pitch in with around 3,000 new jobs in IT services. <br /><br />Wipro''s contribution, despite Premji''s concerns over his company''s expansions in the city, may match Infy. TCS, though riding high on Chennai, is expected to add 2,000 more jobs in the city.<br /><br />Hyderabad-headquartered Satyam has identified Bangalore for growing its embedded, telecom and SAP businesses. It will add 1,000 more people to its operations here. Second-tier IT firms like iGate and DSL are expected to hire 1,000 each in the city.<br /><br />Semiconductor engg services: "Bangalore has become the largest base for chip design and testing in the mobile domain," says B S Murthy, CEO of Human Capital.<br /><br />The chip giant Intel and Motorola are both expected to hire 1,000 persons each in 2004.</div> </div>