SAP AG, the global leader in business software solutions, plans to add another 1,350 employees at its Bangalore centre, increasing its headcount to 3,000 by the end of 2006.
The Bangalore centre is the largest development facility for SAP outside Germany and at present employs over 1,650 staff.
"India is among one of the top eight strategic markets for SAP globally and the IT knowledge available in the country is highest in the world," Leo Apotheker, president - global customer solutions and separations, SAP AG, said.
About 75 per cent of the new recruits would be for SAP Labs India, which is into business solutions group manufacturing, developing mobile business solutions and financial services. The remaining 25 per cent would be appointed for global consulting and support operations, he said.
Opened in November 1998, the Bangalore centre accounts for over 40 per cent of SAP's global BSG manufacturing team. SAP Labs India is one of the four global product development hubs for SAP globally.
SAP is the leading business software solutions provider for large, medium and small businesses in India and has a clientele ranging from large enterprises such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to companies like Yamuna Flour Mills and John Fowler.
According to International Data Corporation, SAP has a 54 per cent market share in enterprise resource planning in India.