IT companies may hire 2.75 lakh this year: Nasscom

The overall industry may grow by $20 bn, according to Nasscom.

Nasscom is expecting that the hiring by IT companies would be about 2.75 lakh during the current year.

The overall industry may grow by $20 bn, according to Nasscom.

"Business will grow by 12 to 13%. We are confident about that, depending on where the dollar and Rupee would go. In terms of people, it (hiring) is 2,75,000. 

Earlier in June,  Nasscom Chairman BVR Moha Reddy had indicated that the hiring this year would be about 2.3 lakh.