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Genpact to hire 7,000 in New Town campus

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Posted: Jan 12, 2008 at 0224 hrs IST

Kolkata, January 11 Business outsourcing major Genpact will develop a 7-lakh sq-ft campus at New Town providing employment opportunities to 7,000 people. The company signed an agreement with Unitech Hi-Tech Structures Ltd for acquiring land at Infospace, an IT/ ITeS special economic zone (SEZ), being developed by Unitech.

The agreement papers were exchanged by the two sides in the presence of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the Writers’ Buildings on Friday. Addressing the media, president and CEO Pramod Bhasin said that a wide range of work would be carried out at the campus. “The impact of work will generate employment for three to four more persons per person employed. At present, we have 700 people working in Kolkata,” Bhasin said.

He added that the city has an “unparallel talent base”. The company intends to make an investment that may go up to Rs 200 crore.

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