Bhubaneswar, Oct. 25 -- With the trend in employee attrition, the IT sector in India is facing one of its toughest challenges in many years.

As the demand for technology professionals explodes, many Indian IT companies are witnessing a surge in attrition rates. And, to deal with this, companies have started hiring freshers in record numbers.

India's big four IT firms- Tata Consulting Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, and HCL Technologies have highlighted increasing employee attrition rates in their latest completed quarters.

Bangalore-based IT exporter, Wipro had the highest attrition rate at 20.5%, followed by the second largest IT firm in India, Infosys at 20.1%. On the other side, HCL Technologies reported its all-time high attrition ...