French IT services company Capgemini will hire up to 8,000 people for its delivery operations in India this year, a top company official said.

This is in line with the company's publicly stated vision of having the Indian workforce account for 50 per cent of its overall employee base in the next 2-3 years.

�Last year, we grew our India headcount by around 20 per cent�this year also the HR additions should be in a similar range,� Ms Aruna Jayanthi, Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini India, told Business Line.