Accenture's largest operations to be in India

Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has announced that it will make its Indian operations the largest for the company in the world.

The company, which currently has about 27,000 people in India working across all its 10 delivery centres and all business divisions, has announced it will ramp up its India headcount to 35,000, an increase of 52 per cent, by the end of August 2007.

This will make India Accenture's largest operations in the world followed by the United States, which will have 32,000 people and the UK with 11,500 people.

"India has become an essential component of Accenture globally. The intellectual talent available in India has a huge role to play for our success globally and Accenture by providing them with exciting career path aims to leverage their capabilities as a part of the company's focus on having the best people around the world," said William (Bill) D Green, chairman and CEO, Accenture, who is on his first visit to India.

Accenture which had a revenue of $16.55 billion in the fiscal ended August 31, 2006, employs about 1,46,000 people globally across 49 countries.

Since its opening the first delivery centres in Mumbai in 2001, it owns 10 delivery centres in India located in six cities. , which also houses the first technology lab of the company in Asia, is the largest centre for the company having over 15,000 professionals.

Currently, 40 per cent of Accenture's revenue comes from outsourcing, while the rest comes from system integration and consulting. The company intends to take the share of outsourcing to the total revenue to 50 per cent, added Green.

He said people would continue to be on the focus in the company's overall strategy, since the company believed in providing its clients not just the services, but on how to make themselves differentiated in the market, people would continue to be on the focus in the company's overall strategy.

"One of the most important things about Accenture is that we are able to bring our clients the best people, best ideas and the best solutions, from everywhere we operate. I am deeply impressed by the quality of our people in India and extremely pleased with the nature and quality of work that they are delivering to clients," he added.

According to Basilio Rueda, senior managing director, Global Delivery Network, Accenture, apart from India, the company as a part of its focus on getting right talents, is expanding in Philippines, China, Eastern Europe and Russia.

However, India will continue to be the leader in the company's overall strategy for the next 10 years.