Hitachi Solutions forms new subsidiary in India

Company ropes in former HCL's Ananth Subramanian

Hitachi Solutions America, an arm of Japan-based Hitachi Solutions, a core member of information and telecommunication systems company of Hitachi Group, today announced setting up a new subsidiary in India. The company, which will be headed former HCL's Ananth Subramanian, will help India to become hub Hitachi Solutions global delivery centres (GDCs).

Hitachi Solutions America is a provider of global industry solutions and services based on Microsoft Dynamics platform. The new Indian subsidiary will open two global delivery centres initially in Chennai and Hyderabad and going forward it may look at setting up one more at Pune. The company plans to recruit 500 people in another 3 to 5 years' time.

Speaking to reporters in Chennai today Ananth Subramanian, chief executive officer, Hitachi Solutions said India will become the hub for all the global delivery centres as we have to support the increased scale and scope of Hitachi Solutions' global delivery services in the Southeast Asian region.

Subramanian will lead the operation as CEO. He joins from HCL Technologies where he was vice president and global head of the Microsoft Centre of Excellence.

The Hyderabad and Chennai facilities are expected to go on stream in the month of October and November respectively and will support Hitachi Solutions global implementation efforts and directly provides sales, services, and customer support to Microsoft Dynamics -based solutions to the Southeast Asian markets.