TCS may hire 9,000 people in 2004-05

This fiscal, we will certainly hire close to about 8,000-9,000 people, said TCS chief executive S Ramadorai.

India's largest software services provider, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd will hire about 8,000 to 9,000 people in the year ending March 31, 2005, its chief executive S Ramadorai said on Thursday.

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"This year, we will certainly hire close to about 8,000-9,000 people," Ramadorai told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference.

The Mumbai-based firm, part of India's second-largest industrial conglomerate Tata Group, said last month it added a net 2,521 staffers during the quarter ended December 31.

Shares of TCS, which listed in August 2004, ended up 0.31 per cent at Rs 1,309.65 on Thursday. The main Bombay index -- Sensex closed 1.4 per cent higher.