Tech Mahindra is reportedly in the process of acquiring 50,000 square feet (sqft) of prime floor space at DLF Towers in Kolkata to house a a brand new 1000-seater BPO unit.

A senior Tech Mahindra executive said that the company plans to acquire about 50,000 sqft of floor space at DLF Towers on long-term lease in two stage, a report in the Economic Times states.

The company plans to start its Kolkata BPO unit in the Rajarhat IT zone by mid-July as a 500-seater facility that will be scaled up to a 1000-seater facility in another nine months.

At present, Tech Mahindra runs four national BPO units in Noida, Chennai, Gurgaon and Pune as well as two offshore centres in Belfast and Newcastle.

Tech Mahindra has some 4,000 employees operating at its four BPO units in India and another 500-odd in Northern Ireland and the UK. The company propose to hire about 1,000 techies for its Kolkata contact centre.