Maruti Suzuki plans to hire 1,900 more employees this fiscal

After hiring about 200 employees this fiscal so far, largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki is planning to add around 1,900 employees to its workforce this year, of which 900 personnel will be for engineering and management divisions while about 1,000 technicians on the shop-floor.

In addition, the company will invest Rs 25 crore to develop web-based training academy by October and the academy will link the company with its dealers, suppliers and Suzuki group entities in the country.

The current headcount in Maruti stands at around 9,350, including the 200 employees it hired since the beginning of this fiscal.