Why Indian IT is Rushing to Appoint GCC Business Heads

While Cognizant and HCLTech have promoted internal talent, Tech Mahindra and Wipro have opted for external hires.
After years of quietly building global capability centres (GCCs) for clients, Indian IT majors are finally formalising their approach. Since early 2025, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, and Tech Mahindra have named dedicated heads for their GCC business lines. While it was believed that GCCs could be a potential threat to Indian IT when it comes to talent acquisition, this is not entirely true. The firms are signalling a sharper focus on the multi-billion-dollar opportunity tied to the next wave of global capability centres, and not looking at them as competitions. Infosys and Wipro Reboot Their GCC Strategy In April 2025, Infosys carved out a separate GCC vertical and appointed Deval Shah to lead it, according to The Times of India. Shah, who was previously with Danske Bank’s India IT
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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