* TCS to create 16,500 jobs in West Bengal

Indian IT firm expands in Indian state.

Times of India: “Tata Consultancy Services said its Rs 1,350 crore software development campus in West Bengal will be functional by the end of 2014-15 and will employ 16,500 IT and BPO professionals.

TCS to create 16,500 jobs in West Bengal

“Our growing presence in Kolkata continues to be of strategic importance for our overall business growth.

“We remain committed to working in close collaboration with all stakeholders in the state to help development of local talent and provide our customers with world-class IT solutions from this location,” TCS Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director S Mahalingam said.

The first phase of construction will be completed in the first quarter of 2014, while the second phase by the fourth quarter of the year.

“In the first phase 7,000 seats will be ready with the remaining 9,500 seats being completed in second phase,” Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said in a statement.

Once completed, the campus that is being constructed with an investment of about Rs 1,350 crore will house over 16,500 seats, it added.”

via TCS to create 16,500 jobs in West Bengal – The Times of India.

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