Airtel to set up digital technology hub in Pune, to hire 500 people by FY23 end
Bharti Airtel chief information officer Pradipt Kapoor confirming the plans told PTI that the company is rapidly scaling up its in-house digital talent pool to support its transformation into a digital telco.
To support digital services in the Western region, telecom major Bharti Airtel mulling to set-up a new technology centre in Pune and will be hiring around 500 digital engineering professionals by the end of the current fiscal, a senior company official said.
Bharti Airtel chief information officer Pradipt Kapoor confirming the plans told PTI that the company is rapidly scaling up its in-house digital talent pool to support its transformation into a digital telco.
"Pune being an established IT and tech hub, makes it an obvious choice for Airtel to tap into the talent pool and also drive cross-industry collaboration," Kapoor said.
This will be Airtel's fourth digital technology hub in India and first in the Western region to support its strategy to pivot to a digital services company, especially as 5G services are on the horizon.
The upcoming facility in Pune will initially be home to 500 digital engineering professionals.
Airtel is looking to hire across multiple experience and domains ? Big Data, Machine Learning, Dev Ops, Tech ops, etc.
Airtel already has similar digital technology hubs in Gurgaon, Bengaluru (Airtel X-Labs) and Noida. These facilities employ close to 3,000 people.
In addition to top global talent including Silicon Valley and domestic start-ups, Airtel is hiring from engineering institutes like IITs, NITS, IIITs for its digital technology hubs, a company official said.
Airtel claims to have made investments worth more than USD 46 billion in the last couple of decades to create digital infrastructure over which 40 per cent of India's economic and digital activity takes place.
Airtel's digital assets includes the Airtel Thanks app, Wynk Music app, Airtel Xstream content platform with over 180 million monthly active users.
(With PTI Inputs)
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