CGS, a US-based enterprise learning and outsourcing services firm, has expanded its operations here.

The firm, which has 7,500 professionals globally, has about 100 employees in its India centres. The new office has capacity to accommodate up to 163 employees.

“We are expecting an employee growth of 50 per cent by the year end. We are planning to hire about 100 people in the next 18 months," a company executive has said.

“The new office in Hyderabad will add new product lines for software development and support," the executive said.

The Hyderabad centre offers Application Development and Maintenance and Software Quality Assurance (SQA) services for the BlueCherry software solutions. “We have been operating in Hyderabad for over a decade. We will leverage the domestic talent pool to grow our team in the next 18 months to support our global business,” Jithendra Rao Battu, Country Manager (India), said, announcing the expansion here.