Infosys to Hire Around 16,000 Engineers Next Year :Narayana Murthy

India's top leading  software services firm Infosys to hire 16,000 engineers next year,said by the company's Chairman N.R.Narayana Murthy on Wednesday.

"We have already started the hiring process for next year.
We will be hiring around 15,000-16,000 engineers for next year and are already in process," Murthy said at an even.

With improving demand for outsourcing services in the US and European markets, which account for over 80 per cent of the revenues of the $108 billion Indian IT sector, hiring is expected to be better than the last few years.

Mr Murthy called upon educational authorities to concentrate on providing quality education.

"Students are the future of this country. Quality software engineers will carve the way ahead for becoming a software global giant," he said.