Western Digital plans to expand unit for leveraging Indian talents

Globally, Western Digital employs around 15,000 engineers to drive innovation in its product and services sides of businesses

Western Digital, computer hard disk drive manufacturer and data storage company, is looking at leveraging Indian talent to enhance its data analytics capabilities globally. While the US-headquartered firm already has 2,700 employees in India, mostly for research & development, it is planning to expand its strength by hiring more people with data analytics skills, said Steve Phillpott, chief information officer, Western Digital.

“India is probably one of the bigger and growing sites (as compared to other locations globally). We have a massive footprint here. Our India centre works on research areas like data analytics, robotic process automation and engineering services,” he