Accenture introduces a new campus in Andhra Pradesh, and eyes add 12,000 posts amid Trump's H-1B Visa shelter

Accenture, a technical consulting firm, has announced plans to establish a new campus in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with the aim of creating about 12,000 new jobs in its Indian workforce over time, Reuters quoted with reference to sources. India is home to the largest workforce of Accenture worldwide, with more than 300,000 of its 790,000 employees located here. This development comes amid a policy change by US President Donald Trump, who has set a $ 100,000 fee for the new H-1B visa, a program that relies on technical companies to hire skilled foreign workers. Accenture and Andhra Pradesh Govt speak, according to the sources of Reuters who wanted to remain anonymous due to the confidentiality of the case, Accenture submitted a proposal to the state government in which they requested about 10 hectares of land in the port city of Visakhapatnam. Accenture did not respond to the request for comment on it. A civil servant has expressed that the Andhra Pradesh government is eager to welcome Accenture, and although approvals may take some time, the proposal is likely to be approved. On condition of anonymity, an official mentioned: “This is not an unreasonable question by Accenture, and the proposal will go through.” However, it remains unknown how much Accenture plans to invest in the establishment of the campus. What about TCS, Congnizant? The move of the company also comes to similar agreements by IT businesses Tata Consultancy Services and Cognizant, which benefits from a new state policy that offers rented land at only 0.99 rupees ($ 0.0112) per acre to large companies that are committed to creating jobs. TCS and Cognizant have acquired land leases under the new policy of establishing campuses in Visakhapatnam, with the potential to create about 20,000 jobs. Cognizant plans to invest $ 183 million, while TCS has allocated just over $ 154 million for its campus, the report noted, adding that technology companies are increasingly expanding to smaller Indian cities to take advantage of lower costs for land, rent and wages. In the post-pandemic landscape, many firms find it easier to recruit talent locally in Tier-2 cities, which is a shift from the earlier trend of workers moving to large technology hubs. Accenture to train more than 7 lakh staff members in agentic AI, but Accenture PLC provides training in agent artificial intelligence to its workforce of more than 7 00,000 employees, as the consultant firm aims to meet the growing question in the client in this field, according to a Bloomberg report. ‘Each new wave of technology has a time to train and recharge. Accenture’s core competence is to do it on a scale, ‘said Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture, in a television interview in Bloomberg.