VentureBean’s Perspective

India now hosts over 1,800 Global Capability Centers employing 1.9 million people. The growth is real. But headcount and revenue tell only half the story. The harder question is whether these centres are building leaders at the same pace they are adding engineers. Most are not. The report confirms that GCCs are evolving from cost-saving units to strategic innovation hubs, yet the leadership pipeline has not kept up. The gap between the ambition (global decision-making, AI centres of excellence, cross-functional innovation) and the leadership maturity required to deliver on that ambition is widening.

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