Wipro to set up facility for 28,000 staff in Bhubaneswar.

After the Odisha government ticked off Wipro for going slow on its development centre, the company has committed a massive expansion of the facility, which would house 28,000 employees. The software major, however, has not spelt out a timeline for implementing its ambitious expansion plan.

In a letter to the government, Wipro said it had approached the Centre for approval to be the co-developer for the special economic zone (SEZ). The matter is likely to be taken up at the next meeting of the Board of Approvals (BoA) for SEZs under Union commerce and industry ministry.

'The teams have worked out a detailed engineering plan for the next phase. On receipt of the SEZ approval, we will apply for building plan approval with the state government and begin the construction for 4,000 employees immediately on obtaining the permission. The centre is planned for 28,000 employees with 2.8 million square feet of built-up space,' T K Kurien, chief executive officer of Wipro, said in the letter to Odisha's IT minister Pranab Prakash Das.

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