UBICS IT arm sees big opportunities in India

UBICS Inc, the Pittsburg-headquartered IT division of $2 billion United Breweries group (UB), with an offshore development centre in Pune, held its first board meeting here since its inception in 1993.

The meeting was chaired by Vijay Mallya, chairman and chief executive officer, UBICS, and chairman, UB group, who later addressed the press to share the company's future plans.

"So far, we have been focussing on the US. But with the tremendous potential for Indian IT, we started our India centre here in Pune nine months ago. We now have a headcount of 270 people here. We have two product offerings for which we see huge potential "� SeeItFirst, a broadband technology product for the e-learning and e-governance space and Ventive-an enterprise resource planning solution."

He expressed his intentions of becoming a premier player in the Indian IT segment. "We are leaders in whichever segment we are operating today and the same will be true for IT as well," he said.