Infotech Enterprises has launched its 7th India Development Centre at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh. It has 850 employees now and has plans to ramp up staff strength to up to 2,000 by 2014.
The focus of the centre will be to deliver technology solutions to its oil & gas, energy and utilities customers. It is Infotech’s second centre in the coastal city.
The facility developed in a five acre, sprawling campus has a built up area of 52,000 sq.ft. It has a capacity of 650 seats, which will be increased to 1,500 by 2014. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, and Union Human Resources Development Minister, M.M. Pallam Raju, formally inaugurated the Centre at Sarpavaram, Special Economic Zone today.
B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, founder and Chairman, Infotech Enterprises, said it was part of the company's strategy to grow inclusively by expanding operations in tier-II cities. It will also help boost the local economy by generating employment opportunities, he said in a press release.
The Hyderabad-based Infotech Enterprises has also set-up an Avionics M.Tech programme in JNTU Kakinada by providing an avionics lab, enhanced course curriculum and adjunct faculty. The first batch of students will be graduating this year.
Infotech also provides several scholarships for needy students of JNTU Kakinada.