Gate-kept Internet access was two years away.Over 40 years on, the firm is often cited as perhaps the first Global Capability Centre (GCC) in India. The firm’s recently opened office in Chennai’s Perungudi, 100 strong and growing, forms an “innovation hub” that is “focused on building seamless technology solutions”, according to its website. The firm is not the only company that is unrecognisable to Indian firms but leveraging the country as a talent hub. “What we have seen post COVID is almost a very rapid acceleration of global companies” setting up shop in India, Ms. Gupta says. When the India operations of global firms were all back office jobs, Ms. Subramonian says, “it was just a supporting (role in) the business”.

Source: The Hindu January 18, 2026 21:46 UTC