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New Delhi : Petroleum major BP on June 18, 2020, announced plans to set up a major new centre for its global business services (GBS) operations at Pune, Maharashtra. The new centre will employ around 2,000 people and will support digital innovation across bp globally.
The centre is expected to begin operations by January 2021 and will provide business processing and advanced analytics capabilities in support of bp businesses worldwide. The new centre in India will assume operational ownership of third-party business processes and seek to further extend its work with analytics and data science capabilities to pursue better business outcomes, according to a PIB release.
India is a growing market with growing digital talent pool. The new centre in India will allow bp to tap into this pool and will lead to application of cutting-edge digital solutions.
Welcoming this development, Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, “I welcome bp’s move to establish a major new global business services centre at Pune. The new centre once operational will create opportunities for the growing local digital talent pool in India and will employ 2,000 people to support its global businesses.”