US-based CA Inc, the IT management software company, has decided to hire 1,000 professionals in India over the next 3-5 years.

According to reports, the company will employ an additional 1,000 people for its Hyderabad R&D centre, taking the total strength to 2,600 over the next 3-5 years.

The Hyderabad facility currently houses about 30 per cent of the company's global R&D headcount.

It should be noted that the company had announced an investment plan of $30 million in 2007, to set up an R&D facility in Hyderabad.

When asked about the projects which the company wants to bid for, a senior company executive said, the company would focus more on service provisioning as well as e-governance projects.

In addition, the company has also reported to be bullish on the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The firm expects the contribution of the region to global revenues to increase over the timeframe of next 3-5 years.

Currently, the APAC and Japan markets contribute 11-12 per cent of the global revenues and the company expects it to go up to 15 per cent in the next 3-5 years.

Apart from R&D facility in Hyderabad, CA has offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi.