TCS, India's top software services exporter, sees strong orders and revenues in the year ahead, driven by robust demand in Asia and Europe, and plans to boost its headcount aggressively.

TCS remains on an aggressive hiring spree, Girija Pande, TCS' Asia Pacific director said. The group has set a target for 30,000 gross additions by the end of the current fiscal year to March, and has already added over 24,000 jobs as at end-December. The group's total headcount stands at 83,500.

Another company Wipro - Continuing with its belief in running software development in a factory style, plans to hire more entry-level employees. Wipro plans to add about 14,000 freshers in 2007-08 and has already issued some 10,000 campus offers, said Mr Suresh Senapaty, Chief Financial Officer, Wipro.

In the current financial year, a total of 6,600 campus recruits have joined Wipro till date. Wipro is also planning to enhance the intake at Wipro Academy of Software Excellence (WASE) - where it converts science graduates into software professionals through in-depth technology training - to around 4,000 in the coming year from the present 1,700, Mr Senapaty said.

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Prashanth Rai