By 2030, India is projected to host global capability centres (GCC) of more than 620 Forbes Global 2000 companies, climbing nearly 40%, showed a study by consulting firm ANSR.
The talent base at these GCCs is set to climb 45% to 1.9 million over this period. At present, 450 of these companies run 825 such centres in the country. The Forbes Global 2000 ranks the largest companies in the world by sales, profits, assets and market value. GCCs of these organisations have been setting up in India at a compound annual growth rate of 5.5%, ANSR found.
Further, 45% of them have expanded their presence across multiple cities with multi-centre operations.
As many as 85% of these GCCs focus on artificial intelligence and data analytics, the data showed. Cloud computing (80%), robotics process automation (75%), digital commerce (70%), cybersecurity (70%), and emerging technologies like blockchain, augmented and virtual reality, and internet of things (45%) are other key focus areas.
