Bosch to hire over 3,000 associates this year

MUMBAI: Bosch, a global supplier of technology and services, is likely to hire around 3,200 associates from the country in the current year, a senior executive of the company said.

"We at Bosch are likely to hire around 3,200 associates from the country in the current year," Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions president and managing director, Vijay Ratnaparkhe, told reporters here today.

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions is the R&D arm of Bosch group.

Ratnaparkhe was speaking to the media on the sidelines of a company event.

The company has already hired 10,000 people during the past six years in the country and as of now, its total manpower in the country stands at 18,000, he said.

The company will be hiring people from two places -- Bangalore and Coimbatore -- where the company has its R&D centres.

"While we will be hiring 1,920 people from Bangalore, the remaining recruitments will be done at Coimbatore, he said.

Talking about the areas for which it will be hiring, he said, "We are looking for people to work in areas like competency, data analytics and artificial intelligence."