Capgemini's BPO operations in India, by next year, will account for 50 per cent of the company's global headcount, which is expected to touch 12,000.

Capgemini BPO's global headcount at present is 10,800. There are 4,300 employees in India, making it the company's largest delivery centre around the world. Other centres globally, outside France, are in China, North America, Australia, and South America.

�Our headcount has been growing at 40-50 per cent every year since 2004 when we started out with 100 people,� said Mr B. L. Narayan, Vice-President and Head of BPO India, Capgemini Business Services, at the inauguration of a second BPO facility (1 lakh 80,000 sq ft) in Bangalore.