IT services major Capgemini is driving more value from India unit

 For Ashwin Yardi, CEO India, Capgemini, the focus is to make sure that the India unit is aligned with global plans of repositioning the company as a hub of engineering R&D, operational technology, and IT

For Paris-headquartered IT services major Capgemini, India has always been the backbone of the delivery of its services for its global clients, but the company is focused on driving more value from India as it gears up its engineering research and development (R&D) presence worldwide with its acquisition of Altran Technologies.

The company, which has about 149,000 employees in India, is looking to hire 60,000 associates this year. Of them, 30,000 will be recruits from campuses and the rest lateral entrants.

For Ashwin Yardi, chief executive officer India, Capgemini, the focus is to make sure that the India unit is aligned with the global plans of repositioning the company as a hub of engineering R&D, operational technology, and IT.

“When we acquired Altran, we repositioned Capgemini engineering, and our strategy has been to be a leader in the intelligent industry. By far we are the leaders; if you look at the scale and size of our engineering at Capgemini, we are the largest. Some of the areas that are being created by this focus include autonomous car platforms and setting up 5G labs in India,” Yardi said.

A few months ago, Capgemini announced setting up a 5G lab in Mumbai, its third globally, to accelerate the deployment of 5G solutions. Spread over 1,300 square feet, the lab offers a collaborative environment, which leverages technologies on network, cloud, edge computing, hardware, and software solutions. The lab will support Capg­emini’s global clients in a 5G end-to-end transformation.