Capgemini and Altran combined could become a €17 billion entity in terms of revenue. “A majority of engineering work is outsourced onshore in Europe to the European pure-play engineering service providers. “In ER&D, we already have a number of people in India, and we will look at combining our strengths. We are looking forward to this continuing,” the spokesperson added.There is greater potential in engineering services and India has an adequate talent pool, said Peter Bendor-Samuel, chief executive of US-based IT advisory firm Everest Group. “The best source of engineering talent in the world is India and we expect Capgemini, through its Altran acquisition, to significantly expand its India workforce over the next several years.

Source: Economic Times July 03, 2019 00:33 UTC