Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, IT/ITeS company Visionet India has announced its plans to expand its workforce by further adding 1,500 employees. 

The company had already recruited nearly 2,000 professionals in 2019.

Under the new wave of hiring this year, Visionet will be recruiting associates for mortgage business process management (BPM) work.

As per per the company, positions are available with the flexibility to work from home in the time of crises and most off of these positions are to be filled within the next two weeks.

"Across the world, people are feeling the economic effects of this crisis, and it is important to stay more focused and keep up the momentum until things get better," Alok Bansal, MD, Visionet India, said in a statement.

"We are hiring 1,500+ employees with work from home facilities to ensure safety as well as employment in these times. We are confident of the quality of talent in our economy and are happy to give them career opportunities with Visionet," he added. 

With the rapid growth of technology in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector, Visionet believes that there is a huge opportunity in this space.

Considering industry demand and the need of innovative ways to conduct business, this segment will continue to see higher opportunities, the company said, adding that it will focus on developing industry relevant products and new-age services that will help BFSI companies compete effectively in a highly competitive space.

Over the next one year, Visionet India aims to expand its BFSI product and service portfolio with focus on data science, enterprise automation and cloud engineering.