Bayer Business Services has signed fiver year contract with consulting, technology and outsourcing services provider Capgemini, for the provision of IT services from India.

The contract includes global application development and services as well as infrastructure services including service management.

Under the terms of the contract Capgemini will take over the operations of Bayer Business Services’ captive IT service centre in Mumbai, India, with approx 550 employees.

Capgemini will also support the global business units of Bayer Business Services by supporting the 120,000 IT users of the Bayer Group worldwide, with a global team primarily from India along with local support from Germany, US, Brazil and China.

Bayer Business Services is the global competence centre for IT and business services of the Bayer group, an enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials, headquartered in Germany.

Capgemini Continental Europe Application Services CEO and Group Executive Committee member Olivier Sevillia said, "For Bayer, we will particularly leverage our unique combined presence and integrated transformational and industrial processes across India and Germany."