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BEA to hire more than 200 for India R&D center
By agencies
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Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 19:30 IST
BANGALORE: U.S.based software company BEA Systems plans to double the headcount at its research and development center in Bangalore by end of 2005.
"We have 180 people at our research and development center in Bangalore which started in 2004. By December we will have 400 people at the center," Shailender Kumar, Country Head for India at BEA Systems said.
To accommodate the rising numbers at its research facility, which is a mirror center of the similar BEA facility in San Jose, California, the company recently moved to a new building.
"The space that we have leased in the new building can accommodate 250 people and as we expand we will hire more space," he said.
Apart from research center, the company also runs a global support center from India.
"We plan to expand the number of employees at the support center from 60 to 100 by December," Kumar said.
To penetrate the Indian market further BEA is also beefing up its marketing set-up.
"We plan to double our sales force from 50 to 100 in next two years," he said.