Mindtree Plans To Open A Development Centre In Kolkata

Mindtree, a Larsen & Toubro Group company, plans to establish a development centre in Kolkata that will employ 15,000-20,000 people over the next four to five years, according to a company official here on Wednesday. According to him, the IT services firm has already onboarded 1,700 people in its existing facility in the West Bengal capital.

"We have taken up 19 acres of space. Hopefully, things will start. The construction will be done by L&T... the management is committed. We will set up a huge centre,"  Mindtree Ltd Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Debashis Chatterjee stated at the CII's ICT East.

According to him, the development centre has the potential to employ 15,000 to 20,000 people. The IT firm announced the opening of its first development centre in Kolkata in March.

Larsen and Toubro Infotech (LTI), another L&T group IT company, announced the opening of a new centre in the eastern metropolis in June. The board of Larsen and Toubro announced a composite scheme of amalgamation of its two listed IT services firms in May to create a combined entity.

During the event, State Information Technology Minister Babul Supriyo urged industry leaders to advise his department on "what needs to be done" to expand West Bengal's information and technology sector. Oracle, another multinational technology firm, is also considering opportunities in the state for a data centre project that could benefit small and medium-sized businesses.

Shailendra Kumar, senior vice president, regional managing director India and NetSuite JAPAC, Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit, stated, "We are working very closely with the government to create a dedicated data centre for West Bengal." He added that the plans could take shape over the next 2-3 months.