Kozhikode: Wipro BPO has announced that it will hire 15,000 employees this year, for its operations at different centers in India. The company, which is part of the IT bellwether Wipro has already recruited around 8,000 employees and is in the process of selecting another 7,000 over the next six months, for which it has been holding job fairs in association with various universities, reports The Hindu Business Line. Out of the total recruitments, 1,200 - 1,500 people will be hired from the southern region. Praveen Kamath, Associate Vice President of Wipro-BPO, said that the company now had over 24,000 employees on its roll at 15 locations spread across Eastern Europe, China and the Philippines, apart from India. "The BPO division was one of the fastest growing businesses of Wipro and it would require about 15,000 new recruits annually," he added. According to Kamath, the company is focusing on undergraduates for 40 percent of the requirement and graduates and post-graduates for the remaining 60 percent. Besides, the company will also provide opportunity for the further education of the selected candidates while being on the job.