IT hiring to be up by 70%

Indian software engineer Prithvi Sen has a spring in his step after getting re-hired by the country’s flagship outsourcing industry, which is shaking off the effects of the global recession.

“I was unemployed and it was tough, but I’ve got work again,” said the 26-year-old Sen, who landed a job recently with a small outsourcing company in India’s high-tech hub of Bangalore.

Sen is benefiting from a hiring wave by India’s outsourcing sector which is set to increase recruitment by nearly 70 percent in the next financial year, according to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).