Indian outsourcing giants InfosysBSE 0.80 % and Tata Consultancy ServicesBSE -0.20 % will hire more engineers from campuses in the United States as they brace themselves for stringent visa norms expected to be unveiled by the new American administration led by Donald Trump.

The move marks a change in strategy for the $150-billion Indian outsourcing industry, which until now has mostly relied on hiring large numbers of engineering graduates in India who were then posted to oversea ..

Last fortnight, Senator Jeff Sessions, in his confirmation hearing for the post of attorney general of the United States, said that the Donald Trump administration will push for legislative reform to curb what he termed as “abuse of H-1B visas for foreign workers”. The Indian outsourcing industry, whose biggest market is the US, has been a beneficiary of the H-1B visa system.

Source:EconomicTimes