(Riya Saha, Intern Journalist)Zoom, a popular video collaboration platform, is opening a new technology center in Bengaluru. The company already has an office in Mumbai and will hire ‘key talent’ over the next few years across the country.
The Bengaluru tech center will support the San Jose headquartered company’s global engineering efforts. The company said it will be hiring DevOps engineers, IT, security, and business operations headcount in the area.
Zoom, witnessed a 6700% growth in free user signups from India between January and April 2020, expects a three-fold expansion in operations at its Mumbai office.
“India is a strategically important country for Zoom and we expect to see continued growth and investment here,” said Eric S. Yuan, CEO of Zoom. Yuan said the company provided free services to “over 2300 educational institutions” during the covid-19 pandemic.
Sameer Raje, who heads the video-conferencing app’s India operations, said that the number of paid users have quadrupled across the country. “We work with IIM, WNX, Tata Technologies, Crisil, ICRA, and Religare,” Raje added.
About Post Author
