Genpact tops among BPO employers

Genpact has entered the top league of the third party BPO and ITeS in the annual rankings for 2005-06, announced by industry body Nasscom.

The employment in the BPO sector increased to 1.15 lakh in 2005-06 from 3.16 lakh in 2004-05. According to Nasscom President Kiran Karnik, "We expect the ITeS and BPO segment to continue its growth momentum and expect exports to cross eight billion dollars this fiscal."

WNS is now the number two, followed by Wipro BPO, HCL BPO Services. ICICI OneSource, has moved to fifth spot from eighth, while IBM Daksh has moved from fourth to sixth. Progeon, which was at the 10th spot, is now at seven. — PTI