HCL Tech to hike workforce in Lucknow by 50% to 6,000 by March 2021

IT major HCL Technologies is looking to increase the workforce at its Lucknow facility by 50 per cent by the end of next financial year 2020-21.

From the current headcount of 4,000, the company plans to add 2,000 employees to cater its business expansion roadmap, HCL Technologies corporate vice president Sanjay Gupta told Business Standard here.

“In fact, our employee count is expected to hit 4,500 by the end of March 2020 from the current strength of 4,000 professionals,” he said, adding the Lucknow facility continued to grow fast and gain traction in the market. The employee count of HCL Lucknow stood at nearly 3,300 in March 2019.

“We are currently serving 103 global clients from the Lucknow centre, of which nearly 70 per cent are based in the US. More projects are in the pipeline,” he added.