Digital Group’s Expansion Plans
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Digital Group Infotech (Digital India), a subsidiary of the New Jersey-based IT Solutions firm, has announced its plans to scale up operations in Pune, from its current headcount of 250 to 600-employees by year-end.
Operating out of three locations in Pune, just recently the Digital Group opened its fourth 100-seater development centre in Pune. As well, it has also applied for 10-acres in Hinjewadi phase III, on which it plans to build its very own campus.
“We were awaiting clarifications on the sunset clause for 2009 on the Software Technology Park in the Budget. But, we have decided to go ahead with our plans either in phase III, which is a notified special economic zone, or Phase I, where we are interested in acquiring a building close to our facility there,” affirmed Aditya Sharma, Managing Director of the $16-million Digital Group.
A Microsoft certified Gold partner, the company will be expanding its service offerings to Java, including BPO. “We have set up a Java centre of excellence and expect to recruit 40-50 Java professionals and expand our BPO offerings from five people servicing JP Morgan Bank to 150-people,” confirms Sharma.
Whatever, the natter and the chatter, and Australia may have won the World Cup, however, it is India that is on a strong wicket where IT / ITes / BPO off-shoring / outsourcing is concerned! Only ten trillion-dollar economies world wide till yesterday, today it is official that India has joined the trillion-dollar club, upping the membership count to eleven. Bring on the chants, roar the huzzahs, salute the Tri-colour, it is the 21st century and India has laid claim to it! Unstoppable India, hurtling at break-neck speed to catch up with the brilliant destiny that is in store for it! Was it only a few years back that the western press likened India to the tortoise of Aesop’s Fables, dubbing China as the hare!
As for Aesop, most of his fables are nothing but a compilation of tales from various sources, many of which originated with authors who lived long before Aesop. However, the roots of fables go back all the way to India, where they were associated with Kasyapa, a mystical sage, and which were subsequently adopted by early Buddhists. Nearly three hundred years later, some of these fables made their way to Alexandria. This collection introduced the use of the moral to sum up the teaching of a fable, similar to the ‘gatha’ of the Buddhist Jatakas. As with other things, Aesop’s fables are just a small part of what India has given to the world.
And, well, while you can be sure the hare settles for a nap, even as the tortoise pips it to the winning post! Let’s hear it for India or should we say Bharat, now that Bombay is Mumbai, Madras is Chennai, Calcutta is Kolkata, and Banglore is Bengalaru!
