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IT firm L&T Infotech (LTI) on Thursday reported a 19.3 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 496.8 crore for the June 2021 quarter, and declared a special dividend of Rs 10 per share. The company had registered a net profit of Rs 416.4 crore in the same period a year ago, LTI said in a statement. Its revenue was up 17.4 per cent to Rs 3,462.5 crore in the reported quarter from Rs 2,949.2 crore in the year-ago period, it added. "We are pleased to report our best ever Q1 sequential growth of 5.1 per cent, driven by holistic growth across our verticals, service lines, client pyramid and geographies. Our healthy pipeline and continued strong demand make us confident of our future growth," LTI CEO and Managing Director Sanjay Jalona said. The company, over the past five years, has delivered USD revenue CAGR of 13.5 per cent and more than doubled its net profit, he added. "I am proud of how we continue to innovate and deliver year on year industry-leading growth. I am also ...
Engineering major L&T's software arm LTI will be hiring around 3,800 freshers this fiscal as it expects the business to grow at a faster clip, a top official has said. The company is working at a very high utilisation level now and wants to hire more to get down the level, chief executive Sanjay Jalona said. "We will be hiring 3,700-3,800 freshers this fiscal year as against the 3,000 freshers we hired in FY19," he told PTI over the phone. Additionally, it will also hire laterally as well as per project requirements on a "just-in-time" basis, he said. Asked whether the necessary talent is available on call, especially given the fact that a lot many companies are depending on the just-in time hiring model, Jalona said talent is the biggest issue which keeps him awake and the concerns have only aggravated lately. In FY19, the industry added 1.7 lakh new jobs, according to industry lobby Nasscom. However, industry executives keep expressing concerns over the quality of