Mid-tier IT sees more work out of India even after the pandemic

Pune | Mumbai: Midsize IT services firms say they expect to provide more work out of India even after the Covid-19 pandemic abates, as travel restrictions and work-from-home had already prompted offshoring volumes to grow over the past year.

About 83% of Mindtree’s employees were working offshore at the end of December, compared to 79% a year ago.

“Clients have accepted the fact that employees are working remotely. I feel the offshoring ratio will remain high as people have realised that work from anywhere is the new normal,” Mindtree chief executive Debashis Chatterjee said. At Zensar Technologies, offshore workers increased to 6,474 from 6,071, while the number of employees onsite dropped to 1,811 from 2,308 in the past year.