The back-office label never fit, and the data is now making that impossible to ignore.
AI engineering roles in India are reportedly growing at 59.5% year-over-year, outpacing the US, UK, France, and Germany. OpenAI ranks India a top 5 AI market globally, particularly for coding and complex integration.
Leading GCCs aren’t support functions, but running critical technology mandates that would sit in HQs anywhere else.
Yes, margin pressure is building in the traditional IT services segment. But that’s a different story from what’s happening in the capability centres. Both are true at once, and conflating them is a strategic mistake. Market growth and an adjacent real estate boom confirm that.
India Rising Issue 57 covers both sides in detail, and tomorrow’s final issue of the India Rising Perspective series by Mohammed Faraz Khan from Zinnov will provide an outlook on where GCCs and their organisations are headed.
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Is your organisation’s India setup still defined by cost, or has the mandate shifted toward capability?
Peter Paul Pratter
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