Now
it's time to rock in IT industry in next upcoming three years about to getting
appropriate job. West Bengal is getting lucrative for the IT industry with every
passing day. Two of the nations IT majors, Infosys and Wipro Technologies, have
their expansion plans for the state in place. Infosys is already working on
their maiden software campus in Kolkata and Wipro is looking for expansion.
According to an ET report, the two IT companies will invest up to Rs 20 billion
in their IT and BPO projects and will create 35,000 tech jobs over a period of
three years. Infosys has plans to invest Rs 10 billion that will create 20,000
tech jobs, while Wipro will invest Rs 8 billion in its second campus and will
offer around 15,000 tech jobs in the state.
Further the news is that, S Gopalakrishnan, co-chairman, Infosys recently said
that they are planning to invest Rs 1 billion initially in its venture in West
Bengal. It is worth mentioning here that the government has allotted both the
companies 50 acres each in Rajarhat. The companies have already paid roughly Rs
15 million per acre. Wipro already has its facility in Kolkata's Salt Lake
Electronic Complex which employs around 7,000 currently and Infosys has plans to
make Kolkata its hub for IT and ITeS operations in the east. The Mamata Banerjee-led
government in West Bengal has been trying to attract the IT industry not only to
create job opportunities but to create an IT hub in the state.