Hinduja Global Solutions

Hinduja Global Solutions
Public
Traded as NSE and BSE: HGS
Industry Business
Founded 2000 (as HTMT)
Headquarters Bangalore, India
Number of locations
 68
Key people
 Remi Hinduja (Chairman)
Partha De Sarkar (CEO)
Services B2B
Number of employees
 40,000 employees
Parent Hinduja Group
Website www.teamhgs.com

Hinduja Global Solutions is an Indian pure play business and service provider headquartered in bangalore, and part of the Hinduja Group.[1] Formerly known as HTMT Global, the company re-branded itself as HGS in line with the group policy. It has over 40000 loopemployees worldwide with a large employee base in India. It has presence in about 12 countries including Philippines, USA, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Mauritius, UAE and Jamaica. In India, it has 68 "delivery centers" including major cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and growing cities like Mysore, Nagercoil, Durgapur, Siliguri, and Guntur.[2]

History

The history of HGS (Hinduja Global Solutions) began in 1993 under the name ALIT Ashok Leyland Information Technology, providing information technology services. In 2000, ALIT merged with Hinduja Finance Corporation (HFC) to form HGS. 2003 marked a milestone for HGS with the acquisition of Customer Contact Center Inc., a call center company located in the Philippines. In 2007, HGS acquired AFFINA LLC, a US-based contact center and database management and marketing research company and in 2010, UK-based Careline Services, another contact center management services provider, was acquired. In 2011, HGS acquired Canadian-based On-line Support Inc. (OLS) to further strengthen its presence in North America.

On 30 June 2015, HGS announced the signing of a definitive agreement to take over a significant portion of Mphasis Emerging Markets business. With this acquisition, HGS expanded its presence in Bangalore, Noida, Raipur, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Vadodara, Indore, Puducherry, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Mangalore, and also entered the competitive BPO market in terms of employment with its only centre in North India in Noida.

Shareholders

HGS is a public limited company, listed on both the leading stock exchanges in India, the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

References

  1. ↑ "Who are the Hinduja brothers". The Mirror. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Company History - Team HGS". Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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