MAHINDRA Satyam to hire 4,000 this year

 

 

MAHINDRA Satyam is aim- ing to be the number one in- formation technology company in India, said Anand Mahindra, vice-chairman and managing director of the Mahindra group. He was speaking on the occasion of the anniversary of Tech Mahindra's takeover of Satyam Computer Services after the latter was rocked by an accounting fraud perpetrated by Ramalinga Raju.

Mahindra was in town for the inauguration of Satyam's special economic zone (SEZ) at its Infocity campus. The firm is in the process of recruiting 4,000 additional employees of which about 1,500 have already joined work, a company executive told FC. The number also includes those who had been made offers before the Satyam scam broke out in January last year.

Its chief executive officer CP Gurnani struck a cautionary note, saying the company was still not out of the woods and a minimum of two years will be required before one could say that the recovery was complete.

In the past year, the firm had succeeded in retaining almost all its clients and had restructured its hierarchy to achieve greater internal transparency, Gurnani said.

Robert Bosch to up headcount to 10,000

 

Robert Bosch is aggressively ramping up its engineering services business in India, to create the largest technology hub of the company in the world. The company expects to double its engineering talent strength to 10,000 in the next couple of years.

   Augustine V D, head (HR), Robert Bosch Engineering and Services (RBEI), told TOI, "We are in the process of becoming the most critical technology development centre for Robert Bosch's global operations. India will play a key role, especially when there is a huge shortage of technical talent in Germany and Europe in general.''

   The company has a mandate to hire over 5,000 people in two years, mostly for IT solutions, business solutions, engineering services and R&D positions in its development centres in Coimbatore and Bangalore.

   Augustine said that even during the thick of recession, it was business as usual at Robert Bosch. "We onboarded over 600 people in 2009, when the whole industry was on a hiring freeze. We are now getting into a fast hiring mode as the economic outlook turns positive,'' he said.

   Augustine said retention was a thrust area for the company. The company is exploring multiple ways to encourage people to stay longer with it. "We offer global careers, role rotations, provide nurturing and mentoring, help improve talent, manage careers, build leadership and also impart training in culture and languages,'' he said.

   RBEI now focuses on developing a complete eco-system with the entire chain of product development, hardware and software, to enhance value proposition for customers. "We are now graduating from a service provider to a custom-based solutions provider. We are also entering into third party business, to expand our potential market to the entire automotive landscape,'' he said. Currently, RBEI is a captive provider of technology for Robert Bosch.

   During 2009,this wholly-owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmBH contributed 147 million euro to the global revenues of the parent firm.

 
   RBEI develops software that supports car engine navigation systems, anti brake lock systems and other automotive safety devices.