City’s winning formula
Hyderabad’s rise is no accident. The city offers robust infrastructure, a high quality of life, and a deep-rooted Telugu diaspora in global tech leadership.
Sai Krishna, IT Advisor to the Telangana government, believes that Bengaluru has reached an inflexion point, leading companies to eye Hyderabad for its infrastructure, GVC-mature workforce, quality of life, etc. “The Telugu diaspora is also deep-rooted across the tech industry, which becomes an advantage,” he said. “Additionally, technology decisions, which once used to take place in Silicon Valley, are now shifting to Hyderabad, as managers here are proving their mettle, delivering value, and are influential enough in corner rooms to drive larger budgets.”
Sujith Jagirdar, interim CEO of T-Hub, adds, “GCCs flock to Hyderabad to tap into its innovation ecosystem. At T-Hub, we engage with one to two GCCs weekly. They partner with startups, co-create solutions and access cutting-edge R&D.”
“Hyderabad and Telangana offer GCCs everything from infrastructure and talent to capacity growth and development, enabling them further,” he says.
With data regulations tightening globally, GCCs are becoming critical for secure operations. Aveek Mukherjee of Gloplax highlights, “Companies prefer in-house GCCs to third parties for sensitive data handling. Even smaller GCCs with 150-200 employees are delivering niche innovations that larger centres may overlook.”
