Zensar sets up innovation centres in Poland, Hyderabad

Hyderabad: IT solutions provider Zensar Technologies announced the setting up of two innovation centres here today with one based in Hyderabad and the second in the Polish city of Gdansk and shortly plans to network five such centres globally.

The other centres would be based at Singapore, Shenzhen in China, and the UK, wherein the company is poised to invest about Rs 100 crore.

The Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ganesh Natarajan, said that the centre in Poland is located strategically and serves as a hub for the European region. All the global innovation centres located overseas would recruit people locally, train them to meet the company requirements. Zensar employs about five per cent of its staff overseas.

Addressing a press conference here today, Dr Natarajan said that the company plans to double its headcount within 24 months from 4,000 people now and make Hyderabad its second largest centre after Pune.

The CEO of Zensar OBT Global, Ramesh Kodali, and the Executive Vice-President of Innovative Technology Solutions, Zensar, V. Balasubramanian, said that these innovation centres bring about significant automation in the way services get delivered to enterprises.

While the Hyderabad centre would focus on research and template development for pharmaceutical and textile industries, Gdansk centre would serve as the innovation hub for Europe and provide architecture for multi-shore development using Zensar's Global Delivery Platform.
Source: sify.com