IT firm UST to add over 3,000 jobs in Kochi centre
UST said on Monday that it is expanding its presence in India by adding over 3,000 new jobs at its upcoming Kochi campus in the next five years. The IT firm has set its target to have 6,000 employees, up from the current level of 2,800 in the next five years at its Kochi centre.
The firm will inaugurate its second own campus in Kochi by December 2027, the company said in a statement. The company laid the foundation stone for the new Kochi campus that is coming up in a 9-acre land at Infopark Kochi Phase 2 and the new UST campus will be completed in three years. “When the Kochi campus goes on stream, it will become the second owned campus in India for UST after Thiruvananthapuram”, added the firm.
While UST’s Trivandrum centre has about 7500 employees and is the largest centre globally, UST Bengaluru has over 6,500 employees. Across India, the IT firm has more than 20,000 employees.
UST’s current facility at Infopark Kochi, caters to US, UK and APAC clients from almost all domains such as healthcare, retail, telecom, financial services/asset management, and hi-tech. Krishna Sudheendra, chief executive at UST, said that the new campus will not only strengthen UST’s presence in the region but also attract more clients and create new work opportunities, positioning Kochi as a dynamic hub for innovation and growth.
Alexander Varghese, chief operating officer, UST, said, “Ever since UST began its Kochi operations in 2007, we have been able to post steady growth. The strategic location of Kochi aids companies to easily
