- Published on September 10, 2025
- In GCC
Bengaluru Emerges as Scale-Up Hub for Midmarket GCCs
Policy support has accelerated growth, with 65% of new mid-market GCCs since 2023 choosing Karnataka.
Image by Nalini Nirad
- By Shalini Mondal
Recently, the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), in partnership with global consulting firm Zinnov, has unveiled the “Karnataka Mid-Market GCC Report 2025: Lean, Local, and Globally Impactful.”
The report underscores Karnataka’s dominance in India’s mid-market GCC landscape, hosting 480+ centers and 74,000+ professionals—nearly half of the country’s total. These centers are also maturing 1.4X faster than their larger peers, taking on full product ownership, nurturing CXO-level leadership, and embedding AI-first strategies at their core.
Bengaluru anchors this momentum, with 240+ mid-sized GCCs and a commanding share of India’s talent, 50% of AI/ML professionals, 38% of the digital workforce, and nearly half of global mid-market engineering and product manag
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Shalini Mondal
Shalini is a senior tech journalist, exploring the latest advancements in AI. When she's not reporting on the latest innovations, you can find her immersed in her next literary adventure.
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