SGT to ramp up India operations

CHENNAI: SGT India Private Limited, a Knowledge Process Innovation and Management (KPIM) services provider, today announced its plans to expand its operations in India.

As a part of the expansion drive, SGT plans to set up its fourth centre in the country at Bangalore by the end of the current year, which caters to the increasing requirements from its overseas clients. The company plans to recruit over 500+ professionals in the current fiscal year to meet its client requirements and currently employs 500+ people worldwide, SGT said in a statement.

Kumar Bashyam, founder and CEO, SGT India Pvt. Ltd, said, "We have already invested over $4 million in India and are planning to invest another $8 million in scaling up our Indian operations. We registered an impressive growth of over 250 per cent during the last fiscal year. With the 100,000 Sq.ft capacity addition from our forthcoming centres at Chennai and Bangalore, we are confident to maintain a strong growth pace in the coming years."

SGT recently entered into an agreement to provide engineering services to Mines & Metals Engineering (MME) GmbH, a German engineering company.

Louis Hendriks, executive partner - Europe, SGT India, said, "Our Engineering Process Services contributes most to our growth in revenues. This segment makes us a niche player in the process services industry. Selection by MME as their India-leveraged engineering design partner for complex steel projects is a defining moment in the history of SGT's Engineering Process Services."

Dr Usha Dasari, director – Marketing and Corporate Communications, SGT India, said, "Our expansion in Indian operations is very crucial to meet the demands of our clients globally. Being a niche player in offering strategic services such as engineering process services, it becomes imperative for us to have the best talent in the industry working with us. At present all our branding and marketing initiatives are focussed to attract the best resources in the industry."

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