Capgemini to Double Its Workforce in India.

The article reports on the plan of Capgemini SA to double its workforce over the next 18 months in India. The plan is an effort to make the country a hub for delivering offshore information technology and business process outsourcing services to corporate users. At present, the company has 4,600 staffers and will increase its head count to 6,000 by the end of 2006 and to 10,000 by the end of 2007. The Indian operation of the Paris-based Capgeminni is its largest offshore unit and has already showed a growth of 80 percent annually.