How big is Accenture in India across four centres?
Accenture has been operating in India since 1987. As of 2003, we had 4,300 people in India across disciplines of consulting, applications development and maintenance and BPO. We expect to hire about 10,000 people by 2004. Today, the company serves more than 100 clients through its operations in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad. You have acquired additional space in Mindspace. What are your plans for Hyderabad? Accenture centre in Hyderabad is an integral part of our delivery process. We see a strong demand for our technology and BPO capabilities. We are also employing people to work internally as part of our business enabler functions to help effectively manage and operate Accenture’s business and support our domestic client service professionals in areas such as human resources, marketing, legal, finance and administration functions. How is the BPO centre doing in India? We handle BPO work out of Bangalore (process delivery and contact centre) and Mumbai (contact centre). Ou