IT services firm UST said on Monday that it is expanding its presence in India by adding more than 3,000 new jobs at its upcoming Kochi campus in the next five years. It has set a target of 6,000 employees, up from the current level of 2,800, in the next five years at the centre.

The firm will inaugurate its second campus in Kochi by December 2027, it said in a statement.

The company laid the foundation stone for the new Kochi campus that is coming up on a 9-acre land at Infopark Kochi Phase 2 and the new UST campus will be completed in three years.

“When the Kochi campus goes on stream, it will become the second owned campus in India for UST after Thiruvananthapuram,” it said.

While UST’s Thiruvananthapuram centre has about 7,500 employees and is the company’s largest centre globally, UST Bengaluru has about 6,500 employees. Across India, the IT firm has around 20,000 employees.

UST’s current facility at Infopark Kochi caters to the US, UK and APAC clients from domains such as healthcare, retail, telecom, financial services/asset management and hi-tech.

Krishna Sudheendra, chief executive at UST, said that the new campus will not only strengthen the company’s presence in the region but also attract more clients and create new work opportunities, positioning Kochi as a dynamic hub for innovation and growth.Alexander Varghese, chief operating officer, UST, said, “Ever since UST began its Kochi operations in 2007, we have been able to post steady growth. The strategic location of Kochi aids companies to easily connect and reach out to other IT locations in South India. This aspect, along with Kochi’s development in social and physical infrastructure arenas, has helped UST attract talent from other locations.”

IT services firm UST said on Monday that it is expanding its presence in India by adding more than 3,000 new jobs at its upcoming Kochi campus in the next five years. It has set a target of 6,000 employees, up from the current level of 2,800, in the next five years at the centre.

The firm will inaugurate its second campus in Kochi by December 2027, it said in a statement.

The company laid the foundation stone for the new Kochi campus that is coming up on a 9-acre land at Infopark Kochi Phase 2 and the new UST campus will be completed in three years.

“When the Kochi campus goes on stream, it will become the second owned campus in India for UST after Thiruvananthapuram,” it said.

While UST’s Thiruvananthapuram centre has about 7,500 employees and is the company’s largest centre globally, UST Bengaluru has about 6,500 employees. Across India, the IT firm has around 20,000 employees.

UST’s current facility at Infopark Kochi caters to the US, UK and APAC clients from domains such as healthcare, retail, telecom, financial services/asset management and hi-tech.

Krishna Sudheendra, chief executive at UST, said that the new campus will not only strengthen the company’s presence in the region but also attract more clients and create new work opportunities, positioning Kochi as a dynamic hub for innovation and growth.Alexander Varghese, chief operating officer, UST, said, “Ever since UST began its Kochi operations in 2007, we have been able to post steady growth. The strategic location of Kochi aids companies to easily connect and reach out to other IT locations in South India. This aspect, along with Kochi’s development in social and physical infrastructure arenas, has helped UST attract talent from other locations.”