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Spike in localised hiring, travel curbs may prune visa demand in top IT cos

TCS, Infosys ramp up onshore hiring; Infosys committed to hire 25,000 over 5 yrs

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Between April last year and January, onshore hiring, including taking in trainees and the experienced, stood at 10,938. Of those over 3,000 were hired in the October-December quarter

Shivani Shinde Mumbai
With local hiring gaining ground and the pandemic restricting travel, dependence on visas among top IT services firms will come down in the next two to three years, say industry experts.

Though US President Joe Biden has signed executive orders reforming the immigration system and rescinded some measures affecting the IT industry, it seems the industry has found a way to reduce dependence on visas such as H1-B and L1.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the largest IT services firm, has been working on hiring more locals for more than six to seven years. The company, like its India hiring strategy, has been