Infosys hired 9,313 employees in Q4

IT major Infosys Technologies today said it hired 9,313 employees in the fourth quarter while the net addition after taking attrition into account was 3,914.

"During the quarter, Infosys and its subsidiaries added 9,313 employees (gross). The net addition during the quarter was 3,914," the company said in its financial statement.

As on March 31, 2010, Infosys and its subsidiaries have a total of 1,13,796 employees.

At the end of December 2009, the employee strength of the IT bellwether was 1,09,882.

"This has been a seminal year for Infosys," T V Mohandas Pai, Infosys Board Member and Head -– HRD and Education & Research, said, adding "we closed the year making 19,000 offers on campuses for fiscal 2011".

Infosys Tech's subsidiaries include--Infosys BPO, Infosys Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd, Infosys Consulting, Inc and Infosys Technologies (Sweden) AB, among others.

"Though the economic environment continues to be challenging, businesses are investing in growth for building a better future," Infosys CEO and MD S Gopalakrishnan said.

Meanwhile, the company said that Rama Bijapurkar resigned as the independent Member of the board with effect from today.

Infosys today posted a 0.25 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,617 crore for the quarter ended March 31 as per the Indian accounting rule.

For the financial year 2009-10, the company reported a 4.64 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 6,266 crore.