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Building a GCC in India.
The complete guide.
Everything you need to know to build your first GCC in India — from entity setup and city selection to talent acquisition and governance. For organisations doing this for the first time.
Where to Start
The first decision is not
where. It is what.
Most first-time GCC builders make the mistake of starting with city selection — Bangalore or Hyderabad, Tier 1 or Tier 2. The right first decision is what model: AI Pod, Nano GCC, Micro GCC, or Enterprise GCC. The model determines the city. The city does not determine the model.
Step 1 — Choose your model
What is your team size target? What AI domain are you building in? What is your 24-month mandate? The GCC Digital Twin session answers these questions and recommends the right model before you commit to anything.
Step 2 — Run the Digital Twin
The GCC Digital Twin session produces your team composition, cost model, city recommendation, and 90-day activation plan in 48 hours. It is the only way to see your GCC before you build it — and it costs nothing.
Step 3 — Legal and IP framework
India entity registration (typically 2–3 weeks), IP assignment framework, employment contracts, and HR compliance structure — all in place before the first hire. Ownership is established before work begins.
Step 4 — Talent acquisition
Role-by-role sourcing from your chosen city. Domain-specific technical screening. You interview and approve every hire. First shortlist within 7–10 days of role specification.
Step 5 — Infrastructure and toolchain
Workspace, hardware, security framework, and AI toolchain — all live and tested before the team’s first day. Your engineers start building on day one.
Step 6 — Governance and first sprint
Sprint cadence, reporting structure, and governance framework established. First sprint ships within 21–90 days depending on model size.
Common Mistakes
The mistakes first-time
GCC builders make.
01
Starting with city before model
City selection is determined by domain and team size, not by where the founder knows someone. The right city for an LLM team is different from the right city for a computer vision team. Model first, city second.
02
Not establishing IP before hiring
IP assignment agreements must be signed before any engineer starts work. This is not a legal formality — it is the difference between owning what your team builds and having a dispute about it later. It is not negotiable.
03
Building before governance
Many GCCs launch without a governance framework. The team starts shipping, but nobody knows the sprint cadence, reporting structure, or escalation path. Governance built after launch is always harder than governance built before sprint one.
Building a GCC in India
See your GCC designed
before you build it.
Run a GCC Digital Twin. Every step mapped, every decision made — before you commit to anything.