Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, keeping in line with its expansion plans in India, did a “ground breaking” ceremony of the new facility in Mahindra World City, Chennai, India. Spread over 25 acres of land, the facility will see an investment of over US$100 million and will have a capacity to house over 10000 people. The first phase is expected to be functional early 2009.

Speaking at the ceremony, Salil Parekh, Executive Chairman, Capgemini India , said, “Capgemini India has become an important contributor to the Group's success globally. We have very strong growth plans for this geography and this new centre in Chennai further reinforces our commitment to India . The centre will add further muscle to our global delivery capabilities from India.”

Capgemini India has been steadily increasing its presence in the country over the last 10 years, with 17,000 people today across Mumbai, Bangalore , Hyderabad , Pune and Kolkata, and is aiming to employ over 40,000 employees by the end of 2010. The first office for Capgemini in Chennai was through the acquisition of Indigo an F & A focused BPO of the Unilever Group, and the second addition was on acquiring Kanbay, a financial services focused IT Solutions Company, last year.

The new Chennai facility will be an integral part of the delivery for Capgemini globally and will focus on technology and outsourcing service offerings of Capgemini. Chennai which is increasingly becoming the hot destination for IT services chosen for its rich technology talent pool and the well developed infrastructure to support the huge growth plans.

Capgemini India is committed to high quality and continuous process improvement and is certified ISO 9001, CMMi Level 5 BS7799 and SAS 70.