Hyderabad emerged because the wanted vacation spot for greenfield international functionality centres (GCC) attracting 40% of all such amenities arrange in India in three years, Xpheno mentioned in a workforce analysis report.

Of the 160 GCCs arrange in final 30 months, as many as 64 opened in Hyderabad with a dedication to onboard 20,000 workers amid a rising reputation of town amongst companies throughout industries, particularly these from the U.S., the specialist staffing agency’s CEO (designate) Francis Padamadan mentioned in an interplay on Thursday (October 9, 2025).

Bengaluru, throughout the identical timeframe, accounted for 33% of the GCCs. Emergence of Hyderabad highlights Telangana’s strategic significance on the nationwide and international map of functionality centres. The State is dwelling to 360 GCCs that make use of greater than 3.1 lakh professionals, the corporate mentioned within the ‘Telangana: The Next-Gen GCC Powerhouse’ report.

Hyderabad’s foresight pushed progress

“With a vibrant, expert workforce and progressive infrastructure, the State has develop into a magnet for international enterprises searching for sustainable expertise ecosystems. Our newest analysis highlights how Hyderabad’s foresight-driven progress, coverage help and entry to 47 lakh-plus white-collar professionals make it a most popular hub,” Xpheno co-founder Kamal Karanth mentioned in a launch.

Factors behind Telangana’s GCC story

From a high-quality expertise pool, aggressive price benefit and a rising repute as a hub for each tech and non-tech features, quite a lot of elements have been behind Telangana’s GCC story. The State’s skill to draw and retain mid- and senior-level expertise makes it a long-term strategic alternative for international enterprises. As new-age GCCs search for scale and management depth, Telangana stands out as a most popular vacation spot, Mr. Padamadan mentioned.

Telangana’s GCC expertise pool distribution

As a lot as 59% (1.82 Lakh) of the whole GCC expertise pool of Telangana is engaged by the IT/ITeS cohort, with BFSI, healthcare and manufacturing rising as fast-growing domains. Women type 33% of the GCC workforce, with management illustration at 19%. Engineering and IT roles dominate 57% of complete GCC employment within the State.

Addressing attrition

“Telangana’s GCC ecosystem has moved past its IT roots to develop into a multi-functional, sector-agnostic powerhouse,” Mr. Padamadan mentioned. To queries round attrition charges on the GCCs in Hyderabad, he recommended a construct, purchase and borrow strategy for the businesses. They ought to construct groups by catching contemporary expertise from faculties; whereas the purchase part is to rent from the market; and borrow by forging partnering with contract staffing companies.

Head of Growth – GCC and Consulting, Kedar Pathak, mentioned Hyderabad will proceed to be the vacation spot of alternative for firms establishing GCCs on the again of bellwether, throughout industries, equivalent to Novartis, Deloitte and ZF having massive presence within the metropolis.

Published – October 10, 2025 04:35 pm IST

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