PWC TO HIRE THOUSANDS OF ENGINEERS & DATA ANALYSTS!

PwC India is planning to hire 1,200 people from engineering and data analytics background for its Kolkata office next year. The company will also hire an additional 2,000 people over the next 3 years.

"PwC India plans to hire 1,200 people with engineering and data analytics background in Kolkata next year, many of whom will work for its newly inaugurated future-ready IoT Lab and the Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence. Other areas of hiring would be in digital experience-led transformations, cloud and blockchain," the company was quoted as saying in a statement by Mint.

The newly constructed office in Kolkata will be used to incubate new solutions to issues that impact businesses.

"East, especially Kolkata, has been an important part of our 140-year-old legacy and it continues to play a pivotal role in our growth journey. We are the only Big 4 firm to have a large consulting delivery centre in this part of the country," PwC India managing partner-East, Arnab Basu said.

Other than Kolkata, PwC has offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Raipur.